Inspired by Julia Nunes, here’s Six of the Best… things that weren’t that great.
SIX OF THE WORST… parts of the Star Wars movies
What are SIX OF THE WORST… parts of the Star Wars movies? Let’s find out.
Book Review: Libertaria: Genesis by Sabrina Peña Young
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Tagged lib2125, libertaria genesis, opera, pov shifts, sabrina pena young, ya
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SIX OF THE BEST… Rocky movies
Before seeing Creed, why not pregame with SIX OF THE BEST… Rocky movies?
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Tagged creed, everybody can change, go for it, montage, mr t, rocky, rocky balboa, thunderlips, win rocky win
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The Clockwork Russian and Other Stories
My new book, The Clockwork Russian and other stories, is now available on Amazon. Space travel, steampunk Seattle, superheroes, and more. Click here to get your copy.
Here’s what some other people have said about it:
“This is a great book, the kind you read for enjoyment rather than duty. It crosses time and space, from steampunk to space opera, and the stories are intelligent, compelling, and always entertaining.” -Sean McMullen, winner of the Aurealis and Australian Science Fiction awards, and author of the Greatwinter trilogy
“A diverse and fiercely-intelligent collection, these are stories that interrogate the future while reflecting on the past. Highly recommended.” -C. S. McMullen, AWGIE-nominated screenwriter and author
“Clever, thought-provoking, and occasionally unsettling in all the best ways, The Clockwork Russian challenges and encourages the reader to see something new in a genre most wrongly decide is not for them. There is a wholly Earthly quality to these futuristic tales, and I can see many of them as full-length novels or on the big screen. Definitely a must-have on your bookshelf.” -Andy Martello, entertainer and award-winning author of The King of Casinos: Willie Martello and the El Rey Club
“Josh Roseman transports the reader into his stories with vivid details and incredible pacing; a moment never lingers too long, and I can see the scene unfold in my mind’s eye.” -Beau Hall, author of Snapshot
“The Clockwork Russian includes more than a dozen thought-provoking stories that reach out, grab you, and make you want to keep reading well into the night. Each one is more intriguing than the last, building strange worlds, situations, and characters that remain long after the page-turning pleasure has passed.” -Big Anklevich, co-editor of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
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Tagged review, reviews, the clockwork russian
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SIX OF THE BEST… things no one tells you about self-publishing
I’m publishing a book on Amazon on Monday, which led me to write this column.
SIX OF THE BEST… things no one tells you about self-publishing
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Tagged bad books, bad writing, critique groups, marketing, patience, self-publishing, writing
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons for giving up on a story
Here are six of the best reasons for giving up on a story — at least in my eyes. Since it’s November, and NaNoWriMo, hopefully these tips help you keep your story on track.
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Tagged books, exposition, fan fiction, in medias res, kushiel's dart, mitch hedberg, night watch, pancaking, please don't tell my parents i'm a supervillain, pop culture references, reading, the company, the girl with the dragon tattoo, too many names, wheel of time, worldbuilding
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about submitting your work
Just writing your NaNo novel isn’t enough; it has to be revised, beta-read, formatted, and submitted, or else you’ll never get it published. Even self-publishing takes a lot of work. So what do you do when your story is done?
You submit it.
“Murder with Monsters” by KT Katzmann
From Murder with Monsters, which I reviewed at Escape Pod.
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Tagged crown heights, golems, humor, kt katzmann, murder with monsters, sasquatch, vampire
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to do it yourself
A lot of nerds are makers of one sort or another. I’m a writer; you might be a crafter, a musician, a filmmaker, or a chef. The thing is: you’re creating something instead of depending on someone else’s work, and there’s power there.
SIX OF THE BEST… nerdy things I did with my school friends
Despite the stereotype of nerds, geeks, dorks, and suchlike having no friends and being insulated from the world, even the most nerdy person has someone to call a friend. I’m proud to say that even at my lowest points I still had someone on my side to do nerdy things with.
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Tagged animaniacs, business plan, cool technology, friends, home movie, home movies, nerdy friends, stupid club, thunderhawk
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about playing against the computer
As much as I love playing games with other people, sometimes* it’s not possible to have them around. Sometimes you’re stuck playing a game you love by yourself.
Enter the computer player — a reasonably-sophisticated AI that can challenge you, help train you, or (depending upon the difficulty level you set) really piss you off.
Here are six of the worst things about playing against the computer.
Book Review: “Snapshot” by Beau Hall
Fifty years ago, Marietta really was a small town, and the thing about small towns is that you can hide a lot of big secrets there. Marvin Hill has been hiding a huge one: for more than fifty years, Marvin’s been “cleaning up” his town, one vagrant and hoodlum at a time.
But there’s more to Beau Hall‘s new novel Snapshot than just small-town murders.
Posted in book, escape pod, horror, mystery, nonfiction, review, writing
Tagged beau hall, georgia, marietta, photography, review, serial killer, snapshot
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons Pokemon = Supernatural
Are these the same show? I think so. Let’s look at six of the best reasons Pokemon = Supernatural.
SIX OF THE BEST… reasons Pokemon = Supernatural – The Nerdery Public
SIX OF THE BEST… ways to stop cheating
As nerds, we usually abhor cheating when we’re part of a contest (unless the game calls for cheating as part of the play itself). We think that victories won by cheating are hollow and tainted, and we’re not alone. We don’t allow it in our games and contests, and when we do, we need to deal with the cheaters.
So here are six of the best ways to do that… and, because I’m a huge football fan, how they’d affect the NFL if they were applied to the Patriots.
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Tagged cheating, deflategate, espn, football, nfl, patriots, protest, scandal, spygate, suspension
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Fan Film Review: “Star Trek: Renegades”
Tim Russ is probably best known for his role as Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. However, since the end of that series, he’s devoted his time to producing fan films that extend the story of Star Trek independent of both the reboot and novel universes. His first foray, Of Gods and Men, shows us what might have happened in the Mirror Universe after Kirk Prime tried to convince Mirror Spock to change things for the better.
His second, Star Trek: Renegades, is intended to be a pilot for a new fan series about a crew of… well… renegades.
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Tagged invictus, of gods and men, renegades, star trek, tim russ, tuvok, voyager
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SIX OF THE BEST… ways technology depresses us
Lately I’ve been having some real struggles with my depression, and I think a lot of them are related to how much technology I use. In that vein, here are six of the best ways technology depresses us.
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Tagged casual gaming, computers, depression, digital records, distraction, double depression, dysthymia, gamification, jones in the fastlane, keeping up with jones, neurotypical, passive interaction, sleep, technology
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Book Review: “The Shepherd’s Crown” by Terry Pratchett
On September 1, my Kindle automatically downloaded my preordered copy of The Shepherd’s Crown. By September 3, I’d finished reading the final Discworld novel. How do I feel about this?
Empty. Satisfied, but empty. The book is closed on the Discworld, at least in this form, and… well… I don’t think I can wrap my head around that.
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Tagged discworld, granny weatherwax, lampshading, review, sheds, spoilers, terry pratchett, the shepherds crown, tiffany aching
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 