It can often be quite a surprise when you find out that someone you know has written a book. It’s even more of a surprise when you find out that your first college roommate has written a whole lot of them.
In this case, the college roommate is John Hope, and his most recent book is Silencing Sharks. It’s the story of Peter Bench (yes, I got the reference), a deaf 13-year-old boy who learns that he can hear sharks — and the sharks need his help.
I’ve been using Google Chrome for many a year now, and while some complain of its resource hogging, I still feel like it’s the best browser for me. Google already knows all of my personal information; might as well let them personalize things for me, right?
But even power users can use a little something to supercharge their experiences with their browsers. In that vein, here are six of the best efficiency-increasing Chrome extensions (that I currently use).
I’ve reviewed Only Superhuman, Christopher L. Bennett’s first original novel, over at Escape Pod. I liked it, for the most part.
I used to run a blog that lampooned corporatespeak. I mined my archives for this week’s column.
SIX OF THE WORST… examples of corporatespeak
I have a weird medical condition called PVN — so rare that it’s not even on Wikipedia. Do you have any weird conditions?
SIX OF THE BEST… medical conditions you didn’t know you might have
My performance of “Make a Choice” by John McIlveen is now live at Tales to Terrify. You can hear it at this link.
It’s a horror story, definitely not for kids. Listen with discretion.
I wrote a column about quotes, because I like quotes. You can read it, if you’d like.
I’m moving soon. It’s been… interesting… to say the least.
SIX OF THE WORST… things about apartment hunting
This week I’m talking about Star Trek Beyond, which I enjoyed. For the most part.
SIX OF THE BEST… things about Star Trek Beyond
Escape Pod episode 535 features my performance of “Bluejay” by Edward Ashton. Listen here, or buy Edward’s book here.
With my wedding coming up in less than a month, you can damn well bet I’ve been reading up on etiquette rules, and how they’ve changed.
SIX OF THE BEST… contemporary changes in etiquette rules
Holy crap, this show’s pilot episode is good.
SIX OF THE BEST… things the X-Files pilot episode did right
If you didn’t know there was a Star Trek reboot series, helmed (for lack of a better word) by JJ Abrams, then you probably don’t live on the planet Earth. And even though the latest iteration isn’t written or directed by Abrams, it’s still part of that reboot universe.
Which, for some reason, a lot of Star Trek fans really don’t like.
SIX OF THE WORST… things about the Abramsverse
I have reviewed Swiss Army Man, a.k.a. “the Daniel Radcliffe farting corpse movie”, at Escape Pod. Here is a link for you to click so you can read it.
If you read my collection The Clockwork Russian and Other Stories, you got first crack at reading my unpublished story “Stand Up”, about an autistic asexual nongendered superhero. It’s one of the stories I’m proudest of, because it was difficult to write from that point of view. According to one reviewer:
“Stand Up” is that good. I won’t spoil the premise. Roseman is proud of this one, he notes. I think he should be. If this piece isn’t expanded into a full-length book, it at least needs to be optioned by a production company into a film. If either boon does not befall it, then I’d call that a loss not just for genre fans, but anyone who enjoys a good story. It’s easily the best tale here, in my opinion, charging out the gates past a stable full of strong horses. That it hasn’t been published by someone is an indictment against the small press fiction markets. Read it.
Well, someone has rectified that situation, and now you can enjoy “Stand Up” for free in audio, thanks to The Overcast. It’s episode number 34, and you can hear it right now.
Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 