I support the HarperCollins Union. For more information, see this Twitter thread. Realistically, this for now only affects my upcoming review of Jennifer Estep’s Conquer the Kingdom. Hopefully this will all be resolved such that I can still post that before it’s released in March of next year.
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Cool Stuff Friday 02-13-15
Happy Friday the 13th! The only remaining holiday that Hallmark doesn’t have a card for (please don’t disabuse me if I am wrong)! It’s Mary Robinette Kowal’s birthday and she’s giving us gifts! Read her novelette here. Lifehacker found a tool called Twine that lets you create your own Choose Your Own Adventure stories. And…
Cool Stuff Friday
Seen a couple of cool things this week. Firstly, the hilarious Who the F is My D&D Character: http://whothefuckismydndcharacter.com/ Second, play 2400 old school DOS games in your browser: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games And when you really need to stop procrastinating and get back to work: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/vip/~3/pHVTla_YPP8/forcedraft-doesnt-let-you-quit-writing-until-you-hit-yo-1678244018
Wrapping up 2014
[Disclaimer: I have blatantly stolen the idea for this post from Chuck Wendig. You should probably go read his blog. He’s way wittier than I am, anyway.] Favorite novel of the year: Patrick Rothfuss’ The Slow Regard of Silent Things Favorite non-fiction book of the year: Chuck Wendig’s 30 Days in the Word Mines Favorite…