thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | November 18, 2008
Joe the Plumber has written a book, or has had a book written for him. Now I have no gripe with the guy, and I bear him no ill will, but I will say that the details of the book “deal” seem sort of, well, odd. First off, I’d think that he’d land a deal [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 17, 2008
Some videos today, focusing on the only creatures more scary than zombies.
S Andrew Swann | November 14, 2008
I’m flying out to Chicago today to attend Windycon, my last con-going for 2008. If you’re going to be there, here’s my schedule of events: Saturday 1400: Autographing Saturday 1600: SF 9/11 Saturday 1900: Building a Military SF Library Sunday 1000: Mistakes That Go Boom Sunday 1100: Future Combat: Hearts and Minds or Body Count? [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 13, 2008
About those counters I have in the sidebar here: In one sense they tell you (and me) how close to completion a given project is. In another sense, they’re a lie. I am tracking, essentially, the progress of a first draft. A worthy achievement, but nowhere near actually done. My drafts go though anywhere from [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 12, 2008
Perhaps you remember my post about this wonderful website brought to my attention by the Smart Bitches. That post was well intentioned, if completely clueless. Now the Smart Bitches have highlighted an equally craptastic post of a bit more sinister bent. I present to you “Got The Thing In Becoming A World-renowned Writer?“ (Got to [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 11, 2008
Please note, these all come from a country with a chattering class that believes the United States is just this far from a totalitarian fascist state. (They may be right, but that isn’t the point.) All via Weird Universe. Bournemouth Council bans 18 Latin terms, including the word “via”, because they’re too “elitist” and were [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 10, 2008
I wanted to write a follow-up to two other blog posts I wrote back last summer. The story at that point was as follows: Sherry Jones writes The Jewel of Medina, a historical novel that features one of Mohammad’s wives. She sells it to Random House. Random House sends an advance copy to Islamic scholar [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 7, 2008
I’m a pretty conservative/libertarian and I come from a liberal family, live in a liberal area of Ohio, and I work and play in fairly liberal venues. So I have noticed (especially on my recent trip south to my sister’s wedding) that the last few years there seems to be an epidemic of people who [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 6, 2008
I mentioned before that the webcomic Girl Genius features my current favorite fictional female character, but there’s more to the series that I happen to like. One of those elements is how it helps illustrate one of the harder concepts in writing fiction, the fractal nature of storytelling. One of the key structural elements of [...]
S Andrew Swann | November 5, 2008
Back from vacation/wedding, here’re a few pics from the highlight of the vacation half of our travels, Savannah, Georgia.
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