Jason Córdova's Blog, page 63

Major Distraction

It’s not as though I need any excuses to be lazy about finishing this book but…

…this cat is not helping. No, really. He’s not “directing the muse” or “whispering ideas into my ear”. He’s messing with me.

Really. I blame him for my missed deadlines.

It’s his fault.

Advice Sought

I’m a little sad. I feel like my desktop, which has traveled across the country with me (and halfway back) is on its last legs.

I’d been having issues with the video card for a while now (had to replace the old one two years ago), and I’m not the best about remembering to get in there and dust it out with a can of air. The computer is lagging (600GB and it lags?) when I try to run anything complex. It’s got me worried enough that I have backed up everything multiple times over the past few wee...

Little Ball of Mud

There’s some weird things going on in the world right now that are justbegging for me to voice my little old opinion on.

The first thing is US politics. Ihatepolitics, but the more I watchnut jobson both sides speak for the 80% of the rest of us, the more I’m convinced that the King/Queen/Senate idea has some merit.Unfortunately, could you really trust anybody with any sort of power these days? I wouldn’t trust myself, that’s for sure. I’d be too tempted to simply feed someone to a wood chippe...

New Book Cover Announcement

New anthology coming this fall that my story is featured in.

This is your warning. Prepare for the Sha’Daa, for it is coming…

Memorial Day

Bravery doesn’t end when a hero comes home.

Celebrate Memorial Day and remember all those who have given their time and more for us.

Where Have All The Villains Gone?

I was responding to something that my computer did to me this morning (stupid cheating AI doesn’t know that I know he’s cheating so I won’t slaughter him in Stronghold Legends…) when it occurred to me that I only enjoy certain types of villains. And believe me, stupid, crushing everything mad “I’m the villain!” characters piss me off every single time.

Where has the subtlety gone? Where is the creativity? Why are villains so cut-and-dry nowadays? I’m not asking for more layers than a wedding c...

Well Paid Hack

Not apologizing for the lack of updates. Would you rather read this or read something in print (or e-book)?

Thought so. Yes, I was working onWraithkinandFailsafe. I’m also working onHeroes & Rogues, which needs to be done in about two weeks. Oops.

I keep linking to both Amanda Green‘s and Sarah Hoyt‘s blogs because of their views and opinions about the Big Six publishing houses who are currently under investigation by the DOJ here in the US for pricecollusion (which, for those of you who don’t...

When To Say When

I normally try to stay out of politics on here, but friend and author KT Pinto made a very good point earlier today:

Never believe what a politician says as a general principle, but especially when they are trying to win an election.

It takes a brave man to have a startling revelation, it takes a braver man to have one that may lose him an election, not gain him one.

I doubt truer words have ever been uttered.

Why didn’t the president come out last year with this proclamation? Or do it right afte...

Get Lit

Just a quickphilosophical question for you younglings today:

If “getting lit” means getting wasted (i.e., trashed), why do we assume that downing so much alcohol that our breath can light an open flame from thirty paces is theepitomeof a good time? I mean, if I’ve drunk enough that my drunken antics go from being entertaining to the entertainment (for that inevitable face-melting flame that will invariably arrive), wouldn’t “getting lit” be the exact opposite of what I want to do for fun?

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Behold, A Finch!

I love my camera. I also love that the birds here in Kentucky like to be photographed. They’re like the Kardashians of the bird world.

I'm not a Kardashian! I work for a living.