Hugh Howey's Blog, page 113
July 29, 2010
The coolest thing to happen at Comic-Con
I get teary-eyed watching this.
For the third time.
Seriously, I've got a full-on geek-crush for Ryan Reynolds after this display of classy awesomeness. Enjoy:
For the third time.
Seriously, I've got a full-on geek-crush for Ryan Reynolds after this display of classy awesomeness. Enjoy:
July 15, 2010
Half Way Home and Abortion
I recently had a reader approach me after reading Half Way Home. She was perplexed and wanted to know what my views on abortion were. Her confusion, I believe, stemmed from the overall progressive nature of Half Way Home (i.e. environmental issues, homosexuality, animal rights, mineral plunder). How, then, could I end the book with [...:]
July 13, 2010
World-building and Storytelling
I just fired off an email to another writer, and it contained some thoughts on these two concepts that I thought I'd share a bit more publicly. Keep in mind: there's a good chance that I have no idea what I'm talking about.
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…Another thing to think about is the difference between world-building and storytelling. Both [...:]
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…Another thing to think about is the difference between world-building and storytelling. Both [...:]
June 23, 2010
My Birthday Present to You!
I'm about to make my birthday a festive one for everybody! With Amazon's new royalty system, whereby authors get 70% of a sale, rather than the old 30%, I've decided to revamp the look of my eBooks and offer them for much less money. I want these books to be priced where anyone will try [...:]
June 22, 2010
New Bookshelves!
Enough about the books I write, what about all the books I read? Well, I haven't had the time to do any of my in-depth reviews lately, but I'm still knocking back at least a book a week. And the freebies from publishers keep rolling in, which means I keep running out of shelf space. [...:]
June 8, 2010
Blood of Billions Pre-Order!
Before we get to the pre-order business, let me tell you a little something about this book. First: it's the best stuff I've ever written. Hands-down. Not only that, it was the hardest book I've tackled. It's the one I had the most doubts about. The one I agonized over.
When I started writing Land of [...:]
When I started writing Land of [...:]
June 4, 2010
An EPIC day at MCA!
A huge thanks to Millennium Charter Academy for having me speak with their students today. I had a great time, and came away very impressed with their school and their students.
I spoke for an hour or so with the middle schoolers (Half of that was my talk on writing and reading, the other half was [...:]
I spoke for an hour or so with the middle schoolers (Half of that was my talk on writing and reading, the other half was [...:]
May 20, 2010
My WIXE 1190 Interview
Last Friday, I went down to Monroe, NC and did some book promoting. We hit the same spots that welcomed us with the first book, and the second time around was just as fun. A huge thanks to the guys at Oasis and Blu Moon for being such awesome hosts. Also, a massive thanks to [...:]
May 17, 2010
Almost all the Way Home, now.
Half Way Home is off to the printer, which means I'll have early editions sometime next week (I'm guessing). For those of you who pre-ordered, your copies will be heading out right along with those meant for review sites. That means you'll be sampling this awesome story as quick as anyone else.
I can't wait [...:]
I can't wait [...:]
