Of Pub Crawls, Publishers, Short Films, and Short Cons

This weekend kept me busy - posting the latest Antithesis episode, hitting the pub with Chris Lester and Seth Harwood, and hitting Silicon in San Jose.

1 Comment »Filed under: Career, Photography, Unsavory Excursions, WritingPosted on October 7th, 2008

The Moving Meter!

The wordcount meter for Down From Ten is moving again. After several weeks of solid non-stop podcasting, I couldn’t take it anymore and have picked the project that’s second on my priority list to power through. The rest of Free Will will have to wait - there’s something about the world of Down From [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Career, WritingPosted on September 3rd, 2008

Predestination, Episode 5

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Here we go, boys and girls, with episode 3!  Will Joss give into his conscience, or will he save his hide and get off the station as soon as possible?  What’s really going on with Jim and Ali?  And what else is going on in the world that might change the equation?  This is [...]

Comments OffFiled under: Podcasting, Podcasts, Predestination, Uncategorized, WritingPosted on August 15th, 2008

Chasing the Bard fans - Welcome!

Welcome to all fans of Phillipa Ballantine’s Chasing the Bard! You’re doubtless moseying on over here because you heard me this week on The Story So Far and are wondering about those podcasts I mentioned.
Well, look no further. You can find my collection of fantasy, science fiction, and erotica stories here. It’s [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Podcasting, Podcasts, Predestination, Sculpting God, WritingPosted on July 18th, 2008

Entitlement mentality

This post is mostly for my own benefit, feel free to skip over it if you’re not interested in my dusty brain’s internal gear grindings. As I’ve been researching the current state of the biotech debate for my next two books, I’ve run up against a broad cultural trend that should provide me some [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Podcasts, WritingPosted on June 25th, 2008

“Infected” review

“There’s nothing worse than having an itch you can never scratch.” -Leon, Blade Runner
Dr. Seuss wrote marvelous childrens books filled with clever word plays that kept them interesting for the adults that had to read them over, and over, and over. His books were like crack for two year olds who were learning [...]

No Comments »Filed under: WritingPosted on May 3rd, 2008

Down From Ten

The last month have seen me taking a break from the revisions to Predestination - and from Sculpting God, to my unending shame (don’t worry, it’s coming back this week). The culprit? A new drama called “Down From Ten,” which I just finished the rough on last night. I’m taking week to [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Career, Predestination, Sculpting God, WritingPosted on February 26th, 2008

Double your dosage - Double the insanity!

That’s right, my little droogies, the time has come once again to partake of the LinuxJournal kool-aid! This month, your humble narrator has two articles on offer - one talking about the deepest needs of desktop users, and the other reviewing, in depth, the current crop of multitrack video editors for Linux. May [...]

2 Comments »Filed under: Career, LinuxJournal, WritingPosted on February 16th, 2008

Uber-projects update

So, the last month have brought a lot of new projects, as well as desperate scramblings to keep up with existing ones. Here’s the rundown:
Down From Ten
This is a mystery/suspense/science fiction/comedy/drama film I’m writing for production, hopefully later this year if the financing comes through. More news on this as the deal [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Career, Sculpting God, WritingPosted on January 31st, 2008

The things that keep me awake at night

Well, technically speaking, it’s my circadian rhythms and copious diet of tannin flavored caffeine that keeps me awake at night. Nonetheless, this here is worth a look for those of you who are into genre fiction and wonder why genre authors don’t get no respect. The article (alas, not written by me, but [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Career, WritingPosted on January 14th, 2008