Specifically, tis the season to wrap up projects from this year and begin planning for the next. It’s also the season to socialize at any number of holiday gatherings. If you’re lucky, you can roll those two things together and have a great time. You know, just like I did last night! Book Publishers Northwest [...]
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Most of the planning at this point is being done for Timid Pirate Publishing. As a collective with several moving parts, the more foresight, the better. But I’m also doing a bit of planning for myself, particularly in regards to vacations/conventions (Norwescon, yes; Horror Con, maybe; World Fantasy in San Diego, I hope so; Foolscap, [...]
There are things I could be doing right now — things I could have been doing all day, come to think of it. I have writing that needs to be tackled, both fiction and support material for the web site. I could be pimping Cobalt City Timeslip at the local book stores. I could even [...]
Inspired by a fellow writer who I follow on Twitter, I have been moved to list my October goals. Why,you may ask? Well the answer is two-fold — it helps me keep a clear sight on what I hope to accomplish, and it enables others to hold my feet to the fire just a bit. [...]
It’s a comin’ up fast, folks! Cobalt City Timeslip, the little anthology that could, is releasing on Friday, October 1st. Heck, we’ve been up for pre-orders on the Timid Pirate site for a week or more now, and we just showed up on Amazon.com also. Ah, the sweet smell of the big markets! And it’s [...]
Well, to say that the past week has been chaotic would be pretty appropriate. Cobalt City Timeslip was finalized, sent to the printer, re-finalized, sent to the printer again, the Seattle Storm took the WNBA title for the second time (GO STORM!), did an interview, fielded a bunch of email resulting from said interview, put [...]
In the world of tent-based entertainment, there are the traveling circuses, the county fairs, and the carnivals. Growing up in small town Colorado, we got plenty of the first two, but the carnival is another beast entirely. See, a circus has the big tent with shows, while a fair has some rides and games along [...]
With the next anthology, Timeslip, being readied for the printers, the inevitable question arises. What next? Timid Pirate Publishing is committed to doing one Cobalt City anthology every year. Some ideas have been knocked about, some more seriously than others. Romance, Invasion, World Tour, Cthulhu, the Neighborhoods…all have some appeal. Some are being ruled out [...]
Soundtrack for Writing – Gil Scott-Heron
Posted: September 10, 2010 in Anthologies, Music, Short FictionI was talking to my writing friend the other night, the frighteningly talented Jeremy Zimmerman, when he mentioned my ability writing in an urban motif. Urban, which anyone paying attention in the past decade, is code-word for “black,” is an element in a few of my short stories for the past year or two. He [...]
In which Timeslip gets its first review…
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Anthologies, Short Fiction, UncategorizedOk, first thing first. I asked for a show of hands a while back among my extended Twitter network, looking for reviewers. It was important for me to get review copies for Cobalt City Timeslip out well in advance of release, and I wanted them in the hands of people who would actually post a [...]
