Okay, it’s officially begun. Or since I’ve just crossed the 50,000 word mark on the sequel to How to Succeed in Evil, maybe it’s more appropriate to say, “It has already done been begotten.” (Ah, scratch that, that can’t ever be appropriate to say. Verb tense, anyone?) Anyway, the sequel is coming and it’s title…
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How to Succeed in Evil on Kindle
Yup, it finally happened. I’m very excited that the whole book can be yours for mere pittance. 99 cents. Why, for less than the price of a cup of coffee you can have, all the antics of Topper. All the sinister brilliance of Edwin. All the prim and proper efficiency of Agnes (or, if you’ve…
An Interview with John Mierau
A week ago (hey, was it two?) I spent some quality time talking to John Mierau for his “Podcast Teardown” series. It’s a great idea. The Teardown is a mini-series of 10 questions on the nature of podcasting, put to 10 well-known podcast authors. The questions are the same. The answers might just surprise you….
Lifehacker Likes Me. The Feeling is Mutual.
I’ve been getting a daily dose of productivity pr0n from Lifehacker for years. Taken altogether, the tidbits I’ve picked up there have saved me at least a month of time. Most recently, the the use of Simplenote for plain text capture and synchronization across machines and handheld devices. http://lifehacker.com/5584924/the-holy-grail-of-ubiquitous-plain+text-capture Now they’ve seen fit to use…
I wrote -18,000 words today.
No seriously. I read Italo Calvino’s essay on Quickness. Got very excited, cut 20,000 words out of Unkillable. (which will make it stronger, shorter and allow me to finish it faster.) Then I wrote 2000 more words. 2000-20,000 = -18,000. At this rate I’l have no story at all by the end of the week…
I AM CORRUPTING YOUTH!
Some fine folks that I don’t know posted this video to YouTube of their adorable child. In the comments, they mentioned that the audio in the background was Patrick E. McLean’s “How to Succeed in Evil.” I’m not sure how to feel about my voice screaming obscenities and hilarities at a child, so I will default to AWESOME!…
How to Succeed in Evil Update IN GLORIOUS COLOR
Okay, okay. So I’m lame for being quiet for so long. (And I know I’m lame) But things are bubbling. I swear they are. For one thing, we’ve got a colorist (the Mighty Myron Macklin) and he’s awesome. And we’re almost, almost, almost, so close I can taste it, done with the color version of…
“Dishwasher” Wins a Parsec Award!
Patrick McLean was given a Parsec Award for “Best Fiction (Non-speculative)” for Death of a Dishwasher!