Moe Lane's Blog, page 561
May 28, 2022
Back at Balticon!
…After a Chrome update that required far too many security checks for a machine that I just got told won’t be supported after next month. I mean, why does Google care now? – I don’t mind that the Chromebook won’t be supported, you understand. It’s an older model and I didn’t pay much for it to begin with. But if they have little care for its further existence then they shouldn’t be too upset if it’s a little insecure.
:pause:
Never mind me. I had ten hours’ sleep last night, and it seems to be affecting me in odd ways.
Moe Lane
PS: Come on by and buy my books at Balticon! Or anywhere else!
May 27, 2022
I’m here at Balticon!
All set up and ready to sell books!
BEHOLD! #balticon, I am here. pic.twitter.com/lapw7v5Vvv
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) May 27, 2022
Gotta say: the bigger ones apparently make it easier to set up. Which is really nice. Now if I can only figure out the food situation…
Tweet of the Day, Why The HELL Was I Not Notified Of This? edition.
This was literally the only reason I wasn’t planning to see the new Top Gun flick. The only reason. Now it’s back on the rotation…
Of note: @erichschwartzel reports that Chinese firm Tencent backed out of co-financing TOP GUN: MAVERICK amid concerns over how the film would play with the CCP. Which probably helps explain why the Taiwanese/Japanese flags wound up back on Mav’s jacket. https://t.co/NH7GZ47QpL
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) May 27, 2022
Via @presjpolk.
TINSEL RAIN is now available for Kindle and Kindle Unlimited!
At long last. Paperback will likely get approved next week, after I go over proofs.
Tinsel Rain returns us to the post-apocalyptic world of Cin City, glittering tinsel crown of the Kingdom of New California. When an old not-quite-friend of Shamus Tom Vargas is found dead, Tom gets pulled into a case of murder, magic, and mystery! Sinister archmages! Bodies in alleys! An actual high-speed car ride! And as many bad jokes as the author could cram in! Truly, you deserve to read this book!
#commissionearned
May 26, 2022
‘What’s Up?’
Blame @EsotericCD. Or maybe just my generally frazzled state. Things are squared away for tomorrow, but still. I’m pretty much checked out at this point.
Or watch this. This is better.
#commissionearned
The ANDOR teaser trailer.
Ain’t gonna lie: ROGUE ONE is my favorite movie of the new bunch of Star Wars movies. Which is not a hard bar to clear, but I thought it was legitimately good. And surprisingly resistant to being Disneyfied*. I’m inclined to see what ANDOR does with itself.
*There’s just something entertaining about the way that the production crew expected the Mouse to come in and point out the logical implications of the plot, and its rather dramatic effect on possible sequels. But the Mouse never did. One must treasure these brief, shining moments of artistic integrity, in an uncaring world.
#commissionearned
The TINSEL RAIN proof is in!
I’ll be going over it this weekend, I suspect. Good visual advertising while doing Balticon, now that I think of it. “Oh, yeah, I’m publishing another book. TINSEL RAIN: and, say, here’s the QR code for the Kindle…
BEHOLD! pic.twitter.com/pVNxBr4l3z
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) May 26, 2022
Today is shaping up to be a real dumpster fire.
Mostly involving sudden scheduling crunches. I may just declare the weekend early. it’s been that kind of week…
Working on this backdrop.
Aside from the most obvious point: the curtains are the wrong color. They are, however, what I have to work with. My wife’s already suggested not using all the straps and safety-pinning the extras, too. Which will make the final version a lot less sloppy-looking.
Workshopping this backdrop pic.twitter.com/hbQdPMoUIu
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) May 26, 2022
Even as is, it’s worth it to get the sign off of the table, honestly.
May 25, 2022
‘Song to the Siren.’
I am crashing and am going to bed.
