I wanted to let all my readers know that I have returned from England. I’m a bit exhausted at the moment, but we’ll get into that sometime later as I have quite a few things to catch up on right now. In any case, expect more posts from me soon and other such things. Anywho!
Well, “Soul For Sale” didn’t make it in the Writers of the Future Contest. Found out before I headed off for vacation and didn’t mention it here. Oh well, it’s off to someplace else! Anywho!
(Stolen from SF Signal)I’ve discovered another of those heart-warming science fiction short films that I thought you’d all enjoy. The cinematography in this film is pretty impressive, along with the CG. The story itself, while short, is really wonderful, and I think you’ll all enjoy it. Here it is: World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
And here’s another Story Wordle for my flash fiction fantasy story called “Archaeopteryx.” The language is a tad sparse, but that makes sense considering it’s under 1,000 words and there aren’t a lot to work with for this thing anyway. Enjoy:Any of you created one yet?
Well, as per usual, I have more books to mention. I’m still working through the various books handed over to me from my friend. So here goes: This batch includes: Knight Life and Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David, Fools by Pat Cadigan, The Baker’s Boy and A Man Betrayed by J. V. Jones, Nobody’s Son by Sean Stewart, Shockball by S. L. Viehl, The Seer King by Chris Bunch, The Varayan Memoir by Rick Shelley, and The Warrior King by Chris Bunch.And this one is The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht. That’s it for this volume. What books did you get recently?
Some formal complaints have been made and some things I fiddled with turned out to basically be as useless as I thought they would be (I’m looking at you Adsense). The honest truth is, I’m finding ads to be wholly insufficient. I’d love to have more relevant ones (such as the occasional ad from publishers). I find Google’s policies on ads and the like to be rather ridiculous considering that their ad model is literally one of the worst I have ever seen. They need a targeted ad system, one which allows users to have full control over what shows up on their sites. But as far as I know, they don’t. So, complaints have been made and things that will not be happening include Adsense and the paid post thingies. This is why I have readers: you can tell me when I cross the line. I have crossed that line, and now am backtracking. In fact, I want to use this space to ask for any other comments from readers. What don’t you like about WISB? What do you like? Seriously, I want honest opinions. If you despise something, tell me. If you like something else, tell me. I want to understand why you come to WISB and what might make you leave it. Your opinion matters and changes will be made if there are things that really need to go to preserve whatever it is you find most appealing in this website. So let me know!
