Hi folks! BSDCan dominated this month. It was good. It wasn’t the biggest con we’ve had, but for the first year back it was nice. A handful of folks said they wouldn’t attend because the pandemic is still raging, and that while we would be masked the rest of the world isn’t. I can’t […]
I try to give more than a week’s notice for video hangouts, so I can’t do it this next Saturday. BSDCan falls in the middle of the month, taking up the next two Saturdays. That means the next time I can do a video hangout is at the end of May. I also try to […]
Greetings and felicitations to my esteemed Patronizers. Been working solely on “Run Your Own Mail Server.” I think I finally have an order for the content, which makes the actual writing possible. I’ll have cycle back and backfill facts, but the skeleton should hold. This part of the process always surprises me. Who thought I […]
As frequently requested, I’ve enabled options for Patronizers to pay quarterly and yearly. If you want to switch away from monthly, you’ll need to unsubscribe and resubscribe.
Do I care what option you pick? Not really. The “See the Sausage Being Made” and “Digital Reader” tiers were already quarterly to reduce fees to acceptable levels. If you want to pay quarterly or yearly and save me a few cents I’m down with that, but I’m not going to sweat them.
Everything should auto-renew so long as you pay with a credit card. Please let me know if you have problems. I have double-checked everything, but that only means I’ve looked at my errors twice.
Me in 2015: “You write apocalyptic SF, high adventure SF, modern crime thrillers, and cozy mystery, plus the odd bit of fantasy. You write too many fiction genres. Don’t start writing urban fantasy.” Me in 2016: “Don’t write urban fantasy.” Me in 2017: “Don’t write urban fantasy.” Me in 2018: “Don’t write urban fantasy.” Me […]
I have not one but two video hangouts this month: one with you folks, and one as the Devotion & Corrosion release party. Fortunately y’all are pretty easy to get along with. Unfortunately, Penguicon happens smack dab between the two. I shall have to conserve my people juice or I’ll run out and go feral. […]
Our hopme has radiator heat. The air does not move unless I move it. Fortunately there’s enough seepage around the windows to prevent anoxia, but after all these months the house has picked up a certain aroma that can only be described as “The Lucases have been inside for too long.” The office window is […]
This won’t be in stores for a few weeks yet, but the Kickstarter backers have a copy so you get one too. If you create an account on https://my.bookfunnel.com before you click on the link, BookFunnel will keep a copy for you to re-download later. They can also help you get the book onto your […]
CORRECTION: I go into Daylight Savings Time next week. Thanks to FO for catching that there was a problem! We’ve had multiple folks confused by time zone math, which makes perfect sense because I can’t do it either. On the last call, CM brought up everytimezone.com, which does the math for you. Time zones were […]
I am reminded, once again, that the Muse is a jerk. My fail-forward goals for 2023 were pretty straightforward: write two tech books and 3-4 novels. The publicity efforts of Triple Threat February scared off the Muse, however. Writing a hundred words of ad copy demands far more creativity than writing a hundred words of […]
