The journal and sometimes blog of author, Joseph L. Selby.
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GOO! (Re: Fraggle Rock)
I was cycling through the new offerings on Netflix for instant streaming. They just closed a lot of big deals and there is a lot of new content. And what do I find? Fraggle Rock. Not just a few episodes, oh no. ALL OF IT. ALL. OF. IT!!!! This almost makes up for the time…
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Being Factual in an Alt History Story
I’ve been doing a lot of research for PATAPAN. I’ve nailed down most of what I needed (or what I didn’t already have). I am taken aback by how many people are shocked that I would do research for an alternate history story. I’m changing the history as it’s been taught to us. It’s important…
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Anything but Perfect
I’m working on a new wip and I think I’ve made a few mistakes in the opening chapters. Specifically, I’ve introduced the romantic interest a little early maybe? Or maybe I did not. I’m not quite sure yet. And you know what? It doesn’t matter. Well, it matters a little based on where I go…
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Borders gets the last laugh
From @ebooknewser by way of Livia Blackburne, Borders gets the last laugh:
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Impacted: A Meme
A forum I frequent started a meme today. Write as a scene a memory that informed your life. My response was a little longer than I felt appropriate for a forum, so I decided to put it here instead. He liked watching the numbers. Elevators weren’t as fun as escalators, but at least they showed…
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GOO! (RE: He-Man)
I often site the original He-Man mini-comics that came with the toys as one of the largest influences of my writing career. It’s very true. I was five when I was allowed to buy my first He-Man figure and those comics stirred a creativity in me that I had never known before. …AND NOW THEY’RE…
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Reevaluating the Briar Patch
I have–to this point–been consistent regarding my opinion of self-publishing and its relevance to my own career. That opinion has not been very positive. For all the anecdotal examples that are bandied about the internet of self-publishing success, the majority of self-published work (in my own anecdotal exploration) is atrociously bad. Of course it is.…
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Sweet, Sweet Crazy
I don’t hop on the bandwagon too often, but this was just too much fun not to share. I’ve seen it a couple places, but Pat at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist convinced me to click and read the comments. It’s best if you read the review (which I think is incredibly fair), but then you have…
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Comments, Questions, Criticisms
We’ve all seen the blog posts and Tweets by agents of the horrible responses some queriers send them a rejection. It can be fun to rubberneck such responses, watching the car wreck that is that person’s nonsexistent career and wonder What were you thinking? That’s a no brainer, though. I assume none of you would…