First one: No kids around? In the mood for some sick, disturbing humor? Watch Silence of the Lambs: The Musical animated with Legos.
Second one: Lots of kids around? Want to watch an amazing artistic and technical achievement? Watch an animation done entirely out of graffiti.
Actually, if you only have time for one, don’t miss that second one.
First the links:
Writers, Do not call a publisher, even if you’re “calling on behalf of an agent”. ::Rolls eyes::
And, here’s a list you didn’t know you absolutely had to read: Twenty Ridiculous Complaints Made By Tourists. The first one, about the aroused elephant, is priceless.
From Failblog.org: Child safety: You’re doing it wrong.
From Failblog.org part 2: Is this really a bag of Doritos?
I love the serene look on the yellow guy’s face. Crotch-stomp=bliss.
And now, galleys: I’m told that Del Rey will be printing over 500 bound galleys for Child of Fire, and 300 of them will be given away at San Diego Comic Con. They’ll also be the only fiction advance reader edition they’ll be giving away at the event. Pretty cool, thinks me.
I just finished another Flycon panel on Dark Fantasy and Horror–some smart people said smart things, and I talked too. You can read it here if you like.
Sorry that I forgot to post a reminder before hand. I was tempted to backdate a note that said “Come join the fun!” but how fair would that be?
In other news, I always play computer and console games on the easiest possible setting. That’s how you do it, too, right?
… is done.
I’ll email if to my agent when I get home. Since she’s going to get a fresh read of it from another agent, I imagine I’ll have more notes soon. And I’m not sure if my editor wants this version or wants to wait until I execute notes from this new read.
But it’s 5:30 pm, and I haven’t eaten a bite since six am. I’m just been working and pushing and doing on this thing all day. (And hanging out a Flycon 2009.)
Deadline, schmedline. I’m taking tomorrow off.
And… it’s been emailed to my agent. Goodbye, book! Have a nice long trip!
I’ll be taking part in my first author panel ever, as part of Flycon 2009. It’ll be taking place right here at 8 pm PST.
Drop by if you like. I plan to embarrass the hell out of myself.
Eta: It’s over.
I’ve been so swamped with everything, that I haven’t been able to to make a sensible comment on the racism in sf conversation that’s been going around. And now that Mary Anne Mohanraj has written this post on John Scalzi’s blog, I don’t have to.
Because those four points are pretty much the basics of my understanding about race in this country (except she expresses them better than I ever could). A racist culture produces racist citizens, and I’m one of them. I’m not proud of it–in fact, I’d very much like to fix that part of my mental programming. It’s difficult, though. As pnh said several weeks ago, this stuff in ingrained in us.
Anyway, I’m going to leave out the other comments I was considering–I’m far from an expert here, and I’m still reading and thinking on what people say. I’m also turning off comments, because this isn’t the best place to discuss the issue. Check out the post and follow the links. Good night.
This is a link to a blog post about the recently released full transcript of the many story conferences George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan had about Raiders of the Lost Ark. All those phone conversations, transcribed.
The post is just the highlights and some lessons learned (about point 4: um, yeah. It sure puts Wesley’s time as the Dread Pirate Roberts into perspective) but I thought some folks here might be interested in reading how one of the most popular stories of the last several decades was conceived.
I haven’t read the transcript myself, since I’m supposed to be working on my book right now.
Seen via matt_ruff
Can I be CASTLE? Seriously?
I don’t know if any of you watched that show, but Nathan Fillion plays a filthy rich bestselling novelist with the mayor on speed dial. Now, I realize that, fundamentally, TV is not real, but I still love the fantasy life–as long as I don’t have to become a divorced, irresponsible boy-child who drinks and gambles too much. I’d rather keep my wife, and I’m happy to accept all that money, too.
As a show, it’s fine. The two stars have a bit of chemistry and the mystery was fun. Too bad it’s on so late.
Next: here’s a NSFW review of some time-traveling erotica. Um, yeah. Has to be seen to be believed.
Also, some folks are very happy that Warren Lapine has bought Realms of Fantasy, and will continue publishing it. I admit to being more skeptical that things will turn out well.
Finally, I finished the minor revisions for Everyone Loves Blue Dog during the wee hours of the morning. Being sick and sleepless has advantages. There’s still more work to do, since the ending needs work. Not coincidentally, I also read this interview. The author being interviewed at that link has a refreshingly practical attitude, but I’m not sure it would suit me.
If I’m still sick tomorrow, I’ll stay home for work and try to finish the whole thing.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
As a follow up to my previous post about Flycon, if you want to sign up for a panel, you can do that right here.
I’m going to be taking part in Flycon next weekend. What’s that, you ask? Well, it’s a virtual science fiction convention being held on LiveJournal and sff.net, in which people from all over the world can get together online at an appointed hour and post about specific subjects.
Jeez, I really did forget to mention this before now, didn’t I? Well, let’s just say that for a long time it seemed really far off in the future, and now suddenly there’s a preliminary schedule for next weekend.
I’ll post the times and places of my discussions when the schedule is finalized. Hope to see you all there.