Jason Córdova's Blog, page 68
February 24, 2012
Quickies
Really quickly:
Last chance to enter the Shiny Book Review contest for a free copy of Ari Marmell's Thief's Covenant from Pyr Books. The review is here (hint: I liked it) and you can like us over on Facebook (yes, we have a page there… call us sellouts if you like). On the Facebook page, tell us why you are the most deserving (or undeserving, for our resident future evil overlords out there) to win the book.I will be unable to attend Mysticon this year. I mentioned this last week and...
February 17, 2012
Bad News (and a little bit of good thrown in)
Bad news (and some good news to offset the bad).
First off, I've informed the concom at Mysticon that I will be unable to attend this year. Work is crazy right now, and one of my fellow workers is out with a major surgery. I was anticipating on him covering for me while gone, and with him out, I'm going to have to bow out of Mysticon. I'm… ashamed, really. I've never really had to cancel an appearance before. I feel like I've let people down (you know, those four people who liked my book?)...
February 16, 2012
Write Here, Right Now
Figures. I'm all set to go to bed and I can't sleep.
Stupid muse.
More tomorrow. Right now, must write.
February 9, 2012
Stalk Me At Mysticon
So my programming for Mysticon has arrived and I'm excited. Not because of anything important, just that CON SEASON is upon us (at last!!!).
Wanna stalk me (well, discreetly at least)? Without further ado, here is my schedule:
Fri, 7:00 PM – Signing Table — I'll be signing whatever is thrown my way: napkins, boobies, small pets, boobies, blank pieces of paper and oh, my books.Fri, 11:00 PM – Boardroom 1 — (What Was Your Gateway Drug?): Pretty easy panel. Started off with the light stuff, the...February 4, 2012
The Writing News
Worked a bit on the Sha'Daa: Catechism story, featuring three of the lost Faberge eggs of the Romanovs. It's creepy and fun, but being a little stubborn at the moment. It's hard to write this style, which goes against the grain for me. However, I shall persevere.
Or die trying.
Two books being reviewed this week: first, the biography of Edward VI, the only legitimate son of Henry VIII and eventual ruler of England. He's passed over quite a bit in history, due to his father and his sisters...
February 2, 2012
The Recruiting Report
Yeah, I keep forgetting to update. Winter is usually a slow time of the year (news-wise) for me anyway.
On to the infamous Cordova's Ball State Report.
If you're not a college football fan, you may want to skip this one.
I am pleased to see that second year head coach Pete Lembo has put together a better defensive class than his predecessor, and that he got some help for those red zone situations in 6′ 5″ WR Efe Scott-Emuakpor. Granted, the kid's going to need to gain about 30 pounds before...
January 30, 2012
Book Pretty!
Work (the non-writing variety) has been utterly brutal these past three weeks. I'm looking forward to a few days off, and then in a few more weeks off to Mysticon! Woohoo!
Note to self: no absinthe. Not ever again. EVER. You know it's bad when I'm begging for some vodka to chase the original drink down with.
However, I have received a copy of the preliminary book cover for the next Heroes in Hell book, which (I may have mentioned this before) has had the title renamed from Adventurers in Hell...
January 27, 2012
ONLINE
…and we're back.
Sorry for the outage. I originally was leaving up the SOPA/PIPA protest for the weekend, but on Monday I lost my internet ("Lost: Reward" posters were, inevitably, a failure) and only got back online today. That means I missed my review on SBR, lots of interesting things on the 'net…
…and the renaming of my next anthology. No longer is the title of the book going to be Adventurers in Hell. Now it's titled Rogues in Hell which, to be honest, I like more. The cover is gorgeous...
January 18, 2012
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January 10, 2012
Mission: Sleep
I was writing a scene in Hell (yes, another Ponce de Leon story) and all of a sudden, Bullet With Butterfly Wings came on and I started rocking out.
Granted, Smashing Pumpkins is probably the godfather of the emo movement (much like how The Cure are for goths), but damn could they play some music. My favorite album, for those of you who may be curious (or may not but hey, my website, you're going to listen anyways) was Gish, with Siamese Dream right behind it.
There's not a lot of bands that...
