Archive for the 'News' Category
Pardon my Absence
I have been quieter than usual in the Interwebs the past few weeks. All is not well. To be more exact, my youngest brother is not well. He’s gone and gotten a fairly rare and difficult cancer, which has provided me with time with him (yay!), sadness that he is doing as well as I [...]
Latest Futurismic Column Up: Cancer and Science Fiction
There was a lot of news about cancer in my life in the last few weeks, so I chose that to write about for my Today’s Tomorrows column at Futurismic. I found it a really interesting topic to research – there’s a TON of material, and a lot of it gives conflicting advice. New information [...]
The iPad: After Week Two
This is just a quick update, and then I’ll do my next iPad piece in John DeNardo’s Mind Meld on the topic next week, returning this blog to it’s regularly scheduled programming. I still love the iPad. Promised experiment on reading: Not as good as the Kindle, but it is readable. Hint: turn down the [...]
The iPad: After Week 1
I’ve had my iPad for a week now, and I promised I’d blog about it. So here’s blog #1. In general, I like it a lot. I love Scrabble (I know – BORING – but I do). Maybe it’s the writer in me. The household teenager takes it for Tetris. Clearly a casual gaming hit. [...]
Nebula Noms and Hugo Podcasts?
The Nebula short list is out. I’m really quite pleased with what is on the list (although – as always – slightly disappointed that some works which I nominated didn’t make it). In addition to some short stories like Kij Johnson’s “Spar” that I loved, two of my novel reading recommendations made the final ballot: [...]
I guess the battle is still raging above me.
I saw them back available (I swear I did), but now they’re not. Sigh. I guess it’s a waiting game. I’m willing to wait with Macmillan, since I still need them to win. The odd thing is, I’ve been fighting them becasue I want my books on the kindle. I still do. I get asked [...]
Our Books Have Returned
And what a silly weekend it was. At least at the moment, my books are once again available at Amazon. They remain unavailable on the Kindle. I sell content. I like to call that content stories. In general, I don’t control availability or format or price. I want to wake up in a world where [...]
My Books Cannot be Found on Amazon
If you are a fan and want a copy, try indie bookstores. I know you can order through a number of them. Powell’s.com is one example. I plan to strip links when I have time and re-point them to other stores or to Indie-bound. In the meantime, I’m seriously saddened that the easiest place to [...]
Amazonfail: What Happens if the Distributor (Amazon or Apple) Controls Prices
The current #Amazonfail is about them pulling all of the Macmillan books off of Amazon (the last one -if you remember – was pulling a rankings off of gay and lesbian themed books). The apparent issue is about price control. For those who find this news new, John Scalzi has a good summary of the [...]
Linkages and Trivia
Congratulations to Cherie Priest for winning the Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Award for Boneshaker. There is an article in the Seattle Times, and here is a link to my reading recommendation for the book. The linkage between man and machine is growing every day. I call it “The Tender Mashup” in this month’s installment of my [...]
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