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October 29, 2020
Tweet of the Day, This @JeffRightNoww Dude Is Good edition.
I like how he uses the medium to his advantage. If this was real-time it’d be a lot less coherent and a lot more annoying.
Quibi getting shut down pic.twitter.com/DYg1b1225o
— Jeff Wright (@JeffRightNoww) October 29, 2020
Via @SonnyBunch.
October 28, 2020
10/28/20 Update, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter.
With three weeks to go, we are at the cusp of the next stretch goal on the TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION Kickstarter. It’s going okay, all in all. Right now I’m trying to decide whether Backerkit is going to be a viable option this time. Last time it did pay for itself, but that was last time. This time the budget is going to be unavoidably leaner.
But! The good news is, things are proceeding to a plan. It is not a melodramatic plan, but it is a plan nonetheless. It’s been an excellent education, so far…
10/28/20 Snippet, TINSEL RAIN
Tough to find a passage that didn’t spoiler FROZEN DREAMS!
Patreon!“We know who he is?” I asked, then shook my question. “’Course we won’t. We never do. What’s his name, at least?”
Daisy lifted up one finger while she took a sip of her drink. That task done, she said, “Not quite right: we know her name. We will be privileged to have the boot of Banshee Raven from the Stygian Depths placed on our collective necks. All must love her, and despair!” She snorted, almost despite herself. “The Dominion didn’t include that last part.”
I shook my head. “Heathens. Whaddya gonna do? No, wait, Daisy. That’s a serious question. What are you gonna do?”
“What we always do when a new Dominion ambassador arrives, Tom. We hang back for a while and wait them out.” She finished her drink, and shook my head when I offered a refill. Instead, Daisy got up herself and spritzed some seltzer into her glass. Waste not, want not, I guess.
The THE MANDALORIAN Honest Trailer.
Show reviewing is a complicated profession.
Dang, now I want to binge-watch the entire series again before the premiere the THE MANDALORIAN Season 2. But I got stuff to do this week. So maybe just the first episode…
I’m giving away five Audible codes for FROZEN DREAMS!
[UPDATE: 4 left]
First come, first served. These are real Audible.com codes for FROZEN DREAMS, not the audio files; respond here or on Twitter* USA/UK only, alas: I have a bunch of codes for those two markets, but not the others. No hidden pitfalls or anything like that; just a free audiobook!
Moe Lane
*This is completely independent from the Kickstarter, but if you were to happen to back that project and then respond there I’ll consider those too from the point of view of timestamps.
Mailed FROZEN DREAMS to Keanu Reeves today!
Well, actually I mailed copies of Tim Powers’ DECLARE and THE STRESS OF HER REGARD to his agent, just in case Keanu Reeves was looking for new movie ideas. But when I looked at the box there was still space in it, and one of my author copies of FROZEN DREAMS was right there. No harm, right?
Mind you, this isn’t how you get a movie made from your book. I don’t even think I want a movie made from my book, because ironically I didn’t write it to be particularly cinematographic. But, worse case scenario: some minion at WME assigned to opening celebrity mail just scored three excellent books. I figure that’ll do for an act of generosity, at least.
Moe Lane
*Or just wanted something to read, because those are really, really good books and if you haven’t read them you should.
October 27, 2020
10/27/20 Update, TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION.
A better day, thankfully; and some sales elsewhere! TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION may not have the legs FROZEN DREAMS did, but a lot of the characters in it deserve their own books. With any luck, I’ll be able to write them, too.
Okay: also, I like getting paid to write. It’s a hell of a concept, let me tell you.
10/27/20 Snippet, PATCHWORK GOD.
We’re going to need to get some action happening soon. Ach, well, it’s a draft and I’m going to be writing the new Tom Vargas next month anyway.
Patreon!As it happened, we didn’t need to push the button for every floor; somebody was getting on or off at almost each one anyway. The one time nobody did, Pat held the elevator door open while Jack and I had a good sniff, then we got back on. The people in the box with us didn’t say anything.
Humans don’t, generally. We’ve — and I include the Other Side in that ‘we’ve’ — noticed a long time ago that we just don’t stay in human heads for long. It’s not exactly amnesia; punch a human, and I guarantee she’ll remember that you did. But once we’re out of sight of them we’re also very much out of mind. Their memories of us rapidly drain of urgency. This gets really handy when we have to clean up after a Blasphemous Tome, let me tell you — but good luck trying to get one to fix your car unless you’re standing right over her. Which I guess means it all balances out in the end.
