Jason Córdova's Blog, page 51

The Briefest July Update Possible

Another long work week ahead of me and I’m still trying to wrap upWraithkin. It’s as though my boss knows I’m almost finished with a book and has decided to make me work more than normal. Plus side, though, is that after my six days in a row I’m taking three off.

Yesterday we put up a new review over atSBR. It was John Ringo’sUnder A Graveyard Sky,reviewed by Chris Smith (who reviewedHomo Saywhaticus? for us awhile back). It’s very funny. You should go read it. It’s funny. Which is normal when...

Fanboy

Wrapping upWraithkinas we speak, which is why I haven’t been around much (or doing reviews lately). It’s almost ready for beta reader squad to tear it apart and point out the inconsistencies (I know they’re there, I just can never find them) and horrid dialogue. I also need to make a few chapters darker than originally written, but that’ll wait until I have the finished product in hand.

I don’t think I was this excited about completingCorruptorway back when, but then, that book was a beast of...

Tentative World Domination Plans (v1.2.1)

It actually took me a few minutes to realize that today was Friday. Wow, where has the week gone?

My computer is making that “I’m dying” sound again, which comes at a really, really bad time. I haven’t found a laptop I want to drop money on yet. This machine needs to understand that it must last at least six more months (preferably longer… like, forever) so I can get a SSD laptop. I like the idea of no moving parts on my hard drive. Less things break this way (in theory at least). Plus, after...

LC26 AAR

Ah, Libertycon… where sleep goes to die.

As usual, I had a blast at the convention and would like to thank Brandy and Derek Spraker, as well as the rest of the Libertycon staff, for putting on one hell of a con. The food was good (except I forgot to mention my onion allergy, which almost caused a trip to the hospital), the staff was friendly and the atmosphere was mostly fun and friendly.

I rolled into town Thursday around noon and wasexhausted. I had worked the night before and, in order to be...

Libertycon 26 Schedule

I meant to do this last week but real life interfered. Okay, so here is my schedule (according to the LC26 website):

FRIDAY

5:00 PM — Opening Ceremonies:Pretty self explanatory, though I may just be hanging out near the back of the room. That’s where I usually am during huge crowd gatherings, since I don’t do well in large crowds.
6:00 PM — Dreams of Steam: Gadgets and Gizmos:This one will be fun, since people from both anthologies (GadgetsandGizmos) will be present. Cindy MacLeod is moderating,...

Andrew Fox Article

I met Andrew Fox at Mysticon in 2011 for the first time and quickly became a fan. I loved hisFat White Vampire Bluesand I’ve been remiss because I have yet to read the sequel.

Many people in and out of the SFWA community have lambasted Mike Resnick and Barry Malzberg for being “sexist”, “mysoginist”, and a whole lot of other “-ists” recently. Andrew takes the name-calling and public shaming to task and really breaks down just what is going on, and why people need toreadthe articles in question...

The Right to Nothing

I’m getting political here. I’m not apologizing about it, either.

When was the last time you said something, seemingly innocent, and someone chided you for it because it didn’t fit their world view? Like, for example, a friend of mine laughed at the fact that Christians believe that when they die they go to heaven. I didn’t correct him (because I’m ambivalent on the subject matter and really, who knows for certain) but when I pointed out that some people would mock him because when he dies, he...

Dreamers in Hell Available

Dreamers in Hellis now available for Kindle over at Amazon. The print version should be up within 24 hours (if, like me, that’s what you prefer). I’m pretty certain that if you order by the end of the week, you’ll have it in your hands in time to get 13 of the authors to sign it at Libertycon this year. I knowI’llsign it.

Plus, look at the gorgeous cover. GORGEOUS. You want it. You need it. You crave it.

Trolling For Love

I made a huge mistake today. I got sucked back into Wikipedia.

There’s just something amazingly addictive about updating wiki pages while adding information, updating, and even deleting irrelevant material. It’s not as though I have nothing else to do (he writes as he stares at the open word document which has been mocking him for three days). But there’s just this… sense of accomplishment? I don’t know. It could be why a lot of wiki editors are fascist thugs when editing. They don’t like bein...

Remove Blockage Here

I’m doing some random posting today, so if you don’t want to read a very meandering post, kindly step away from the computer. It’ll be for the best.

I’m stuck. I’m really effing stuck. Not a writer’s block, no. It’s more of a “this character did this and now she’s got me stuck” kind of thing. It’s a horrible, horrible thing to behold: a writer, in his prime, being struck across the head by a (admittedly cool) character of his creating, forced to try to rationalize her actions.

So, in order to b...