Daily Archives: June 27, 2008
And Now to Explode Your Head As You Head Off For the Weekend
Posted on June 27, 2008 50 Comments
I pretty much guarantee you that you won’t guess which well-known 80s song this is a cover of until at least a few lines of lyrics in. And when you do figure it out, blood will shoot from your temples. [display_podcast] There’s more here.
Internal Book Workings
Posted on June 27, 2008 34 Comments
Answering a couple of questions I’ve gotten recently about the mechanics of the book-related stuff here: * First, for those who were wondering about the disposition of the Duck and Hate Mail contests: The winner of the Duck contest will be declared on Monday. The Hate Mail winners, I suspect, will follow shortly thereafter, because […]
The Book Haul, 6/27/08
Posted on June 27, 2008 39 Comments
What came in this week? Quick notes: * I’m really excited to get Cycler, which is the first novel of my good pal Lauren McLaughlin, and which has a hell of a premise, which you might be able to infer from the cover, and the apparel of the model — and if you can’t infer […]
The Big Idea: David J. Schwartz
Posted on June 27, 2008 18 Comments
If Spider-Man — and indeed the entire Marvel canon — has taught us anything, it’s that being a super-hero isn’t as easy as it looks. But if you think that’s difficult, try writing one… especially when you’re aware of all the inherent flaws of the genre, no matter how much you love it. In Superpowers, […]
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