MCM's Blog, page 37
July 21, 2010
100 Fans In the Rain
Over at Novelr, Eli has written yet another brilliant post about the problems facing weblit, insofar as it relates to ebooks and Kindle. In the comments to the post, the Baron of Cleveland posits that weblit is akin to informal … Continue reading →
July 13, 2010
Warning: Writer's Suck
There's this scary, scary concept for authors called Writer's Block. It's what happens when you try and put words to paper (or screen) and can't make it happen. It's a terrible thing, and it has driven many a writer to… … Continue reading →
RollBots Recap: 126 "Paradigm Shift: Part 2″
I've skipped a boatload of episodes to get here, so to help you catch up, I'll do a little recap in my recap so you know what you missed. If you haven't watched the show and are planning to, you … Continue reading →
Downtime
Ollie reloaded the page for probably the fiftieth time, but the answer was always the same: "server not available", black on white, denying him his morning moment of zen. "Webcam's down," he called to Gemma, making her coffee for her … Continue reading →
July 12, 2010
Creative Recycling
Next month, I'm going to be serializing a story called Arkady and Kain, about the world of international terrorism. This is one of my favourite stories of all, and based on the outline I have sketched out, I think you'll … Continue reading →
July 8, 2010
Tiny Movements, Big Movements
Sunlight shone from below, reflected off the water beneath the old stone bridge. They sat there on the edge, catching whatever breeze they could, oblivious to sounds and stares of Beijing around them. She was a half-width too close to … Continue reading →
July 7, 2010
Brian's New Day
Brian woke each morning stapled to the ceiling above the coffee machine, which may seem like an inconvenience, but it made it much easier for him to wash his hair before breakfast. After eating two slices of toast and a … Continue reading →
July 6, 2010
Ignoble Death
Danika came back to a destroyed apartment. At first she thought they'd been robbed, but then she saw Lenny sitting in a pile of laundry at the end of the hall. He was separating socks, underwear, shirts, into two separate … Continue reading →
An Alternate History of the Future
In all honesty, it was a stupid arrangement to begin with. Take the Northern princess and marry her to the Southern prince (who, by all accounts, was more interested in her brother), and you already have a recipe for disaster. … Continue reading →
July 5, 2010
The Tease
Garville was fantastically despondent, to the point where he wouldn't suck sap if you drowned him in it. He lay on the leaf, belly to the sky, sighing wistfully as loud as he could. Finally, after seven such sighs, Bloot … Continue reading →
