The Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
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| Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 | | 7:55 am |
| | Thursday, May 25th, 2017 | | 7:37 am |
In today's On My Shelves...
... Bob Howard, IT expert and paranormal secret agent, is back in Charles Stross' ( ![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) autopope ) fourth Laundry novel, The Apocalypse Codex, and it's gonna be a rough ride!
Originally posted on Dreamwidth (where I am also seawasp). Reply at either location! | | Thursday, May 11th, 2017 | | 7:57 am |
| | Saturday, May 6th, 2017 | | 8:40 pm |
| | Friday, May 5th, 2017 | | 7:26 am |
On My Shelves today...
... the third entry in Charlie Stross' ( autopope ) Laundry Files, The Fuller Memorandum! Bob Howard is back, and once more dealing with the Lovecraftian horrors of bureaucracy. And of Lovecraftian horrors, too. And maybe horrific Lovecraftian bureaucrats.
Originally posted on Dreamwidth (where I am also seawasp). Reply at either location! | | Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 | | 4:11 pm |
A farewell to Livejournal...
I have completed the transition of my journal and communities to Dreamwidth, so that my main journal is now https://seawasp.dreamwidth.org/ , and my beta-reading community is https://rykspoor-beta.dreamwidth.org/ . With the latest change in the TOS for LJ -- which basically said "Oh, yeah, English-speaking community that was like the foundation of LJ? Anything written in your language has no legal basis", and which also upon investigation contained multiple noisome provisions -- this camel's back was finally broken. It's a great shame, and I'm feeling rather sad about it. I've been on LiveJournal since 2003, and in the main I've found it to be the best social media experience of anything outside of the heyday of USENET (which had some advantages over any of the others, and still does if people would actually make use of it). It and its defunct relative InsaneJournal provided me with many hours of entertainment, discussion, information, roleplay, and sometimes just plain important human contact through an electronic medium. Professionally, LiveJournal provided me with an excellent platform to have a community of beta-readers who participated reliably, enthusiastically, and effectively in the production of all my works from about 2006 on -- more than ten years of support in this strange career of mine. I have a lifetime paid account here, as does my wife Kathleen; we purchased them -- for what was, at the time, a very considerable sum out of our budget -- so that we could have a permanent "residence", so to speak, online, a place that was and would remain ours. But like many real-world places, changes in the administration of LJ have made it increasingly less friendly to us and those we love and value. With this last change, it's passed the point at which I can tolerate it. So I must, with many regrets, say goodbye to LiveJournal. This will likely be the last post I make to this account. If you're looking for me, find me at Dreamwidth at the address above (or of course elsewhere, like on Facebook, as Ryk Spoor). | | Friday, April 14th, 2017 | | 9:25 am |
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Haven't completed moving yet...
... combination of lots of travel, some illnesses in the family, and issues with cars have taken most of my energy. Once I have some focus time I'll figure out how to transfer my communities over (I already moved the journal itself). THEN I'll start using Dreamwidth. But as my communities are the primary interest (especially my beta-reader community) that has to happen first. | | Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 | | 5:52 pm |
So...
... what do I need to do in order to move my communities over to Dreamwidth? Will I need to get a paid account? (yes, I want to move Awakeningofmagi as well as rykspoor_beta -- I may not be using it at the moment, but there's some good and interesting stuff there and I don't want it going away) | | Thursday, March 30th, 2017 | | 8:14 pm |
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My LUNACON Schedule!
I'm also going to be at Lunacon -- next week -- and here's my schedule for that! FRIDAY:
Signing (~7:30? Not sure of location)
8PM: Meet the Pros
10PM: (Duchess Room) I do a READING! SATURDAY:
10AM: (Hudson) The Plausible Impossible (how you worldbuild and write to make readers accept stuff that's ridiculously impossible)
11AM: (Grand Ballroom D): GODZILLA- Returns and Returns and Returns
Noon: (Grand Ballroom A): Religion, Magic, and the Occult in Anime
1PM: (Grand Ballroom G): The Allure of Sherlock Holmes
4PM: (Grand Ballroom G): World Building, Interactive VS Narrative (literature VS film VS videogame VS tabletop game)
7PM: (Sleepy Hollow) Children are Afraid of Monsters (writing monstrous beings) | | 10:02 am |
My ALBACON Schedule!
I'll be at Albacon Friday and Saturday! Here's my Schedule! Friday: 10AM (Troy Room) Writer's Workshop: What publishers -- and readers -- want
1PM: (Troy Room) Writer's Workshop: Writing Techniques -- revising, editing, outlining
2PM: (Troy Room) Writer's Workshop: Self Publishing VS Traditional
4PM: (Troy Room) Writer's Workshop: Critiquing Panel
8PM: (Colonie Room) Ice Cream Social
9PM: (Latham Room) Art Show Reception
10PM: (Troy Room) Improv Storytelling Panel Saturday: 11:30AM (Hotel Bar) I do a READING!
Noon: (Troy Room) We're Off To See L. Frank Baum!
3PM: (Troy Room) Games into fiction; Fiction into games
4PM: (Lobby) Signing
6PM: (Troy Room) The Most Influential Games of All Time | | Monday, March 20th, 2017 | | 7:37 am |
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| | Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 | | 9:57 am |
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| | Tuesday, February 21st, 2017 | | 6:22 am |
| | Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 | | 10:13 am |
Update on my Patreon...
... Update on my Patreon: To my gratified amazement we blew past the first goal, and are not that far from the second! In a couple weeks the regularly-scheduled new content will begin; fortunately I have the equipment to do at least a halfway-decent recording of me reading stuff, because I have not one but two supporters at that level! Thanks to all of you who've become Patrons, or shared my Patreon elsewhere! | | Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 | | 7:28 am |
| | Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 | | 8:39 pm |
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