Some recent events sent me looking for my trip report of my journey to World Con in Glasgow in August of 2005. I decided to share the trip and some of my photos with you. August 2, 2005 Portland … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Over on his blog, marketing guru Seth Godin has this to say about the slush pile: If you have something good, really good, what’s it doing in the slush pile? Bring it to the world directly, make your own video, … Continue reading
March 24 is ADA LOVELACE DAY! The day is special to us here at Book View Cafe and Book View Press, of course, because Ada King, whow was Countess Lovelace and the only legitimate child of the infamous Lord Byron, … Continue reading
In 38 days time, the historical and famous kabuki theatre in Tokyo will close. Being in Tokyo currently, this was a unique opportunity to witness a piece of history before it went away. I like history. I have no idea … Continue reading
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, March 24, Book View Café announces: THE SHADOW CONSPIRACY EXTRAORDINARY STEAMPUNK PHOTO CONTEST! Do you have a killer steampunk ensemble? A gorgeous nouveau-Victorian parlour? A seriously classical retro ray-gun? Take a photo and … Continue reading
This seven-issue series will doubtless appear soon in trade paper format, and is the kickoff of this summer’s Big DC Event, which is going to revolve around Green Arrow. It is a crazy idea. This story is seriously flawed, and … Continue reading
Er, sorry. Last time we talked about good query letters (https://bookviewcafe.com/blog/2010/03/08/writing-nowadays-querying-and-submitting/) and were going to talk about bad query letters next time. But I attended a writers retreat the weekend before, and rather ironically, the writers blog slipped my mind. … Continue reading
No horses were harmed in the making of this post. The young gentleman here is not dead, and he’s not hurt. He’s taking a nap. The mask on his face is made of screening; he can see through it, and … Continue reading
A while back I asked for casting suggestions for the Starfarers miniseries for an essay for My Book, the Movie. MBtM doesn’t have a comments section, so here’s the essay with comments enabled. Ebooks (MOBI and EPUB) of The Starfarers … Continue reading
(Tree of life graphic from here.) I talk about evolution a lot. If you read by regular blog, it comes up regularly in both text and links. Sometimes I talk about it with respect to religion but not always. As … Continue reading