thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | April 4, 2011
You may think your work may have been unfairly treated by some reviewer, blogger, or some commenter on Amazon. But no, really it hasn’t. Your work has never been truly insulted unless it has been insulted like this: Gentlemen: “Dod Grile” (Mr. Bierce) is a personal friend of mine, & I like him exceedingly — but [...]
S Andrew Swann | April 2, 2011
Strangely enough, just as my ancient post on Mr. Patrick “fiction writer working at the very highest level today” Roscoe gained some renewed attention, another author decided to break the cardinal rule of writing in the age of the internet, that rule being: “Thou shalt not start a flame war over a review of thine [...]
S Andrew Swann | March 31, 2011
A year ago I blogged about Mr. Patrick Roscoe an asshat of epic proportions whose claim to fame is sending the following to a literary agent: Colleen Lindsay: Thank you for making it clear, through your response to my query, that you are unquipped (sic) to represent fiction writers who are working at the very [...]
S Andrew Swann | March 23, 2011
I will be presenting this weekend at The 20th Annual Western Reserve Spring Writers’ Conference: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:30 a.m. – 1: 30 p.m. My session will be 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. PLOTTING SCI-FI AND FANTASY: Plotting is the engine that makes a story go. You can populate your story with the most interesting [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 23, 2011
I’ve returned from RadCon after a slightly longer than intended return trip. First me and John Dalmas were stuck in Minneapolis for 7 hours while our original flight crew went awol in the snow somewhere in Detroit, and the replacements showed up just in time to be just over their regulation flight time, bumping us [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 15, 2011
Or, maybe, a long article on world-building relating back to the Apotheosis Trilogy. This comes right on the heels of a rather nice review they did on Messiah: A well-balanced blend of space opera elements, especially large-scale concepts; never a dull moment; interesting characters; Swann’s straightforward writing style; rich setting; carefully crafted plot; just about [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 7, 2011
First off, Audible has Messiah back up with the complete audio, yay! Second, I have a guest blog post up at Buried Under Books, wherin I try to tell the truth about lying. I’ve also added to the review pages for Wolfbreed; new mentions at Bookworm Blues and (you have to love this title for [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 1, 2011
UPDATE: Seems to be an issue with the audio book, Audible seems to have not put the second half of it on-line yet. I’ll let you know when that’s fixed. UPDATE #2: As of Feb 4, the book is still down at Audible. If you have the truncated version, they assure me you’ll be able [...]
S Andrew Swann | January 25, 2011
That’s the question asked here. In the last few years, I’ve noticed more and more that science fiction has taken a bit of a turn to the right. I’ve also seen more than a few reviews lambasting those authors for their views — which seems to matter not a whit to their sales. So I [...]
S Andrew Swann | January 24, 2011
Patrick Hester and John DeNardo grill me on the 25th episode of the SF Signal podcast. You should check it out.
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