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May 21, 2022
Book of the Week, Tales From The Fermi Resolution.
…Well, you know, Tales From The Fermi Resolution is on super-sale this week. 99 cents! That’s a steal. So is the book, honestly. I’m not raising the prices on any of the publish books, inflation or not…
My buddy Jimmie Bise now has a Patreon.
Found here. He’s a good dude and I signed up for it under my alternate account (Patreon can be annoying when it comes to Patrons who are also creators). He’ll presumably be doing it to get some extra income from his writing…
May 20, 2022
The “NO! DUMBASS! DON’T WISH FOR ANYTHING!” THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING trailer.
YOUR ACADEMIC INSTINCTS ARE SPOT-ON, MADAM. DO NOT WISH FOR ANYTHING. I DON’T CARE IF HE LOOKS LIKE IDRIS ELBA.
The amazing thing is, the character in THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING knows this. And clearly she’s going to do it anyway. I may even go see this film, if only to see if she does the smart thing with said wish. Because there’s only one way out of this kind of mess.
05/20/22 Snippet, SCENES FROM THE ZOO.
Not much done tonight, but I had other stuff piling up and at least I got a scene finished.
Patreon!Having sex with Emily was so complicated, George wondered sometimes why the two of them kept doing it. Aside from the obvious pleasures involved.
Conforming to humans norms was easy enough: Late Middle First Republic culture permitted sexual encounters between two unmarried adults, as long as people were discreet. George would go to a bar where he knew Emily would be, initiate a conversation with her, and then, after a few drinks, they would go to a motel room for sex. As long as they varied the bars and motels, this activity would pass unnoticed.
The true difficulty came in not tripping the observer system. Project 23-175 did not forbid occasional sexual relations between researchers, but it would almost eagerly make Emily and George take on a role as a couple if it knew about their ‘affair.’ Which would mean reassignment in another city in the Observation area, with new names and backstories to memorize.
“But would that be so bad?” mused George, as the two of them lay naked on the motel bed, sharing a cigarette. “I hear they need more couples for the Dizzy City suburbs. The weather’s supposed to be nice, down there.”
Ohhh, right. This is the ‘Everything Sucks’ section of the publishing process.
This is the fourth novel-length book I’ve published; you’d think I was used to the checklist by now. This is the part where everything is awful and nothing works right and what the Hell, Moe? I’m not sure if it’s a buildup of put-it-aside-for-now emotions from the process, the desire to get it over with, or just the inevitable reaction to the detail that I’ve spent more time the last month working on books instead of advertising them. It typically goes away when I finally publish the blessed thing.
Anyway, talking about it is therapeutic. If only because I stop feeling down, and start feeling annoyed. I don’t have time for this.
Tales From the Fermi Resolution: Vol. 1: Shadow of the Tower is on Kindle Super-Sale!
Tales From the Fermi Resolution: Vol. 1: Shadow of the Tower is only 99 cents for the next week! Set in the same world as FROZEN DREAMS and MORGAN BAROD, this sprawling anthology stretches over 900 years of future post-apocalyptic fantasy history! There are ten stories, including several never before published; and, for fans of FROZEN DREAMS, there’s a new novelette starring Tom Vargas. You won’t need it to appreciate the upcoming TINSEL RAIN, but it won’t hurt!
#commissionearned
Tweet of the Day, Collect Call From Yuggoth edition.
I’d rather Sandy was wrong about this, but his mind is made up. So I don’t know what we’re gonna do. Hide behind Jupiter, maybe?
My theory is – natural sources don't make random noise. It's always cyclical or predictable. Randomness must be from an intelligent source. So Voyage has been compromised by a monstrous alien. Do not try to talk me out of this theory. https://t.co/7bwPeKYvUV
— Sandy Petersen(@SandyofCthulhu) May 20, 2022
May 19, 2022
Up to Chapter 5 on TINSEL RAIN edits.
Things proceed. Which is good: Balticon isn’t exactly looming, but it’s coming up in a bit more than a week… huh. I really need to get that banner made up next week. And get one of those things to hang it from.
Do your surveys! Check out the TINSEL RAIN preorder store! Brush your teeth! — Oops, sorry, got that mixed up with the daily reminders to my kids.
Tweet of the Day, The Secret Ingredient Is Looting edition.
I was wondering if they were going to be deliberately obtuse in the article…
Ancient Roman bust found for $35 at a Goodwill in Texas https://t.co/vFO1rCAokm pic.twitter.com/iGxz1mtHyB
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 20, 2022
…but no. As the article notes: the bust disappeared in 1944 Germany, and clearly it ended up in some GI’s possession. And since it finally ended up in a Goodwill, it’s probably safe to say that the guy who looted it never told his kids that it might be valuable. I’m going to assume that he took the story to his grave, in fact. It’s a better story that way.
:solemnly: Don’t loot Roman artifacts from Axis locations! Bad GI! Bad! No biscuit!
Moe Lane
PS: …Did anybody check the rest of the stuff at that Goodwill? You know. Just in case.
