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Con-tinuous Updates
Ha, ha. I wonder how many of these I can make before even I am sick of them. Looks like Con-Carolinas is on board, though they have accepted me as a Military/Science guest vice as an author. I’ll...
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Sad Puppies 3: The Ensaddening.
Originally posted on Monster Hunter Nation: It is that time of year again. If you’d like to nominate good books, stories, and related works for the Hugos so that the biggest award in sci-fi/fantasy...
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Con-stitutional Liberties
First, “me” business: I finished the second half of Chapter 4 on Demi-God / Dattoo, which was a tough one because it’s a lot of technobabble justification for what comes before and after. I may end...
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SFWA Now Accepting Indie-Publishers!
About damned time, I say. Found this post, just as I was filling out my membership based upon my 2014 banner year, in which I made both my third and fourth qualifying short fiction sale. And now it...
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The Partly Informed Voter
Hey, all. I’ve been off the computer as of late (well, off everything that isn’t Parks and Rec or Justified binge watching), so I apologize for the lack of recent posts, updating my writer’s group, or...
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BLUF Review: Chappie
Bottom Line Up-Front: Most of the critics are wrong about Neil Blomkamp’s Chappie. While not as good as I remember District 9, it is better than Elysium. However, it is NOT what you expect from...
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And My Hugo Nominees Are . . . .
In case you were wondering. This list is based off of what I read that was published last year. I had to do a lot of last-minute revision since apparently I’m a late reader — more than half the...
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On My Way to MADICON!!!
Hold all my calls! On my way to my first sci-fi convention as a guest: James Madison University’s MADICON in Harrisonburg, VA! Wish me luck . . . Break a leg . . . Vaya con Dios . . . . Here’s...
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Chuckin’ Stuff
Spring has sprung and the time has come to step out of doors! Time to shake off the winter doldrums and try out new projects! Time to BUILD STUFF WITH YOUR KIDS!!! So, how this came about is that my...
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Piers Plowman and the Hugo Awards
Tom Mays:Great, middle-of-the-road take on the Hugos & Sad/Rabid Puppies “controversy”. Originally posted on Novel Ninja: When I was studying at Christendom College, I had to read a book called...
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Labels, Libels, Hugos, and the Future
Once you start thinking in labels, you stop thinking. I don’t mean to say that labels aren’t useful, or that I don’t employ them, but whenever I do, I try to tread carefully. Labels are shortcuts to...
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PONY EXPRESS CONTEST (THE WEIRD WILD WEST)
Tom Mays:Giddy-up! Originally posted on eSpec Books: Today is the 155th anniversary of the Pony Express, a venture that ultimately left the owners in bankruptcy, but is also a cherished part of...
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Scratch the Hugos — Let’s Get Behind the Erics!
I highly recommend the following blog post from master SF author and editor Eric Flint (he’s bought two of my five pro-stories, so you KNOW he’s a sharp fella), who takes a COMPLETELY different...
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So, You Want to Fix the Hugos…
Tom Mays:Yet more Hugo nomination alteration suggestions (because it will and perhaps should change in order to address the Sad Pups complaints as well as their opponents on the side of the WorldCon...
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Put Up Yer Dukes!
Sometimes, you just gotta fight for what you believe in. Like if you believe you’re a good writer. Or if you believe you’re good enough to go toe to toe in a writer’s arena against a clever, quippy...
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The Duel
Ready to read? Ready to come down from your legal (I’m sure) celebration of 4-20 with a pair of intriguing, enrapturing, fascinating, chilling, and/or compelling short stories? Ready to weigh their...
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New Fiction! (And My RavenCon Report)
Ready for something NEW to read from moi, The Improbable Author, as well as his Amazing Friends? (use of the phrase “Amazing Friends” does not necessarily imply I’m Spider-Man, but, yeah . . . I am)...
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BLUF Review: The Last Ship, Season 2 Premiere, “Unreal City; Fight the Ship”
Bottom Line Up Front: Your favorite televised naval porn is BACK, baby! (Note, if you’re looking for navel porn, sickie, you need to google better.) The Season 2 premiere of TNT’s The Last Ship...
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Huh. Did you know I have a blog?
Because I done completely forgot about it. Sorry for the extended absence and lack of new content! Been working on LITL, attending Cons (plural – Con-Carolinas, LibertyCon, and Con-Gregate), working...
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BLUF Review: The Last Ship, Season 2 Episode 3, “It’s Not A Rumor”
Bottom Line Up Front: Oh, wait, there’s been an apocalypse? The Last Ship finally deals with the human toll on its characters from all the massive death that took place off-screen last season. Not much...
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