Martha Wells's Blog, page 237
April 22, 2009
Writing Questions
I haven't done writing questions for a long long while, so here goes: If anyone has a question about any writing and/or publishing topics in general, comment with it here and I'll try to answer it in a later post. 
April 20, 2009
It's Monday, blah. But here's some various links to good...
It's Monday, blah. But here's some various links to good things:
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j_cheney's story "Early Winter, Near Jenli Village" is up at Fantasy Magazine.
catrambo and
jess_ka have stories on the The storySouth Million Writers Award
Notable Stories of 2008 List!
And
jemck sent me a copy of her book Southern Fire, the first book in her Aldabreshin Compass series. Thank you!
j_cheney's story "Early Winter, Near Jenli Village" is up at Fantasy Magazine.
catrambo and
jess_ka have stories on the The storySouth Million Writers AwardNotable Stories of 2008 List!
And
jemck sent me a copy of her book Southern Fire, the first book in her Aldabreshin Compass series. Thank you!
April 19, 2009
I wanted to recommend another independent bookstore that'...
I wanted to recommend another independent bookstore that's now selling online: Edge Books. They do a lot of convention sales, which is where I usually buy stuff from them.
The books they have in stock from me are here. They have the new edition of The Element of Fire, hardcovers of The Wizard Hunters and The Ships of Air, and Reliquary, which is out of stock at Amazon and B&N.
The books they have in stock from me are here. They have the new edition of The Element of Fire, hardcovers of The Wizard Hunters and The Ships of Air, and Reliquary, which is out of stock at Amazon and B&N.
April 18, 2009
April 17, 2009
Best Present Ever
You guys, I just got the most awesome present ever!
heidi2524 sent me a photo taken at the SGA-SG1 convention in Vancouver, of Joe Flanigan holding a sign that says "Hi Martha." I've had a bad couple of weeks, and this was just the perfect thing. Yay, and thank you again, Heidi!
heidi2524 sent me a photo taken at the SGA-SG1 convention in Vancouver, of Joe Flanigan holding a sign that says "Hi Martha." I've had a bad couple of weeks, and this was just the perfect thing. Yay, and thank you again, Heidi!
There is now a donation fund set up to help pay Aaron All...
There is now a donation fund set up to help pay Aaron Allston's medical bills: For anyone who would like to contribute to Aaron's medical fund via PayPal we now have that working. The PayPal account is gifts@aaronallston.info
You can also send checks to the fund: This account will only be used for Aaron's medical bills. This may include hospital and doctors bills, rehabilitation therapy, prescribed treatments and medications.
Please spread the word.
You can also send checks to the fund: This account will only be used for Aaron's medical bills. This may include hospital and doctors bills, rehabilitation therapy, prescribed treatments and medications.
Please spread the word.
April 16, 2009
The Breast Cancer Site Needs Clicks: There's only 15 day...
The Breast Cancer Site Needs Clicks: There's only 15 days left to get enough clicks for a $10,000 donation.
In honor of National Library Week, findingDulcinea spotlights five librarian bloggers who cover a range of important and interesting issues, including children’s media literacy, reviews of e-products for libraries, how librarians can keep their skills up to date and tips for elementary school librarians.
Art link: Raymond Swanland
In honor of National Library Week, findingDulcinea spotlights five librarian bloggers who cover a range of important and interesting issues, including children’s media literacy, reviews of e-products for libraries, how librarians can keep their skills up to date and tips for elementary school librarians.
Art link: Raymond Swanland
April 15, 2009
Some links:Black Gate is selling PDF versions of the maga...
Some links:
Black Gate is selling PDF versions of the magazine online and also continuing their print version. Yay!
DearAuthor: Why Amazon's Explanation is None at All.
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I've been reading Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder by Gyles Brandreth, which is excellent so far. It's a murder mystery featuring Oscar Wilde, Conan Doyle, Wat Sickert, Bram Stoker, and all the usual suspects.
I also really enjoyed The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte (which I finally found in trade paper) by Laura Jo
Black Gate is selling PDF versions of the magazine online and also continuing their print version. Yay!
DearAuthor: Why Amazon's Explanation is None at All.
***
I've been reading Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder by Gyles Brandreth, which is excellent so far. It's a murder mystery featuring Oscar Wilde, Conan Doyle, Wat Sickert, Bram Stoker, and all the usual suspects.
I also really enjoyed The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte (which I finally found in trade paper) by Laura Jo
April 13, 2009
Couple of follow-up links to AmazonFail:GalleyCat: Amazon...
Couple of follow-up links to AmazonFail:
GalleyCat: Amazon Admits Ham-fisted catalog Error: Amazon reports that 57,310 titles in categories including Health, Mind & Body, and Erotica were affected by a "embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error."
DearAuthor: Amazon Offers up Metadata Error as Excuse: It is clear that ranking can have very adverse affects and without any transparency regarding this issue, the hamfisted mistake can be trotted out a dozen times to explain a “glitch” that probably
GalleyCat: Amazon Admits Ham-fisted catalog Error: Amazon reports that 57,310 titles in categories including Health, Mind & Body, and Erotica were affected by a "embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error."
DearAuthor: Amazon Offers up Metadata Error as Excuse: It is clear that ranking can have very adverse affects and without any transparency regarding this issue, the hamfisted mistake can be trotted out a dozen times to explain a “glitch” that probably
Follow up to my post yesterday:Here's another post from D...
Follow up to my post yesterday:
Here's another post from DearAuthor on the Amazon Rank situation, explaining why some books were targeted and others weren't: Amazon Possibly Using Category Metadata to Filter Rankings: Thus, as a “glitch” it was a remarkably targeted one that seems to support the emails that Mark Probst and Craig Seymour received from Amazon which was gay and lesbian works were deemed “adult” content regardless of actual content. This evidence appears to indicate that it isn't so
Here's another post from DearAuthor on the Amazon Rank situation, explaining why some books were targeted and others weren't: Amazon Possibly Using Category Metadata to Filter Rankings: Thus, as a “glitch” it was a remarkably targeted one that seems to support the emails that Mark Probst and Craig Seymour received from Amazon which was gay and lesbian works were deemed “adult” content regardless of actual content. This evidence appears to indicate that it isn't so
