I've put up a 'public-safe' post about Book Country, sharing my thoughts about the site and what I think lead to getting the editorial interest I've had so far for Geekomancy.

http://geektheory.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/adventures-in-book-country/

Now back to revisions!

This week has been awesome in my Write-a-Thon efforts. I had an epic writing session yesterday and got over 2300 words written to finish my cyberpunk muppet story "Can You Tell Me How to Get ( Read more... )

I've started my first Clarion West Write-a-Thon story, titled "Can You Tell Me How To Get...", the Post-Apocalyptic Cybperpunk Muppet tale of Charlie the Fox and his pall Fluffasaurus trying to return home after the Market Share Wars ( Read more... )

It's almost time for the 2011 Clarion West Write-a-Thon!

The Write-a-Thon is, to steal the wording I saw on rachel_swirsky's journal, a mix between NaNoWriMo and a Walk-a-Thon. Dozens (hopefully 100 or more) writers are pledging to write, edit, revise, outline, etc. during the timeframe of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, trying to raise money for the ( Read more... )

I write this message from my brand-new HTC Flyer, a 7" Android tablet. I've been excited aout the Flyer for a while now, and got to play with one this evening at the Best Buy before I made my purchase. One if the coolest bits is the functionality with an add-on stylus ( Read more... )

This will contain no-holds barred spoiler-tastic discussion of Dragon Age 2 (including The Exiled Prince and Black Emporium) as well as all previous Dragon Age games.

( Read more... )

Since there's a lot of cool, meaty spoiler-tastic stuff to talk about, here are my spoiler-free comments:

• Varric is amazing. He's one of my favorite RPG companions in years, alongside Mordin, Garrus, IG-88, and Shale. His frame narrative is a cool technique which lead to several cool moments.


• I loved the cameos and references to Dragon Age: ( Read more... )

 Excited, if somewhat raw thoughts on Reality is Broken: 

 For my writer friends especially, and for anyone more generally.

geektheory.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/5-things-i-learned-from-clarion-west/

 If, per chance, you are able to nominate for the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell or other such awards, and you find yourself thinking 'What pieces did Mike publish in 2010?' I give you handy-dandy links -- also a good perma-link for these stories.

Kachikachi Yama: escapepod.org/2010/11/11/ep-265-kachikachi-yama/ (This is the story that activated my Campbell ( Read more... )