Anton Strout's Blog, page 144

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Sun, 17:33 : To the Ren faire! Sun, 22:09 : I am Tuxedo Parked out... Sun, 23:16 : Drinking mead... Huzzah!

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Sat, 16:27 : Hmm this day may require pants... Not pleased. Sun, 00:21 : RT @XanderDavisLive: Yo dawg I heard you like social media. So we put a social media in your social media so you could social media whi ...

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Fri, 12:40 : I am doubling my vote down this year: Obama/Invisible Obama 2012! Fri, 13:24 : I really wish my Facebook Timeline read a little less like Daily Affirmations... I'd prefer Lowered Expectations or Deep Thoughts... Fri, 13:25 : RT @bbcdoctorwho: THE DALEKS WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY! Fri, 15:28 : RT @dawbooks: For each copy of ALCHEMYSTIC pre-ordered, @antonstrout will donate $1 to the @Pat_Rothfuss Worldbuilders fundraiser! http: ... Fri, 16:13 : If I spend any part of my Labor Day weekend out of my Jedi Bathrobe, I WILL HAVE FAILED! Sat, 00:06 : Dear Dragon Con attending friends, when you burst into flame? That's just my jealousy manifesting itself!

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Thu, 14:05 : To those going to either @Official_PAX or Dragon Con this weekend, have fun! Also, DIE BY FIRE! #notjealousnoreally Thu, 14:09 : What super awesome writer guest should I get on my @OandFPodcast right before the 9/25 Alchemystic on sale date hits to get ears my way? Thu, 14:10 : Yes, I have an ear collection... NOW GET IN THE VAN AND PUT ON THE LOTION! Thu, 15:31 : RT @ColleenLindsay: Attempting to initiate conversation with me on Twitter by first pimping your self-published book WILL NOT END WELL. 1/2 Thu, 15:31 : RT @ColleenLindsay: Even more reprehensible is trolling a charity campaign on Twitter to pimp your self-published book. DON'T BE THIS PE ... Thu, 15:41 : Not surprisingly my @OandFPodcast talk w/ Gloom & D&D Eberron creator @HellcowKeith went long but'll be excellent for worldbuilding writers! Thu, 15:55 : The day job cannot get the AC right as the weather changes... I now feel like I work beyond the Wall! #GoT Thu, 17:33 : RT @MsAnnAguirre: I just pre-ordered my copy of Alchemystic by @antonstrout. Do the same & support charity. Details here: http://t. ... Thu, 21:00 : If bricks & mortar bookstores were smart, they'd get on building that EMP device from Goldeneye #TheSpyWhoReadMe Fri, 01:30 : I want a cop show where Brett Michaels & Wilfred Brimley fight both crime and Diabeetus! Longblond & The Walrus, perhaps? Fri, 02:41 : My fave Wilfred Brimley moment was him being a swamp dwelling bow shooting killer in that Van Damme movie.. What's yours? #nohe'snotdead

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Wed, 14:03 : Given ABC's SHIELD series announcement, when will we see the Samuel L. Jackson Snakes On a Mother Effing Helicarrier mash-up? Wed, 14:41 : RT @priscellie: Just heard about @antonstrout's SPELLMASON promo benefitting Worldbuilders. Rock on. Preordered! http://t.co/7lRYW6Bs ht ... Wed, 19:54 : I'm voting Beeblebrox/ Prefect 2012! Who's with me? (Although technically I could vote Beeblebrox/ Beeblebrox, right?) Wed, 22:20 : RT @jessicasayswhat: Well looky what I'm getting into today... @antonstrout http://t.co/nr2R6IVJ Thu, 00:25 : Tonight I'll be interviewing a game designer who also writes, the creator of D&D's Eberron, Keith Baker.. this'll be geekier than usual! Thu, 11:51 : Argh! McNulty from The Wire turned down playing Mance Rayder from Game of Thrones?! Noooo!

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Tue, 12:42 : So wait, wait... I SHOULDN'T be shelling out $20,000 for all those glowing 5-star reviews...? What about the $5.73 I pay for 1-star ones...? Tue, 15:47 : Ep 44 of @OandFPodcast is up feat. K. A. Stewart (@tasmin21) talking about her Jesse James Dawson urban fantasy series! http://t.co/0IDNdpQy Tue, 17:04 : I want to write a video game where YOU are an ebola ridden monkey & you must end life on Planet Earth! You know you wanna play Tue, 17:21 : Publishing scandals aside, just remember, kids, if there is a system, it will be gamed! Tue, 18:06 : Not many things get my nemesis Patrick Rothfuss & I to see eye to eye, except maybe my bit of Worldbuilders charity... http://t.co/jvDe8pqa Tue, 19:43 : Also, do feel free to share the shit out of the Worldbuilder Alchemystic charity preorder campaign Wed, 00:28 : Your eve reminder: @OandFPodcast 44 features K. A. Stewart (@tasmin21) talking about her Jesse James Dawson UF series http://t.co/gMjjQoDA Wed, 02:03 : I suppose I should do some book writing, huh?

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Mon, 13:28 : Being sort of out of sync today, I fear shifting over to that cartoon universe from A-Ha's Take On Me video #grabstireiron Mon, 18:17 : I'm hoping to be dragged into a Misery-like scenario, if only to get my next book done. Being hobbled is a small price for finishing! Mon, 18:20 : I am determined to get @feliciaday to #Flog me, which is not nearly as ribald as it sounds! #urbanfantasy4life Mon, 21:10 : The new ep of @OandFPodcast should be up later tonight.. the past few days have been a bit jenky... Tue, 00:38 : Have read an early review by someone who really got what I was going for in the new book... this makes me happy. As you were. Tue, 01:09 : The types of online reviews that drive writers totally nuts (I have received all of them) http://t.co/R7pWvJVU via @wordpressdotcom Tue, 01:29 : Can we all agree the pirate ship episode of Doctor Who never happened last year? Granted, it was post Neil's episode, but still! Tue, 02:33 : RT @LKHamilton: @Cheminspire @antonstrout You can have truth, or comfort about the publishing business, but I can't do both. It would be ... Tue, 02:43 : Psst! The new @OandFPodcast is secretly up, but I'll do the official announcement stuff tomorrow morn!

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Mon, 01:33 : Oh my crap, my new book is really happening in the next month, isn't it? :P #neuroticauthorisneurotic

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Sat, 15:20 : Is surprisingly in Springfield, not Shelvyville Sat, 19:18 : Hmmm Nick's Nest hot dogs are only eight miles from the hospital... Sun, 02:29 : I am home, feel good about my journey, but am effing exhausted (but full of delicious Nick's Nest hot dogs) #Massfatigue

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Fri, 13:13 : Right now would be a great time to get some series development news or discover a magical hair regrowth formula #realisticgoals Fri, 14:35 : Heading up near Empire State Building in a bit... my heart goes out to all those affected. Fri, 15:39 : Who's going to Dragoncon? More importantly, who wants some of my Alchemystic bookmarks to bring there? Fri, 15:53 : At times like this I always turn to the most sage advice ever, uttered in Douglas Adam's mid-70s classic THHGTTG: Don't Panic. Fri, 22:03 : RT @RantingDragon: Next month's releases in speculative fiction: http://t.co/TQHvqmEB @antonstrout @AceRocBooks @ahugheswriter @raecarso ... Fri, 22:34 : I should probably not be so shouty and angry at Project Runway... which I shout at for different reasons than Honey Boo Boo! Fri, 23:36 : PEOPLE! ALERT! A new season of Pot Ledom starts tonight! Smize 'em if you got 'em! Sat, 02:19 : is starting Grimm, season one.