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March 1, 2022
The new THE ADAM PROJECT trailer.
THE ADAM PROJECT is kind of growing on me:
But that might just be the imposed nostalgia. There’s a You guys have lots of discretionary income still, right? 1980s vibe going on here, and I suspect that the references to fatherhood are likewise deliberately and carefully highlighted. A lot of people from my particular sub-demographic of our generation didn’t really know theirs.
Still, looks like fun. March 11th.
February 28, 2022
First, and successful, week done on the TINSEL RAIN Kickstarter.
Looking at the numbers… TINSEL RAIN is definitely outperforming TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION and is not too far off from FROZEN DREAMS at this point of the cycle in terms of revenue, although I had more backers at this stage for the latter. I figure that’s to be expected: the first book had a lot of people showing up to support me actually, wow, writing a novel and everything. The drop-off from the first to the second Kickstarter was instructive, although I did wonder how much of that was due to the first book being a novel and the second being a short story collection. Preliminary results comparing TALES and TINSEL RAIN suggests that it is a factor. I guess it really is true: novels sell better than short stories. God knows the latter is far more of a buyer’s market.
Anyway, good first week, and now I have to find new places to get people to see the Kickstarter. :brightly: Suggestions welcome!
#commissionearned
In Nomine Revisited: Forbidden Book: Oraculum Manus Occultus (Cum Sermo Novalinae)
Forbidden Book: Oraculum Manus Occultus (Cum Sermo Novalinae)
Oraculum-Manus-Occultus-Cum-Sermo-Novalinae-Google-DocsDownloadThe February Patreon stuff is up!
Huzzah!
Short story: THE STARS ARE WRONG . Fiction. Cosmic horror is where you find it.RPG: Ashes of Empire, Part 2: The Empire of Ash (Section I) . This may be a more complicated game world than I thought.
Patreon!The final MORBIUS trailer.
I dunno. Looks fun, but origin movies can be exasperating.
People pooh-pooh the Ed Norton HULK, but I genuinely enjoyed how they put the entire origin in the opening credits and then went on with the film We didn’t need much backstory for BLADE, either – or miss its absence. People can usually figure it out as they go along.
MORBIUS comes out April 1st. I’ll probably see it, of course. It’s my kind of flick.
#commissionearned
In the Mail: the FIGURE YOUR LIFE OUT shirt.
This is from a classic Twitter rant/thread. I finally decided I needed the T-shirt. Even though the sandwiches should have mustard… no, no, the man has a point. NO COMPROMISES.
In the mail. pic.twitter.com/IUfGyaz6ey
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) February 28, 2022
February 27, 2022
Patreon Microfiction: Where’s The Harm?
No, really: Where’s The Harm? The poor get helped: the rich can virtuously point out that they’re making sure everybody benefits; and our hero is making money hand over fist in the hospitality business. Why rock the boat?
Patreon!Well, back from Farpoint.
It was… not as successful as I would have liked. I didn’t quite make my table fee back; I’m not sure whether this was because the site was more science fiction than fantasy/horror, or because the venue didn’t attract as many people this year as they usually do, or just stuff going on. Don’t get me wrong, I sold books, and I came close to breaking even on the table: but I was honestly hoping for more business.
Ach, well. It was good info to have. I’m already doing better than the average; it seems ungrateful to too badly want to be doing yet better still.
Moe Lane
PS: Kickstarter! Which is going well. So spread the word!
February 26, 2022
Book of the Week: FROZEN DREAMS! (And TINSEL RAIN!)
FROZEN DREAMS is on super-sale and TINSEL RAIN is in Kickstarter (the two are not unrelated). And I am really, really tired. Talking to adults all day is hard.
#commissionearned
