Adam Heine's Blog, page 5
July 6, 2016
Izanami Auto-Fan Art
The inestimable K. Marie Criddle forced -- forced -- me to draw fan art for my own book.* So here you go, a non-canon** drawing of Shimada Itaru facing off against I dunno let's call it one of the police droids. Click to embiggen.
* The means of forcing was that she chose "Izanami's Choice" as the topic for our drawing blog Anthdrawlogy. You can see hers and other drawings over there. Please do. Those guys are way better than me.
** Itaru carries a folding sword, not a regular sword. I wasn't t...
* The means of forcing was that she chose "Izanami's Choice" as the topic for our drawing blog Anthdrawlogy. You can see hers and other drawings over there. Please do. Those guys are way better than me.
** Itaru carries a folding sword, not a regular sword. I wasn't t...
June 20, 2016
Izanami's Choice release date and pre-order info
Here we go, guys. Izanami's Choice has a release date! It will be available for purchase on September 1st, 2016.
Or -- because you want to support an author, or you don't want to forget, or you just like clicking links -- you can pre-order it RIGHT NOW:
Kindle Edition -- $2.99Paperback -- $9.99PDF/EPUB Editions available from the publisher -- $2.99
And now for answers to some common questions.
Q: Why am I only finding out about this now?!
Clearly you haven't subscribed to my awesome newsletter. I...
Or -- because you want to support an author, or you don't want to forget, or you just like clicking links -- you can pre-order it RIGHT NOW:
Kindle Edition -- $2.99Paperback -- $9.99PDF/EPUB Editions available from the publisher -- $2.99
And now for answers to some common questions.
Q: Why am I only finding out about this now?!
Clearly you haven't subscribed to my awesome newsletter. I...
June 16, 2016
The great paperwork coup
Anyone remember the coup? Probably not. It's pretty boring, and the news is filled with far more interesting things. (Though I'm sure life under the junta is more interesting if they think you're making trouble.)
For our children's home, it's meant paperwork requests at inconvenient times, lost paperwork at any time, and surprise government inspections (well, one inspection -- fortunately I was dressed at the time).
This week, it meant this fun enactment, while applying for my yearly visa exten...
For our children's home, it's meant paperwork requests at inconvenient times, lost paperwork at any time, and surprise government inspections (well, one inspection -- fortunately I was dressed at the time).
This week, it meant this fun enactment, while applying for my yearly visa exten...
June 6, 2016
The States of Things
Torment:
New part-time project:
Izanami's Choice:
Currently playing:
SpeedRunners
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Current mood:
Currently answering questions in the comments:
New part-time project:
Izanami's Choice:
Currently playing:
SpeedRunners
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's CutCurrent mood:
Currently answering questions in the comments:
May 18, 2016
Izanami's Choice cover reveal
If you follow me on social media, you may have seen this, but it's important that it's here. So behold! The cover for my upcoming samurai sci-fi novella IZANAMI'S CHOICE! CLICK TO EMBIGGEN!
And here's proof that I'm not just making this up (that's not my hand, though -- so I guess my editor could be making it up):
I love what they've done here -- the droid legs, the sword, the bloody kanji characters, the part where my name's on the cover. It's all just great.
I don't have a date for release yet...
And here's proof that I'm not just making this up (that's not my hand, though -- so I guess my editor could be making it up):
I love what they've done here -- the droid legs, the sword, the bloody kanji characters, the part where my name's on the cover. It's all just great.
I don't have a date for release yet...
May 10, 2016
How do you write a good twist?
Phil says:
I'm writing a sci-fi story as part of a game, and one thing I'm having trouble with is how to gracefully drop hints of an upcoming twist.
One character is set up so that everyone assumes he is a villain; the midpoint twist shows that he's actually just misunderstood and trying to survive; he actually has a lot in common with the player character.
I want to drop hints of this fact earlier on in the game. I think I can do this without it giving away the twist, but I'm worried that playe...
May 2, 2016
The Best Dr. Strange Gif
Maybe there are better Dr. Strange gifs out there, but if so I have not seen them. (Also this was ridiculously hard to find for my sister, so I'm intentionally trying to increase its SEO a little).
Random SEO crap: Benedict Cumberbatch animated gif jumping leaping flying funny hopscotch harry potter anchorman avengers dirty dancing pokemon eaten by a shark SEO's a thing right I'm not just making this up? oh god what if i am what if people are reading this who am i and what have i done with my...
Random SEO crap: Benedict Cumberbatch animated gif jumping leaping flying funny hopscotch harry potter anchorman avengers dirty dancing pokemon eaten by a shark SEO's a thing right I'm not just making this up? oh god what if i am what if people are reading this who am i and what have i done with my...
April 14, 2016
Izanami's Choice excerpt and update
The fine folks at Broken Eye are working on the last edits for Izanami's Choice. Next steps after that are me addressing the edits and then all the fun stuff they get to do to finalize the whole thing and make it a For Real Book.
There's also a cover coming. Watch for that.
Izanami's Choice is my samurai, sci-fi novella set in a Meiji-era Japan that has adopted androids and other ridiculously advanced technology. Here's an excerpt:
There's also a cover coming. Watch for that.
Izanami's Choice is my samurai, sci-fi novella set in a Meiji-era Japan that has adopted androids and other ridiculously advanced technology. Here's an excerpt:
The droid was a newer model. It did not wear a wooden mask, nor...
February 25, 2016
Izanami's Choice -- a story about samurai, robots, and AI singularities
I've been head down writing Torment conversations, but I have an important announcement to make: my new novella, Izanami's Choice, is coming soon from Broken Eye Books.
It's a book. That you can buy. About samurai and robots in a cybernetic Meiji-era Japan.
If any of that sounds remotely interesting to you, I recommend you sign up for my newsletter so you'll know when it comes out.
Not sure? Read on!
Tokyo, at the dawn of the 20th century. The Empire has gone through an industrial and political r...
It's a book. That you can buy. About samurai and robots in a cybernetic Meiji-era Japan.
If any of that sounds remotely interesting to you, I recommend you sign up for my newsletter so you'll know when it comes out.
Not sure? Read on!
Tokyo, at the dawn of the 20th century. The Empire has gone through an industrial and political r...
February 3, 2016
Want a free story of mine?
Want to read a free fantasy story of mine? One you've never read before? I have one for you.
There's a string: you gotta sign up for my mailing list.
But hold on, because there's a better string attached to that string. Once you're on that mailing list, you'll be notified the moment there's new Adam Heine fiction to read.
And there will be new fiction to read. I can't officially say much yet, but you may recall me hinting about a novella? It's coming. Maybe more than that is coming. We'll see!
If...
There's a string: you gotta sign up for my mailing list.
But hold on, because there's a better string attached to that string. Once you're on that mailing list, you'll be notified the moment there's new Adam Heine fiction to read.
And there will be new fiction to read. I can't officially say much yet, but you may recall me hinting about a novella? It's coming. Maybe more than that is coming. We'll see!
If...
