Shadowplay Makes Fantasy Real
Jan. 30 — SCI FI Wire published a piece I wrote about Tad Williams’s latest novel, Shadowplay.
Shimmer Pirate Issue Deadline Approaching…Or Is it?
Ahoy there —
We’ve extended the deadline for Shimmer’s Pirate issue to Feb. 28.
So there. Now you have no excuse not to finish that story. Yes, I’m talking to YOU.
Moo.com
Last week, when I was picking up that free fax machine from Ellen Datlow, Maura McHugh showed Ellen and I these fancy business cards she picked up at Moo.com. They’re like half or quarter-size business cards, but the cool thing about them is that Moo.com interfaces with your Flickr account, and allows you to put any of your Flickr photos on the back of your business card. It costs $20 for a box of 100, and you can either get 100 of the same photo, or you can mix and match, using a variety of photos. It’s pretty nifty. I ordered some; I’ll scan some when they arrive to show them off.
Asimov’s Beefs Up For 30th
Jan. 26 — SCI FI Wire published a piece I wrote about Asimov’s upcoming 30th anniversary issue.
Mindscape Gets In The Zone
Jan. 25 — SCI FI Wire published a piece I wrote about Andrea Hairston’s first novel Mindscape, which was named a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award this year.
eBook Reader Software
For you eBook readers out there: What software do you use? I use a Pocket PC, so programs compatible with that would be most useful to me, obviously.
My current program of choice is Mobipocket Reader, though there are some annoying things about it that are making me want to consider other options. For my purposes, it’s essential that I be able to create my own eBooks to use with my Reader (i.e., be able to convert Word files into Reader files). I’d also love to find something that would just read Word, RTF, or TXT files without having to convert them, but will still let me bookmark and/or save my position within the text.
So, any recommendations?
King Arthur Returns In Eagle
Jan. 24 — SCI FI Wire just published a piece I wrote about Jack Whyte’s latest novel The Eagle, which is the conclusion of his Camloud Chronicles.
Cursor Written On A Bet
Jan. 23 — SCI FI Wire published a piece I wrote about Jim Butcher’s latest novel, Cursor’s Fury, which is the third in his Codex Alera series.
Space & Time Lives!
You may recall the SCI FI Wire piece I wrote about the Space & Time’s decision to call it quits with issue #100. Well, it seems the death knell was sounded too soon — the magazine’s been purchased and will continue under new ownership. Go behind the cut for the press release.
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Spin Is ‘Spy Fi’
Jan. 22 — SCI FI Wire published a piece I wrote about Chris Moriarty’s novel Spin Control, which was named a finalist for this year’s Philip K. Dick Award.