This post is late because I was too busy yesterday with writing. The Soulbond and the Sling is coming along slower than I would like, but I’m making steady progress, and really excited about this project. I suspect it will end up being the longest book I have ever written. Last week, I: Feel free… Continue reading Five things I did at work last week
A fascinating take on Brandon Sanderson’s Winds of Truth
Really interesting take on the publishing industry. This is politically incorrect, but I think it’s related to the way that publishing has become dominated by liberal women. The Nonsense-Free Editor has a lot of great videos about that. There are lots of great books in the indie publishing scene that are not “Potempkin villages,” as… Continue reading A fascinating take on Brandon Sanderson’s Winds of Truth
How I Would Vote Now: 2008 Hugo Awards (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon Brasyl by Ian McDonald Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer The Last Colony by John Scalzi Halting State by Charles Stross The Actual Results How I Would Vote Now Explanation Two thousand eight was the year that I took Brandon Sanderson’s writing class and decided to become… Continue reading How I Would Vote Now: 2008 Hugo Awards (Best Novel)
Five things I did at work last week
A slightly better cover mock-up
So I was playing around with ChatGPT this morning, and came up with a slightly better cover mock-up for The Soulbond and the Sling: Still needs some work, but I’m on the free plan and only get three images every day. I’ll keep playing with it over the next week or so, maybe try out… Continue reading A slightly better cover mock-up
The rough AI draft of The Soulbond and the Sling is complete!
So I just finished the rough AI draft of The Soulbond and the Sling, after nine days of outlining and prewriting, and five days of working with Sudowrite to generate it. The rough draft clocks in at 18 chapters (plus a prologue and an epilogue), 80 scenes, and 153,254 words. I used about 770,000 AI… Continue reading The rough AI draft of The Soulbond and the Sling is complete!
Did I predict it?
On July 24th, 2024, eleven days after the (first) Trump assassination attempt, I posted the following prediction: 8. There will be a major shakedown of the administrative state in the first 100 days of Trump’s second term. It hasn’t been 100 days yet, but enough has transpired that this prediction has certainly come true. Which… Continue reading Did I predict it?
Five things I did at work last week
I’ve been so busy, I almost forgot to do one of these posts! Here are my five bullets from last week, feel free to add your own in the comments:
How I Would Vote Now: 1970 Hugo Awards (Best Novel)
The Nominees Macroscope by Piers Anthony The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Up the Line by Robert Silverberg Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The Actual Results How I Would Vote Now Explanation Wow—I’d forgotten just how terrible book covers were in the 70s. I… Continue reading How I Would Vote Now: 1970 Hugo Awards (Best Novel)