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May 23, 2022
The strategically pixelated THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER trailer.
Worried that THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER might be a solemn affair? Concerned that the general ‘Jack Kirby drops some acid but was able to maintain’ vibe of the original might have been an one-time thing? Unsure whether Chris Helmsworth has gone off the Marvel boiled-chicken-and-Sisyphus exercise routine?
Then do I have a trailer for you.
It’s dumb and I love it.
TINSEL RAIN now available for Kindle preorder
I should just accept that this is all that I’m dealing with today. Also, as a reminder: if you backed the Kickstarter at the digital level and filled out your survey you should have gotten a notification of the digital book being available.
TINSEL RAIN NOW AVAILABLE TO PREORDER ON KINDLE! It comes out Friday. Rejoin Shamus Tom Vargas as he investigates murder, magic and mystery in the post-apocalyptic Kingdom of New California! Action! Suspense! A plethora of bad jokes! All awaits your interested gaze!
The digital TINSEL RAIN is on its way!
TINSEL RAIN is back from the editor: and I think that it’s reasonable to release the digital versions of the book now for my Kickstarter backers. Particularly since I want people who backed to get the book before it’s available on Kindle. Which, hopefully, will be Friday. So if you backed, check your emails, and I’m still on track to lock orders to take care of the physical rewards sometime in June. Gotta make sure the physical proofs are okay, after all.
Excelsior!
Moe Lane
PS: Check out the pre-order store!
Guttersnipe [250 pt] [GURPS]
Trying to write an unpleasant NPC, for once. Note the lack of Bloodlust, Bully, Callous, Sadism, or Greed, though. I was trying for ‘unpleasantly dangerous,’ not ‘shoot on sight.’
Guttersnipe-Google-DocsDownloadNOW IS THE TIME TO DO YOUR TINSEL RAIN SURVEYS.
I’ve gotten the edits back from the Editor, I’ve been preparing the digital downloads, and if you qualified for Special Thanks and haven’t finished your survey question I went ahead and made my best guess. As soon as I hear back from the editor I’m punching buttons, so You Have Been Warned.
And yes, that means that the print copies of the books will soon be available. Get your pre-orders in now.
May 22, 2022
TINSEL RAIN Edit Update: up to Chapter 17.
We’re more than halfway through the second edit pass of TINSEL RAIN, and I… may not have it ready in time for Balticon. Alas. We’re way ahead of schedule anyway, which is the important thing. Better it be good than too fast.
In other news, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION is still on super-Kindle sale! Tell your friends. Heck, tell your acquaintances on the bus.
#commissionearned
05/22/22 Snippet, SCENES FROM THE ZOO.
Deathworlder species!
Patreon!The air tasted different, away from the Observation Area. Here on the other side of the planet, there was almost no sign of human presence at all. Or, really, any sapient presence, either.
This part of the planet was mostly grassland, which surprised him. George had been under the impression that the planet had only recently gotten past the primordial soup level. “What happened?” he asked the tech.
“Bio-breach,” the tech replied. Her name was Rhonda, and her shrug was perfectly human. “Something dropped a bag of grass seed, it scattered in the wind, and here we are. You know how Terran life is.”
“Yeah. Insidious.” George looked around. “Still, a planet’s big place.”
Rhonda laughed. “Yeah, and terraforming’s a big operation. Whoever programmed the ‘bots gave ‘em a lot of leeway for getting the operation in on time. You know how it is: ‘On time, effective, cheap…”
“…‘Pick any two.’ Sure. So they cut corners?”
“From what I saw from the notes, they didn’t care about corners at all.”
Patreon Microfiction: “Just Don’t Look Over The Edge.”
If you’re curious: the gloubari are not particularly more or less advanced than humanity is, technology-wise, so this wasn’t an imposed colony. They instead acquired the Saturn colony in a complicated land estate deal that ended with humanity picking up three rather nice terrestrial-type planets in gloubari systems in exchange. This means that both sides in “Just Don’t Look Over The Edge” are firmly convinced that they’ve robbed each other blind, which is always good for interstellar amity.
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