Monthly Archives: January 2013
The eBook Path to Riches: Possibly Steeper Than Assumed
Posted on January 23, 2013 110 Comments
A comment in my “The State of a Genre Title” post reads: Wow, if you would’ve published that book yourself, you would’ve made over $300K from the ebook alone. Actually, probably I would not have. And here’s why. The poster of the comment is, I assume, taking his number from the idea that I would […]
LA Sunrise
Posted on January 22, 2013 51 Comments
I don’t realize how much I miss the foothills until I see them again. Also, hi, I’m in Los Angeles. I’m here for meetings and then more meetings and then just when you think the meetings are done, even more meetings! Yay! Los Angeles! Off soon to brave the 405. Pray for me.
The Human Division, Episode Two: Walk the Plank is Live!
Posted on January 22, 2013 78 Comments
It’s Tuesday, which means it time for another episode of The Human Division. Here are the details about “Walk the Plank”: Wildcat colonies are illegal, unauthorized and secret—so when an injured stranger shows up at the wildcat colony New Seattle, the colony leaders are understandably suspicious of who he is and what he represents. His […]
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Posted on January 21, 2013 256 Comments
Which is all right by me. Let’s see what the next four years will bring. Your thoughts are welcome in the comment thread. (Picture from here.)
The Kitten Setting
Posted on January 21, 2013 259 Comments
My friend Jenny Lawson (aka The Bloggess) has a comment policy, in which she reserves the right to take the postings of the most obnoxious trolls in her comment threads and change the words to something else entirely, subverting the message of the troll. The troll usually returns, outraged that his golden prose has been […]
My Weekend Adventures
Posted on January 20, 2013 247 Comments
The weekend, in bullet point form: * My weekend was primarily taken up with the ConFusion convention up in Michigan, which most of you know I consider to be my “home” convention (it was the first non-Worldcon convention I ever attended and the only convention I’ve been to each year since). The convention for me […]
Here Comes the ARC
Posted on January 19, 2013 23 Comments
It’s the ARC for The Human Division in book form, and it is pretty meaty, if I have to say. I had no idea I had written so much. And that’s all you get for today, as I am otherwise occupied. See you tomorrow —
Taking Most of the Day Off
Posted on January 18, 2013 13 Comments
Why? Because it’s Friday. See y’all later.
The Heartwarming Tale of a Boy and His Churro Waffle Reaches its Inevitable, Tasty End
Posted on January 17, 2013 35 Comments
It was delicious. And now I go to collapse into a food coma. Later, my friends.
Possibly the Most Accurate Likeness of Me Ever
Posted on January 17, 2013 10 Comments
Or at least, is likely to be, once Krissy makes the CHURRO WAFFLES in a couple of hours. This insanely awesome image comes from the brain and hand of Shari Chankhamma, and you can see the original posting of it at her Tumblr.
For the Three of You Who Don’t Follow My Twitter Feed, This is What I’m Obsessing About Today
Posted on January 17, 2013 63 Comments
Yes, it’s true: Churro Waffles are a thing that exist in our world and soon in my mouth because when I discovered they existed I begged Krissy to make them for dinner for me tonight and she totally said yes because she’s the best wife in the world and ZOMG YOU GUYS CHURRO WAFFLES. And […]
Punting the Start Screen
Posted on January 16, 2013 97 Comments
For those of you curious about every aspect of my technological life, I will note here a slight change to my UI experience of Windows 8, namely that I’ve installed Stardock’s “Start 8” program, which reinstates a Windows 7-like start button and menu to the desktop, and banishes Win8’s Start Screen into an optional little […]
Sunset, 1/16/13
Posted on January 16, 2013 16 Comments
Straight out of the camera, no Photoshop. And yes, it really did look like this.
Dear Cory Doctorow: The Masses Have Decided That This is the Face You Shall Have Made Into a 3D Scan
Posted on January 16, 2013 19 Comments
Thus it has been decided, thus must it be! And may God have mercy on your soul. (Lacking context? Go here.)
The State of a Genre Title, 2013
Posted on January 16, 2013 129 Comments
Yesterday Redshirts, my most recent novel prior to The Human Division, was made available in trade paperback format, which formally ended its hardcover format era. There are still hardcover editions out there, but Tor isn’t printing any more of them; from here on out its print presence will be in trade paperback. Aside from switching formats, […]
The Big Idea: Steven Gould
Posted on January 16, 2013 29 Comments
When you build a universe, you set up rules that you have to follow from then on out. But can those rules in themselves add to the drama of the story? Steven Gould returns the universe he created in the best selling (and movie-adapted) Jumper with his new novel Impulse, and tells us how he fought […]
Contest! Reviews! Links! Wheee!
Posted on January 15, 2013 17 Comments
As today is a double book release day, I’ve got lots of links for you to get your click on at. 1. First, a contest from ThinkGeek! You’re being sent on an Away Mission, so what better way to prepare yourself than with this Away Team Kit? Best part about it is there’s a signed copy […]
Five Things About the Audiobook of The B-Team
Posted on January 15, 2013 37 Comments
One: Here’s the link to it at Audible. Two: Note the price. Cheap! All the episodes are at this point similarly priced. You could get the audio and the text versions of each episode and still be well under the cost of your daily Starbucks hit! Hint! Hint! Hint! Three: The audiobook version is read […]
Redshirts Trade Paperback Edition Out Today
Posted on January 15, 2013 18 Comments
Today is not only the release of The B-Team but also the trade paperback release of Redshirts, meaning, yes! Those of you who wish to have to book in a slightly more compact, slightly cheaper print form, this is your day! Also, I imagine at some point today the price of the eBook version will […]
The Human Division, Episode One: The B-Team is Live!
Posted on January 15, 2013 84 Comments
And so we begin. “The B-Team,” the double-length debut episode of The Human Division, my latest novel and the newest book to take place in the Old Man’s War universe, is out today in DRM-free electronic book form, in as many eBook retailers across the world as we could get it into. It will be […]
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