Audio Goodness Coming in March

S Andrew Swann | February 3, 2010

Here we see the cover of the Blackstone Audio version of Wolfbreed coming out March 20th.  Much coolness, and it’s interesting seeing a cover that’s clearly influenced by Spectra’s cover, yet different.  I can’t wait to get this on my iPod.

Heretics is out today!

S Andrew Swann | February 2, 2010

Zoe doesn’t seem too impressed, but it may be because she can’t read.
If you want to buy it on-line, but you’re pissed at Amazon’s antics of late, you can buy it here. Or here.

PROPHETS up for the Phillip K. Dick award!

S Andrew Swann | January 18, 2010

In case you hadn’t seen me twitter about this or posting on Facebook, the shortlist for the 2009 Phillip K. Dick awards were announced, and Prophets is on the list!
Here’s the press release:
Philip K. Dick Awards
c/o 153 Deerfield Lane
Pleasantville, NY 10570
(914) 769-5545
http://www.philipkdickaward.org
January 16, 2010
For Immediate Release
2009 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced [...]

Things That Happened When I Wasn’t Blogging – Part 3

S Andrew Swann | December 2, 2009

Of course the big news is I finished the editorial rewrite of Wolf’s Cross which means that it is officially finished. (Except for reviewing the copy-edits, any last-minute editorial decisions, and going over the page proofs. . . other than that, it’s done, really.)
But, in addition to that, look at what I got in the [...]

Using Twitter to promote your novel wrong

S Andrew Swann | July 1, 2009

I have mentioned before that there are certain rules that authors should abide by when gliding across this meadow of rainbows and unicorn farts we call the internet. It is not all smileys and lolcats out there, and forewarned is forearmed. Anyway, most rules boil down to (to paraphrase John Scalzi) don’t be [...]

If you thought the last way to save newspapers was stupid

S Andrew Swann | June 30, 2009

You will love this.  And I quote:
Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so impairing the incentive to create [...]

Just because it’s Wikipedia don’t mean it’s not plagiarism

S Andrew Swann | June 29, 2009

A new plagiarism story is afoot on the web seeing light in many places.
Author Chris Anderson writes about the web, and web marketing. He is one who you expect to be savvy about things like social networking, open source, creative commons, and all that other Web 2.0 stuff that’s all the hot shite on [...]

So I need to explain why this is a bad idea

S Andrew Swann | June 25, 2009

The Dutch government wants to tax the internet to fund print media. To put a finer point on it, the Dutch have come up with the swell idea that the way to save print journalism is to tax another, different, sector of the economy. Now as a friend said on Facebook: “It’s nice [...]

Publishing is not a Zero-Sum game

S Andrew Swann | June 24, 2009

But an asshat named Robert Stanek seems to think otherwise.  This gentleman appears to think that anyone’s success comes at the expense of his own career.  I’ve heard of misguided authors trying to game Amazon to pump up their own work, but this has got to be the most vindictive wrinkle I’ve yet heard about.  [...]

Playboy invents PC term for rape

S Andrew Swann | June 5, 2009

There exists a certain type of incredibly sleazy male, the kind who has paleolithic attitudes about women that would embarrass the guy filming the Girls-Gone-Wild videos, but who at some point in his education, discovered that he got a complete pass on his repulsive personal antics as long as he professed a feminist political agenda. [...]