Moe Lane's Blog, page 89

03/21/2025 Snippet, LE BETE.

Getting there!

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He awoke, which was promising. It was even on a cot, which was better. Best of all, a careful attempt to sit up revealed that he could move freely, without fetter or chains. But as Joseph lifted his left arm to rub his face, he saw there was now a bracelet of fée make around it. That would be a better check on his movements than every manacle and restraint in the world. The more so because he knew perfectly well what would happen if he violated whatever the rules were for his confinement.

Accordingly, Joseph sat on the edge of the bed, and waited. He wasn’t sure exactly for what, but presumably it wouldn’t be immediately fatal. If the rebels wanted him dead, he would already be dead. That thought was less comforting than it could have been; after all, they may not have wanted him dead right away.

His first visitor arrived ten minutes later, and it was… Berthier. Berthier was wearing neither a bracelet nor Revolutionary cockade, but did carry a sword. A rank amateur could discern the current situation from that, and Joseph saw no advantage in pretending ignorance. “I see that the battle was lost,” he said, trying for ‘somber’ but not ‘angry.’ “And quite thoroughly… ah…”

“A simple ‘General’ will do, Citizen Fouché. Although you may also safely slip, and use the Revolutionary term. The King is actually quite taken with many of the ideals of the Revolution.” Berthier’s lips quirked. “Or at least the Queen is, and the King heeds her counsel.”

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The (belatedly seen) EXODUS extended trailer.

I think this will work as my response, too:

I am trying desperately not to get my hopes up. https://t.co/sndZGFvKId

— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) March 21, 2025

‘The Magic Number.’

Time for bed. Dunno why it’s so soothing, but it is.

The Magic Number, De La Soul

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Tweet of the Day, The Smart Answer Would Be Black Cat edition.

That entire ‘Isn’t being a crook more fun, especially when I come with the career change?’ thing she’d bring would make for an interesting Spider-Man flick. Alas, they probably won’t be smart. Good choices are kind of rare in the movie business, these days.

'SPIDER-MAN 4' will have a female main villain.

The role has already been cast, and an official announcement is coming soon.

(Source: @MyTimeToShineH) pic.twitter.com/VzcieLUuE0

— MCU Film News (@MCUFilmNews) March 20, 2025

H/T: @IMAO_

Chicken Pot Pie!

Homemade, too. Well, I used a pie shell. My wife inhaled quite a bit of it*, so I’m scoring it as a success.

Used this recipe. It did need more salting, but that’s an easy fix and arguably better than the alternative. Oh, and I added corn. A chicken pot pie without corn is frankly ridiculous.

Moe Lane

*My first slice was good. My second slice was washed down with a beer, so it was even better.

Oh, hey. Meta Stole my book.

Dreary details here. Via . You can buy FROZEN DREAMS here.

Surveys for the Fermi Resolution Worldbook Backerkit have just gone out!

Be sure to fill them out promptly, and check out the pre-order store while you’re there. I should also note that while my science fiction horror novel GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND is not available for pre-order, it’s still a good book and you should buy it anyway.

In other, game-related news: I’m working with my layout person on the worldbook, and it is proceeding according to plan. I’ve also given out my parts of the cross-collaboration reward with Lead & Chrome; hopefully that’ll be coming out soon. Once the first is checked off, we’ll be concentrating on the stretch goal adventure. So, things are moving along.

Thanks for backing! If you didn’t, think about pre-ordering. Then I can thank you for that.

Moe Lane

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BEHOLD! A *guaranteed* horrible March Madness bracket.

I know nothing about basketball, really. I have no interest in the contest. I am blissfully ignorant of the teams. I chose these names in a semi-random fashion, thus eliminating that potential benefit. I am even ignorant of what constitutes a ‘good’ strategy. This may very well be the worst March Madness bracket in existence.

It is my gift to you. No matter what happens, you will be able to say, “Well. At least I did better than Moe.”

‘Dead.’

Re-upping because my wife and I started spontaneously singing this song this evening. I also feel like everybody in my generation who went to college had this album. It was just one of those things.

Dead, They Might Be Giants

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Reminder: REVIEW the BOOKS you READ.

Review mine, review other people’s, review the books you randomly bought. It’s all good… and, really, it’s all good. The more reviews authors get, the more likely it becomes that they sell more books. This is, like, some weird statistics thing, or something like that. I dunno. I just push on the clicky-board until the magic mirror shows me the words.

Moe Lane

PS: And that’s review, not rate! Add a few sentences! Copy the book cover! It’ll take you all of five minutes, honest to God.

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