Birth of a Dynasty

SCENE I
[ Office, night. Three children on the futon, facing the wall. Mom at the computer, spamming F5 to get a semi-difficult word out of the random word generator. The kids look weary, but there's much on the line: a grudge match between the eldest two siblings in the district spelling bee, and a chocolate [...]

Things I Learned This Weekend

*rubbing hands together*

Not even a to-do list longer than Billy Idol’s tox screen is enough to keep me away from Denis Leary. (Authors and eds, if your stuff is late, blame Renee and Frank. They sent me WHY WE SUCK for xmas. Yes, I love them. Oh, and Denis? Paganini, Booger and Princess Moo [...]

Top Tens

Oooh! Something fun to do!
Samhain is working on end-of-year reader-favorite Top Ten lists, and have created a survey form so everyone can participate.
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Just Because

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Naughty And Nice

We’re having a wild morning around here… Not only did one of our titles show up featured in Fictionwise’s newsletter (Go Rita!), but the 20% off sale went live at Once Upon A Bookstore.
Poor Brian’s copy edits are never gonna get done.
Everyone go take advantage of the sale, and have fun reading. Pause periodically to [...]

A Question I Shouldn’t Answer

Last week, a close friend asked me a dangerous question:
Do you think having former authors at the helm makes you better or worse as a publisher?
The answer is… Yes.
Having former authors at the helm makes us better at some things, and worse at others.
We’re better — or at least more compassionate — about things like [...]

Things I Learned This Weekend

All Minnesotans must be in some way retarded. We live here voluntarily.
My The Ref DVD is scratched. This is a crisis.
The people who dictate ereader device technology should spend less time on WoW and more time with publishers. (Remember us? Those people who do all the work to provide them with profitable content?)

Don’t forget to [...]

Things I Learned This Weekend

I had a really…weird weekend, most of which doesn’t bear talking about.
There were a few things worth noting, however:

You can’t get mad at your children for acting just like you do.
You can still get mad at your children for acting just like their father.
I want this for Christmas: Why We Suck: A Feel Good [...]

December What?

I’ve still got the post-release day hangover going; I sincerely hope I didn’t get on stage and sing Smelly Cat or anything Saturday night.
Someone mentioned there might be drama over the fact we’re only doing one release cycle this month, so here’s the scoop: Back in… July or August (I can’t remember which) we decided [...]