I promised, when I did Chapter 1, that Chapter 2 would be coming soon. “Soon” is a vaguely defined word, so I will invoke the principle of the Zen Master and say that if a blog post emerges before it is ready does ill to reader and writer. And if you believe that, I have… Read More Notes on Kafka’s The Trial, Chapter 2
This will be the last time I write about this hack until he delivers another book. And even then, I might not bother. The ending of Game of Thrones was so bad I’m pretty well done with the whole universe. There’s no shortage of fantasy literature out there, if you’re into that sort of thing,… Read More George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Get Why Everyone’s Mad, and Other Statements Written by Marketing Reps
The New Project, I’ve alluded to on my most recent podcast has caused me to restart a book I picked up years ago, got about halfway through, and gave up in dejection. Kafka is the kind of guy best read on a clackety old SEPTA train on an overcast day after you’ve smoked a Parliament… Read More Notes on Kafka’s The Trial, Chapter 1
Anchor does this thing where you can record and build podcast episodes on the Anchor web site, and intercut Spotify-licensed music. I’ve done two episodes this way: This one has precisely 1 listen.Here’s the one I did last night: It has no listens. This is because it can only be listened to on Spotify, so… Read More Stupid Podcast Tricks and New Old Magazines
I’m in the middle of adding old issues of UJ to the web site, and putting finishing touches on the new Paperback edition of UJ 29, and I find myself being told something I already suspected: Yup, it’s that bad. Just as Hollywood is incapable of making a major-budget film that isn’t an existing IP,… Read More Publishing is Pravda
A few years ago, you’d never see the words “Huffington Post” mentioned on social media without someone getting in a dig that they pay their writers “in exposure”. Larry Correia made a point of it when fisking a HuffPo author (as is right and just): I’m pretty sure the average HuffPo writer considers me a… Read More Larry Correia, Delicious Tacos, and Terror House: The Exposure Pay Conundrum
I don’t mean to be a Tolkien fanboy here, but I am tired of Twitter dorks with shallow intellects and electronic-addled minds pretending that they have anything useful to say. To be fair, Tolkien’s influence on the genre can be a touch overrated, and can lead to people ignoring other seminal writers. I myself only… Read More Everyone Who Says Fellowship of the Ring is Boring Should Go Back to Reading Books With Pictures
This is a fun issue. I brought back two recurring characters: Rand Thrax, starship captain two jumps ahead of the Empire and perpetual smartest guy in the room, for a Cantilever Jones story. I hit the Raymond Chandler in space aspects pretty hard. Also there’s Tygg & Drea, barbarian and witch, fighting their way through… Read More Unnamed Journal 28 – The Arms of Pulp
Of all the characters I’ve made on Unnamed Journal, DVH has been the easiest to write. I inhabit him (he inhabits me?) almost effortlessly. He’s bumbling but competent, self-overhearing but uninhibited, a Hamlet that fears not action, nor anything, save the cruelties of sobriety. He won’t get a name any more than Continental Op ever… Read More Peerless, Fearless, and Hammered: Drunk Vampire Hunter Gets His Book
Now that I’ve got good reviews/ratings, it makes sense to let more people know about it. The Author is Publisher and the Publisher is Author. So starting Thursday, September 16th, ebook copies of The Meditations of Caius Caligula will be discounted to 99 cents, for a few days time. If you’ve been on the fence… Read More Upcoming Kindle Countdown deal for Caligula
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