Jason Córdova's Blog, page 48

SimSuck

I’ll admit, I went into this with a little bit of trepidation. I’d heard bad things about it, and a lot of friends of mine were equally disgusted by the blatant craptacularness of it and warned me away. But I’d been told that the bugs were fixed, everything was fine now, and they would be eager to take my money in exchange for a product.

Foolishly, I took the bait.

And for the first four days, it was awesome. I played to my heart’s content, designing mega cities and enjoying the absolute contro...

Something New

I went out of town this weekend for Thanksgiving, so I haven’t done much writing. I have done atonof plotting and outlining, however, and I’m starting to think that I’ll be writing theTobias Foxnovels I owe when I get home. I was hoping to get into this anthology that features a villain’s point of view, but I don’t think I’m going to have time to write it. That stinks, but hopefully it’ll all work out in the end for the editor involved.

While scrolling through some of the writer’s groups I fol...

The Cold Has Arrived

SoWraithkinis being edited right now, and some more mistakes have been pointed out (though acknowledgement that I avoided a deus ex machina ending pleased me. I was afraid it would be a bit contrived) and will be fixed this week. I decided, after discovering a short story/novella I found that I had started long ago (I have no idea when) would be a good fit for John Manning’sShamblerszombie-themed anthology. It’s going to be titledKing of the Hollow, and is a tale about Hammurabi’s son and his...

Farm Fresh

Oh no, I’ve been neglecting the site again.

I’ve been quite busy the past week, since hunting season has officially kicked off and winter is starting early this year (no snow, but it’s getting cooooold). The cows have gone home, though, so no more worrying about calves being born. Still haven’t killed the coyote that was stalking them, but I know where he hangs out.Been thinking of getting some chickens. I like fresh eggs every day, and though it means that I can’t make hard-boiled eggs anymor...

Briefs

I realized today that I need a FAQ on here. I keep getting asked the same questions over and over again and it would save some time to have them all answered and in one place.

Wow. This entry looks more like a tweet than an update.

You might have noticed that I no longer stream my tweets on here. I did this because A) I hardly use Twitter anymore, and B) I got tired of getting my Twitter account hacked, so I deleted it.

I guess that should have been the first reason.

Never Be Dull

At 11:30 this morning, I finished my last edit ofWraithkinand sent it off to the first readers.

Cue party.

I’ll take a break for a day, write a review forThe Doctor and the Dinosaur, which is Mike Resnick’s latest “Weird West” book. Then I need to crank out aI, Godslayer and the my debut Tobias Fox novel. I’m also in the midst of a fun project with another author, and am waiting on word for the sequel toHomeworldthat Eric Brown and I wrote last month.

The life of a writer should never be dull.

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Election Thoughts

I meant to talk about this last week, but I was wrapping up a book and couldn’t find the time. Needless to say, after a week of watching everyone blame everyone else, I think this is the perfect time for the dissimulation of the Virginia elections.

First off, let me be clear: this is not an endorsement of Republicans or Democrats. I thought that both primary candidates were wrong for the job, and the Libertarian candidate was just tooquietto be much of a candidate. Hell, I’m a registered Liber...

Short Stay

I’m putting the finishing touches onWraithkinthis week and preparing to send it off to the Beta readers this weekend (probably Saturday night), which is part of the reason I haven’t really commented on the Virginia elections yet. I’ll have something a little more concrete this Friday, but all I can say now (without going into full-on lecture mode) is that the third party candidate, Robert Sarvis (Libertarian) did not cost the Republicans the election. Their own ineptitude did.

Okay, back to ed...

Wrapping Up

I’m wrapping up a book this week, kiddos, so I won’t be around much.

Hey Virginians — don’t forget to vote today.

May Your Muse Flog You Hard

Unbelievably, NaNoWriMo starts in two days. Considering I’ve said in the past I wasn’t the biggest fan of it, I can’t say I’m overly excited. I mean, writing a novel in 30 days is hard. I still don’t understand why people looking to write a novel feel the need to write 50K in 30 days, all the while ignoring the other 335 days of the year. This year alone I’ve already written 230,000 words (which is lower than my estimate of 300,000 words, which is where I thought I’d be already), so why the s...