H.L. Reasby's Blog, page 7
August 23, 2011
The Author's Den
I love finding new places to connect with my readers!
August 19, 2011
Interviewed by Ren Cummins
Ren asks some really fun questions during this interview. Check it out!
August 1, 2011
Star Trek Tech
In channel surfing earlier, I came across Star Trek Tech on History Channel. It's a really fascinating look at the impact of Trek on our current technologies as well as showing how the technologies related in Trek are influenced by existing science.
It's a really wonderful show that I highly recommend checking out if you get a chance. For example, they talk about how scientists are actually finding that things like the dermal regenerator which can heal wounds could actually become a reality. They've determined that injuries can heal more rapidly with the application of electrical fields or plasma. HOW COOL IS THAT!?!
Seriously, it seems like everyday someone's taking something that previously only existed in science fiction (Trek communicator, for instance) and making it a commonplace reality (cell phone). I love it!
July 30, 2011
I found this picture of Set while websurfing and thought it was...
I found this picture of Set while websurfing and thought it was a good representation of how I imagine him looking my Sekhmet's Light universe.
July 29, 2011
New review of Akhet!
A brand new review was just posted on Amazon.com of Akhet, book one!
July 27, 2011
Issues with NOOK editions
Hey, all.
My good friend, and faithful reader, Shannon brought it to my attention that she was having issues with purchasing Peret from BN.com for her NOOK. If you would like the book for your NOOK and are having problems, please shoot me an email at heather.reasby@gmail.com and we'll make arrangements for you to get your copy.
To say that I'm displeased with the support provided for the PubIt service would be putting it VERY mildly.
July 26, 2011
Peret
So I was finally able to get the paperback edition of Peret into shape so it's now up and available for purchase!
Currently, the Kindle edition is live on Amazon, and the Paperback is available through the Createspace store with Amazon picking it up in the next few days. Also, for those of you who love your Nooks, it's available through BN.com.
Also, for those of you who regret that your kindle edition can't be inscribed with a personal message like a paperback… well guess what! Now, it can! Both Akhet and Peret are available for service through KindleGraph.com!
July 20, 2011
Who would win in a fight...?
So, there are a lot of inspirations for today's blog. The first of which is a discussion that occurred during BJ Shea's Geek Nation podcast. During the podcast (episode 4), the question of who would win in a fight: Superman or Batman. Myself, I'm with Vicky Barcelona, my money would be on Bats.
There are a lot of reasons for this opinion, but the top one is this: Batman is the superior tactical mind. It's been established in the comics that Batman has contingencies in place for any and all of his allies should they go bad and need to be taken down, this includes a hidden store of kryptonite that he can bring into play if things with Superman go sideways.
The arguments brought into play during these discussions can be highly amusing. The focus tends to be on the powers (often primarily the fact that Superman has them and Batman does not), but they're leaving out a highly important factor: the minds of the combatants. As I've stated, I do believe that Batman would be the victor in this contest because of Batman's superior intellect and tactical know-how.
People are welcome to disagree with me and I'd love to hear arguments as to why Superman would, in fact, come out on top.
July 13, 2011
Hi, my name is Heather, and I'm a geek....
So, according to one of my facebook event reminders, today is 'Celebrate Your Geekness Day'. A while back there was a thread started on a forum that I frequent asking who got us into scifi… which got me thinking about the origins of my interest in it.
The truth is, I can't really pin it down to one person or event or movie that triggered my love of scifi and fantasy. Looking back, I've always had a love of the fantastic. I was the kid who stayed up late and read books about unicorns and dragons under the blankets by flashlight. Later (between 7 and 12ish), I would sneak out of bed and watch movies like The Terminator and RoboCop with the volume turned down so I wouldn't wake my parents.
When I hit college, I started getting seriously into comics and found myself becoming more of a Marvel girl than DC. My love was speficially the X-Men. I've always loved the idea that there was a group of people who were outsiders, feared and reviled by the rest of the world, yet they chose to use their abilities to help people rather than hurt them.
To me, that was an incredibly potent brew and it reacted a bit like nitroglycerin with my imagination. You see, that's the point when I started creating stories and writing them down, mostly revolving around these powerful and misunderstood heroes. My mother read one of my stories and that prompted her to suggest that I take a creative writing course… and the rest is history.
This is an incredible time to be a geek. We've seen an Oscar go to a film adaptation of a seminal work of fantasy literature (yes, I know they cheesed it by calling Return of the King as historic fiction, but it still won), we've seen fantastic adaptations of some of our favorite comics (Iron Man, Batman, the X-men, Spider-Man), and scifi and fantasy are more accessible than ever before.
I'm hopeful that we can keep this ball rolling with upcoming adaptations of Captain America, the Avengers, a new Superman to look forward to, and others. There are some who bemoan the loss of this 'exclusive' little club that used to be geekdom, but I'm not one of them. Gaining a wider audience for our favorite things just means more willingness in the entertainment industry to accept more great stories.
Viva la geek!
July 4, 2011
Best Dream EVER!
So I dreamed last night that The Rock showed up at my house out of the blue, wanting to option the Sekhmet's Light series for movies because he wanted to play Kemsefet.
Needless to say, my inner fan-girl was completely spastic.
Of course, my husband was all shades of amused upon hearing about this dream and told me "honey, you're a professional writer now, you can't freak out like that". Yes, I do know that and I don't know that I would completely freak out… I mean, I've managed to meet a lot of celebrities at this point in my life and not go all googly… But then again… it's the freaking ROCK!
Anyway, it would definitely be cool to find out, doncha think?!
