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| Monday, July 21st, 2008 | |
| 2:29 pm | SF freebies PSA: until Sunday 27, you can snag any of the free (and un-DRMed) e-books that Tor has been giving away here. I've got paperbacks of a couple of the books (Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell and Spin by Robert Charles Wilson) already and can vouch for their being good stuff; there are several more on the list that I think I'll grab. Even if you dislike reading on computer screens for long, this is a no-risk way to sample a new author and decide if you want to buy a paper copy. |
| Sunday, July 20th, 2008 | |
| 11:04 am | Synecdochic explains it all Why Monetizing Social Media Through Advertising Is Doomed To Failure part two and part three. (Part one's back here, if you missed it.) |
| Saturday, July 19th, 2008 | |
| 3:04 pm | With impeccable timing ... Synecdochic brings the thinky re: advertising and social media. |
| Thursday, July 17th, 2008 | |
| 1:13 pm | PSA: LiveJournal du jour So, LJ's bringing back Basic accounts ... with ads on them. (And yes, as far as I can see, it means those of us who've allowed our accounts to lapse back to Basic are going to have ads plastered on them whether we like it or not. ETA: this has now been confirmed.) Yup. Waiting for Dreamwidth. |
| 11:29 am | Sanders du jour Comments from Scalzi: My short take on this is that the editor in question said something stupid and bigoted, was surprised to have that stupid and bigoted comment aired to the world, and has since gone out of his way to be obnoxious to the folks who have commented on his stupid and bigoted action and/or have decided that they didn’t want to be associated with such stupidity and bigotry, and he’s being obnoxious mostly out of the principle of the thing. And another Helix author: One comes to a point where "Eh, he's like that" doesn't really cover it. Where "but he's always been courteous and professional to me" doesn't suffice. Meanwhile, Sanders has decided that screw the $40, nobody gets to remove their stories from Helix any more. ETA: Sanders is also issuing vague threats that they will Nevar Work In Teh Field Again: Be all that as it may, I do feel quite strongly that they have made a big mistake, at least if they have any hopes of getting anywhere as professional writers. This kind of thing gets around, you know; editors in particular talk among themselves. (I get the distinct impression that most other editors in the field are no longer on speaking terms with Sanders because he's known to be a crazy asshole, but anyhoo.) Note: I am not even looking at the rest of that thread, which appears to consist entirely of posts by Sanders on Why He Is Right, Goddamit. I have some sense of self-preservation. |
| Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | |
| 6:52 am | This doesn't even rate an OH JOHN RINGO NO, because you know what? Ringo's reaction was *classy*. http://yhlee.livejournal.com/1184976.ht http://yhlee.livejournal.com/1186121.ht http://coffeeandink.livejournal.com/840 ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nihilistic_kid has a screencap)Links to the latest in the Sanders/Helix debacle posted without commentary, because there is not enough caffeine in the world for my brain to be able to summon up an adequate response. ETA: Fortunately, the estimable Mr. Buckell has words. ETA2: Apparently Sanders is now demanding that any authors who want to remove their stories from the Helix archive pay for the privilege. ETA3: Torque Control sums up various links, concluding, "Anyone still want to do business with Sanders, or Helix? Nope, didn’t think so." ETA4: Jim Hines is cool: "I'll just sit here wondering how you can stand by your racist friend". |
| Friday, July 11th, 2008 | |
| 8:34 am | Linkspam More pro commentary on the Sanders/Helix shenanigans from: Steven Brust. Yoon Ha Lee. K. Tempest Bradford (and more on the fuckwittery at the Asimov's forums). Patrick Nielsen Hayden. Nick Mamatas for the win. Alaya Dawn Johnson. Leah Bobet. N. K. Jemisin. And Tobias Buckell kicks ass again. (Fannish N.B. I've only posted people's real/professional names when those names are either on their blog/journal or directly linked by them, and I'm sure the person has no problem with them being connected. If I'm wrong, or anyone would rather not be linked from here, just let me know.) ETA: I especially like Greg Van Eekhout's comment. ETA2: And Jason Sanford has revised his position from Writers should never post an editor's rejection letter on the internet! to The more I think about this issue, the more I realize that if one receives a rejection with similar crap in it the best thing to do is post it online and expose said crap to the light of day. |
| Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | |
| 9:27 pm | In which Elizabeth Bear continues to be cool Here. Go read it. I wish to mention that Elizabeth Bear and Tobias Buckell both write very fine novels, as well as comporting themselves with coolness on the intrawebs. Buying their novels gives them money. Please buy their fine novels. This has been a public service announcement in support of SF/F authors who do not suck. Thank you. |
| 6:15 pm | That'll be a huge serving of FAIL, with a side of HOLY CRAP In comment 11 to Tobias Buckell's post on the William Sanders/Helix imbroglio, one writer mentions that although she's been published twice in Helix, she felt she had to speak out about this -- and as a result, Sanders has informed her privately that she won't ever be published in Helix again. I am rapidly losing any respect for any pro sf people who whine about how posting rejection letters is Just Not Done while ignoring the gross unprofessionalism in Sanders' behaviour. |
| 10:51 am | In which Tobias Buckell continues to be cool Here's his post on the William Sanders/Helix crap. |
| Friday, July 4th, 2008 | |
| 9:44 am | Viacom boycott, anyone? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technol http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/ma Willow has a handy list of Viacom-owned brands. You can contact Viacom via their website here; that also gives a postal address and phone number. If you're not in the US, it might be entertaining to contact your national information/privacy office (e.g. the ICO in the UK) and ask what they plan to do about the massive privacy violation that's just happened to a bunch of their citizens. ETA: Already got a form e-mail back from Viacom claiming that "we're not asking Google to divulge to Viacom any of the personally identifiable data they maintain about you". Given that the information they're demanding includes IP addresses, I call bullshit. |
| Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 | |
| 10:35 am | PSA: Carnival! I keep getting behind and forgetting to promote the POC In SciFi Carnivals, but they are consistently producing awesome discussions and collections of links, and this one looks especially timely: POC In Sci-Fi Carnival #11 - The Eye Of The Beholder -- a.k.a. "That Hair; Not As Alien As You Think" All connections to recent head-deskiness in SGA fandom where people claimed that Ronon's hair made him look "non-human" and "dangerous" are coincidental, I'm sure *g*. |
| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | |
| 4:01 pm | PSA: IBARW! This year's International Blog Against Racism Week will be running from August 4 through August 10, and the (optional) theme is "Intersectionality". Go here for info on how you can help and contribute. (You can also check out the ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} ibarw del.icio.us for some serious reading material, including the links from the first and second IBARW.) |
| Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 | |
| 4:05 pm | There are reasons why I respond to the eee in a Pavlovian way ( Cut for TINY COMPUTER PORN ) |
| Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | |
| 5:43 pm | walked right out of the machinery (SG-1 novel, AU, gen, PG-13/R) Notes/warnings: Gen (brief reference to past canon sex). PG-13/R for violence. Character death. 73,746 words. Disclaimer: The characters do not belong to me. I did not put them back where I found them, nor can I guarantee that they remain unscratched. People who at various stages listened, advised, beta-ed and/or hand-held: robynbender and AR, geekturnedvamp, katie_m, paian, ivorygates, and most especially _minxy_ and synecdochic, without whom not. Cover art by synecdochic.Summary: Stargate SG-1 season 6 AU. The one where Ba'al's Jaffa got there thirty seconds faster. There is no "both of you," he wants to say; it doesn't work like that. chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapter nine or: website version here ETA link: liviapenn made three gorgeous wallpapers. |
| Monday, March 10th, 2008 | |
| 1:00 pm | walked right out of the machinery (SG-1 novel, AU, gen, 9/9) ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) |
| 12:59 pm | walked right out of the machinery (SG-1 novel, AU, gen, 8/9) ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) |
| 12:58 pm | walked right out of the machinery (SG-1 novel, AU, gen, 7/9) ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) |
| 12:56 pm | walked right out of the machinery (SG-1 novel, AU, gen, 6/9) ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) |
| 12:54 pm | walked right out of the machinery (SG-1 novel, AU, gen, 5/9) ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) |