N.V. Binder's Blog, page 6
November 14, 2011
Winter writing schedule
Right now I'm focused on finishing "Surprise, Surprise," hitting my goal for National Novel Writing Month, and getting ready to go to a NASA tweetup, where I hear that I'm going to meet this technological marvel in person, as well as and 150 fascinating people from all over the place (check back for a full ...Read more ...
October 8, 2011
Sci-Fi Rewind: Farscape
You know that fan? The one who still carries the torch, a decade after the show is canceled or the author dies? The one who has diagrams of the ship and writes little philosophical treatises about how the body snatchers really symbolize McCarthy-era paranoia? The one who just can't let it go? I'm that fan. ...Read more ...
October 5, 2011
Killing the robot
I spent the last week building my Twitter following–and annoying the hell out of it. The weapon I used in my reign of evil was TweetAdder. TweetAdder is a very powerful piece of software that you should totally buy–but only if you're the kind of person who wouldn't press the red button just to see ...Read more ...
October 1, 2011
What makes an author "indie"?
Think of the last independent film that you watched, or the last album you listened too from an independent label. Maybe it was great. Maybe it was dreadful and poorly-produced. Maybe it was just weird–something you were glad you saw or heard, but have no interest in revisiting. No matter what you thought of it, ...Read more ...
September 30, 2011
This October: Get a Book. Save a Bat.
One of the great things about being an independent publisher is having more book bucks to spend on the things that I like. And one of the things I like best is giving back to the people and animals that make this world a better place. Last month, I offered a deep discount to librarians ...Read more ...
September 29, 2011
Independent publishing & the quality question
Two weeks ago, I independently published my first work of fiction. It's been a wild ride. It turns out, becoming an independent writer isn't just about writing and publishing something; it's a job. The description includes marketing and self-promotion, networking, professional development and training, quality control, human resources and strategic planning. It feels a lot ...Read more ...
Sharpen your pencils
Every year in November, Americans come together for a celebration of creativity, ambition and hard work. It's National Novel Writing Month, when writers race to produce a 50,000 word manuscript in 30 days. For those of you keeping score at home, that's about 1,666 words a day. The sole goal of NaNoWriMo is to get ...Read more ...
September 23, 2011
Fiction Friday: Ship Coming In
"What you doing there, Miss Lisa? It was a good question. Lisa Abenthy, the second-grade teacher, was standing on the hood of her car. She had a can of black spray paint in her left hand. She had a can of white spray paint in her right hand. When little Tom interrupted her, she was ...Read more ...
Flash Friday: Ship Coming In
"What you doing there, Miss Lisa? It was a good question. Lisa Abenthy, the second-grade teacher, was standing on the hood of her car. She had a can of black spray paint in her left hand. She had a can of white spray paint in her right hand. When little Tom interrupted her, she was ...Read more ...
September 22, 2011
Sci-fi facts: Mitchell's watson
"It was a cheap projection device, containing a single story, like a movie in a can. Except it didn't have a movie inside. It had Mitchell's memories." -From Redshift "The watson" is key piece of technology in my new book Redshift: New Year's Day. An implant that records everything the main character does as he goes about his life in the distant future, ...Read more ...
