The Skiffy and Fanty Show is Live!
For those of you who follow this blog, you might be interested to know that the podcast I was working on with my friend Weirdside has officially gone live! You can find the first episode here. If you listen, we’d love to hear what you think (love it or hate it). We’re new to this, […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.7
Well, another edition of the stuff I bought for myself. You’re all so very interested in this, aren’t you? A little narcissism never hurt anybody. I actually purchased these books during a huge sale that Night Shade Books was having about a month or so back, and I actually got lucky with one of the […]
Movie Review: Iron Man 2
I saw Iron Man 2 last Friday with a group of friends, praying that it would live up to its hype and be able to follow its predecessor without falling into the gutter. Hollywood is not all that great at producing sequels. Transformers 2 was an utter disaster, and numerous other sequels in Hollywood have […]
Video Found: Who You Gonna Call (in the Public Library)?
What a better way to support the local library than to stage a ridiculous 1980s throwback in the middle of the stacks! That’s what these guys did and it’s hilarious and wonderful. I wish more people were doing these things for the libraries. We need that kind of support. Anywho, here it is (after the […]
Nebula Awards: Done and Over
Instead of posting the winners here, I’m just going to send you here and (controversially) here. That is all.
Self-publishing Lies and Myths: Deception and Unethical Practices
I’ve railed against this idea before in smaller form, but I wanted to address this particular self-publishing issue directly. A whole lot of self-publishers and the people that support them have been advocating the practice of creating individual “imprints” to market one’s book. Sue Collier recently blogged about this very concept, albeit rather briefly, in […]