Was having a meh day and stumbled across a new review for Machine of Death which made me smile  (go go Kit's Ego!):

Not that this book isn't also darkly funny...because it is. In fact, my favorite story from the entire book ("Fudge" by Kit Yonda) concerns a man looking to prove that the infernal machine can be wrong, no matter what it takes. The ( Read more... )

One of my rejected stories for Machine of Death 2.  Disappointing, but there were over 2000 entries for 30 spots so what can you do?  Being the first book was and continues to be awesome so it's all good.  be warned, this story is a little bit dark.  it was that kind of a year (no, Wrath didn't write it).  As with all the MOD stories, this is a ( Read more... )

Read a bit this summer.  Figured I'd mention some of the consumed tomes
on the off chance that something sounds interesting to you.  Or maybe
it's something you read and you completely disagree with my assessment
and will tell me so in most forceful terms!  Maybe.

The Jersey Sting, Ted Sherman and Jay Margolin - Incredible story about
how one busted ( Read more... )

So, the deadline for Machine of Death Volume 2 entries has come and gone (you sent yours in, right?  Weren't you listening to me?  Why don't you listen?)  and now comes the waiting.  That's the theory, at least, but in reality sitting around hoping I beat out approximately 1500 other entries is exactly the opposite of what I should be doing.  ( Read more... )

So once again I request help from you, my knowledgeable friends and acquaintances.  Somehow I managed to lose my iRiver mp3 player between the garage and the house a couple of weeks ago, and it refuses to turn up.  Since I need something to cover up the sound of my wheezing and gasping while running I've been poking around but really, I'm somewhat ( Read more... )

Clarence Clemons died.  Some of you might be saying 'who?'  He was best known as the saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.  By all accounts a good guy, and certainly part of a beloved band (as for me on Springsteen, meh.  I know, I know, born and raised in Jersey I'm required to be a fan of both Springsteen and Bon Jovi, but ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know who Scott Lynch is, you're missing a very good fantasy author and should go read The Lies of Locke Lamora as soon as possible.  For those who do, you've probably been asking 'Where is Book 3 and how do we cure Scott of his Martin-itis?'

Scott, who has some issues, has emerged to explain it all in a rather open and ( Read more... )

I'd mentioned before about getting a bad review and how it actually made me feel good as opposed to bad, like I'd joined a select fraternity.

Now I found another one, and this time it makes me mad.  Because the person didn't like my story?  No.  I'm irked because while she may have read it, she didn't comprehend it.  That she would say denigrating ( Read more... )

I am not the best when it comes to making decisions.  I'll get there, but usually there's a great deal of dithering and second-guessing.  Lately I've been dealing with a doozy - what to do about Slappy.  Perhaps it would help to know what Slappy is ( Read more... )

Yesterday I found the first bad review specifically aimed at my story from Machine of Death.  The person was going story by story and felt that mine, 'didn't go anywhere.'  It was given 2 out of 5 stars.  Other stories were roasted as well, with the best reviews going to stories that haven't normally been winning praise.

I'm supposed to obsess about ( Read more... )