{"id":7467,"date":"2011-01-21T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2011-01-21T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T14:10:44","slug":"painting-with-shotguns-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/01\/21\/painting-with-shotguns-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting With Shotguns #64"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Painting<\/a><\/p>\n

Quicky update today (because I’ve got to go snowblow our surprisingly long-ass driveway), and for that I drag the ol’ Painting With Shotguns<\/strong> blog-mode out of the drawer. Forgive me, I suspect it smells a little like mothballs. And, curiously, like ferret musk. Don’t ask questions. Just read.<\/p>\n

Arrugula Screechers<\/h3>\n

\"Irregular<\/a> Want a sales update on Irregular Creatures<\/strong>? Can do, my little winged kitties.<\/p>\n

I won’t break down the day-by-day because I suspect that’s just going to get boring, but suffice to say since last Saturday, I’ve been selling between three and five per day, with the exception of yesterday, where I somehow managed to foist eight copies unto an unsuspecting populace.<\/p>\n

That brings total sales up to: 189.<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/strong>: 128<\/p>\n

Amazon UK<\/strong>: 11<\/p>\n

PDF<\/strong>: 48<\/p>\n

Smashwords<\/strong>: 2<\/p>\n

Looks like on Amazon the entry finally reflects (as of yesterday) the “People who bought Irregular Creatures<\/strong> also bought…” I’m in, of course, good company there. Chris Holm’s 8 Pounds<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the Terminal Damage<\/strong><\/span><\/a> collection, and Allan Guthrie’s Bye Bye Baby<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Need to crossover a little bit and get into the hands of people who are buying a lot of fantasy and sci-fi, though.<\/p>\n

Received some lovely reviews this week:<\/p>\n

… From Stephen Blackmoore<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

… From Dave Turner<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

… From Andrew Jack<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Got giveaways and interviews up at Bubblecow<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and Indie Horror<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Got a straight-up giveaway at Andrew Jack’s blog<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

And cover artist Amy Houser worked on a comic with author Cat Valente: “Deathless.” It’s up right now at the Tor-dot-com site, so hurry over and check it out<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For those who have not procured the book as yet, would love to know why? No harm no foul, just curious. If you’re willing to share, of course.<\/p>\n

Pandemic Countdown<\/h3>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong>www.hopeismissing.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click that link. See that gas mask? See that countdown clock?<\/p>\n

Pandemic is coming. Are you going to be infected?<\/p>\n

The event will cross a span of several days and will take place both in Park City and outside it — which means you crazy kids at home can both watch and interact with the experience. (I’ll tell you — maybe tomorrow or the day after — how you can get involved in a big roleplaying experiment and become a part of the story and its damaged world.)<\/p>\n

I’d like to personally thank some people who helped do some back-up writing for the experience: Andrea Phillips, Stephen Blackmoore, Will Hindmarch, Jason Blair, Jesse Scoble, Kari Hayes, Christopher Simmons, Wood Ingham. I did some writing myself and served as story editor of the Pandemic experience, and am excited to see how it all plays out.<\/p>\n

Articles: “Disrupting What’s Expected<\/strong><\/span><\/a>” at Sundance site; “Weiler Brings A Pandemic To Park City<\/strong><\/span><\/a>” at the Wall Street Journal; “Sundance Is Ground Zero For Pandemic 1.0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>” at Wired.<\/p>\n

Remember:<\/p>\n

Avoid the sick.<\/p>\n

Don’t sleep.<\/p>\n

And beware strange objects.<\/p>\n

More as it develops. Follow the #pandemic11 hashtag<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Udder Work<\/h3>\n

Well, Double Dead<\/strong> continues apace. The novel, which could be subtitled, “A Vampire In Zombieland,” is hella fun to write. Part of me thinks this is the key to writing — find projects that are fun as hell to write because the fun projects write themselves. Not to say you shouldn’t get deep and personal and moody and whatever — serious is good. But man, I forgot how much fun it is to write crazy awesome shit.<\/p>\n

Speaking of vampires, just did a Vampire: The Requiem<\/strong> SAS for White Wolf and the ever-excellent and always-charming Eddy Webb. And one assumes that sometime in the next 15 years, Danse Macabre<\/strong> will actually hit shelves, so look for that when you’re old and gray.<\/p>\n

I have two other gaming projects… lurking in the wings, but neither have entirely manifested yet. I only see gauzy shapes and trembling clouds, but I think they’re going to materialize soon. Er, I hope they are.<\/p>\n

But that also tells me to tell you:<\/p>\n

Hey! I’m open for freelance work. It’s the new year. And soon enough I’m going to have another mouth to feed what with the birth of our genderless centaur<\/span> baby human boy come spring.<\/p>\n

Know of any work?<\/p>\n

I would be ever-gracious if you nudged it my way, or nudged me in that direction.<\/p>\n

Just in case you forgot:<\/p>\n

No, Seriously, I’m Not Fucking Around, You Don’t Want To Be A Writer<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

But, I am<\/em> a writer, and this penmonkey needs a task.<\/p>\n

Link Sausage And Blog Bacon<\/h3>\n

#cakeandwhores<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n

“Confessions of a Recovering Dilettante<\/strong><\/span><\/a>” at Dan O’Shea’s blog.<\/p>\n

Best webcomic ever? Romantically Apocalyptic<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Adventures of Huck Finn — Modified For Modern Sensibilities<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quicky update today (because I’ve got to go snowblow our surprisingly long-ass driveway), and for that I drag the ol’ Painting With Shotguns blog-mode out of the drawer. Forgive me, I suspect it smells a little like mothballs. And, curiously, like ferret musk. Don’t ask questions. Just read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-7467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-theramble","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-shotguns","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-1Wr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7467"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7478,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions\/7478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}