Moe Lane's Blog, page 90
February 2, 2025
Well, at least it isn’t Covid.
Just a cold of some kind. Which is hitting me like a hammer, so now that I’ve gotten some soup in me, I’m going back to bed. Nothing like simple and greasy Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup for a situation like this…
Patreon Microfiction: Keeping Our Distance.
‘Keeping Our Distance:’ Yeah, there’s a reason why nobody in the Fermi Resolution is messing with sending people to the moon again. They’re not sure what’s up there, and they have… more important things to worry about, anyway. Maybe when the Dominion’s dead and buried/
February 1, 2025
‘Voodoo Child.’
Voodoo Child, Jimi Hendrix
#commissionearned
Two days to go!
I’m too sick to burble. Please sign up for my Backerkit.
Book of the Week: Frozen Dreams.
Sorry: I have gotten hit with the cold my youngest has, only it’s a hacking cough and I’m kind of miserable. Frozen Dreams is about as well as I can track right now.
#commissionearned
Interesting.
A buddy from my MMORPG pointed this El Goonish Shive strip out to me. Apparently other people have also concluded that suddenly dumping magic on the general population willy-nilly might lead to undesirable results. I’m glad I’m not the only one!
(For anybody wandering in: I’m referring to my Fermi Resolution post-apocalyptic fantasy novels. Not grimdark! Not a heroic trilogy! Just fun! You can find them here.)
Tweet of the Day, This Is Urban Planning In A Nutshell edition.
The last panel is what elevates it to true art. Sometimes the public’s anonymously demonstrating a need. And sometimes they’re just doing it to be a collective jackwagon.
I cropped the Joyreactor logo stripe for you.
— Daddy Warpig (@DaddyWarpig) February 1, 2025pic.twitter.com/02SdAFu6xY
January 31, 2025
‘Barbara Allen.’
I first heard this voice my freshman year in college. I was there two weeks early with the rest of the new class, and the library had a media room full of vinyl records, record players, and nobody else at all. …Ah, Joan. Bob was a bit of an idiot, wasn’t he? A bloody good poet, though.*
#commissionearned
*Even if it’s a sort of a shame he knows it.
The January Patreon stuff is up!
It was a bit of a rough month, deadline-wise. Such is life. Anyway, here you go:
Short Story: Ironghosts, Part 1. More Fermi Resolution stuff with Oxman and Nat. The second half will be next month. Hopefully.Roleplaying Games: The Cunning Land, Part 3B: Gazetteer (Part 2). I’m glad I broke this one up: it gave me a chance to think some of the implications through.
Patreon!
I will be at Once Upon A Con, August 14-17.
The site fee for an Author’s Alley spot was ridiculously low for a three-day event, and Once Upon A Con is down at National Harbor, which makes it an easy enough jaunt. I fully expect vendor spot prices to go through the roof next year, so now’s the time to try out the new venue and see how it goes. I’m pretty sure I can sell enough books in three days to get my table fee back.
Moe Lane
PS: If you can’t wait, buy my books now!
