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A Different Point of View
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Firefly news!

According to the newswire at The Futon Critic, SciFi Channel has acquired the syndication rights to Firefly and will begin airing the show as the lead-in to their SciFi Friday original programming, begining July 22, 7pm Eastern. (3rd paragraph down)

Whoo-hoo!

(hat tip to Mur Lafferty for the heads up)

In Good Company…

Hey, everyone…

Thought I’d spread some good news concerning my book, Billibub Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword. My dwarf detective has been short-listed for the 2005 IPPY (The Ninth Annual Independent Publisher Book Award).

The 2005 Semi-Finalists for the Best Fantasy/Science Fiction are…

Within the Shadow of Stone by Sheri [...]

Escape Pod looking for short stories

Pre-published short story authors, listen up! Escape Pod, a weekly SF/F audio ‘zine is online and has an open call for submissions. Here’s an interesting note: authors get paid. Gee, what a concept.

So what’s an audio ‘zine? Escape Pod is combining the short story magazine concept with podcasting. Each week, Escape Pod will [...]

Vegas, baby!

I’m headed to Vegas this weekend to relax and take in some of the sights with some friends. I know it’s kinda late notice and all, but if you’re in Vegas and want to buy me a beer, email me.

Christ, do I sound pathetic or what? Must be the residual effect from my [...]

Scifi Ranter Girl calls us “inspiring”

That must have been a misprint. Nope. I guess not. I was so inspired by Cover to Cover #165, that I re-watched Episode I&II. I whipped up a cute little banner as a homage, hope you get a giggle out of it. The pic is attached or you can use the link below.

Well [...]

Dragon Page Wingin’ It #11: Who’s Where?

What’s on this week: Where’s Evo?

* Last week, Michael was gone, but now “Where’s Evo?” Mike makes a call to Evo, has some fun, and calls it a day. * Stormtrooper TD0013 In case you missed some, we are re-running “A Different Point of View.” (They are even better the second time around.) [...]

More SF related items being auctioned for charity

Over at eBay, you can find a special auction going on now through May 25th, with the proceeds to benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The genre related items still available to bid on: “Superman” button-down shirt signed by Dean Cain “Lois and Clark” crew jacket signed by Dean Cain Two [...]

Cry Foul, and let slip the rage of fans

[ This is my commentary on the Enterprise finale. Spoilers may ensue. ]

Finally watched the series finale of Enterprise.

Well. How was I ripped off by that? Let me count the ways?

okay, Shakespeare mode off.

I was only a casual viewer of the show, and I still felt horribly ripped off. I [...]

New ways of marketing your book

Here’s a little something interesting: Jeff VanderMeer has a new marketing campaign to publicize the UK mmpb release of his critically acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen collection.

(Jeff’s websites seem to be out-of-sorts at the moment. But that’s not me.)

Anyway, over at his publicist’s website, there’s a Flash video promoting the book. [...]

Diff’rent feeds for diff’rent folks!

In a landslide victory which rivaled even the 2000 US presidential appointment election, the subscribers of The Dragon Page and Slice of Scifi podcast fees have spoken.

Turns out no one wants a master feed of everything. Well, there was that one guy from Latvia who plays with goats all day, so I’m discounting [...]