Christian A. Young's Dimlight Archive |
Steve Perry update
Information via an e-mail forwarded by a friend also in touch with Steve. Steve’s surgery did not go well. They worked on him for four straight hours, then sent him to recovery. When he woke up, they sent him home because his insurance wouldn’t cover his hospital stay. Nor, when he managed to get to [...]
The real cost of the so-called “ick factor”
So here’s a scenario. Follow along if you can. Imagine that you’re in a committed, long-term relationship. I’m not talking months. Think decades. Think ‘building a life and then retiring together’ long-term and committed. You share a home and you take care of one another as best you can. And, because you and your partner [...]
quick signal boost, holiday update
Support rape crisis centers and enter to win an Advance Copy of Red Hood’s Revenge, by Jim C. Hines. Jim C. Hines is doing a not-raffle to raise money for RAINN and local rape crisis centers. Click the image above for more information on how to participate. ~*~ In unrelated news, I’m still on holiday. [...]
news that is good.
In the world of other people’s stories, good news! There will be a Polyphony 7. If you’re like me and missed pre-orders (for whatever reason), it’s due out in early July. In the world of my own work, it has been one of those exciting “real writer” days again. I sent out a new submission [...]
Signal boost; my weird writing life
Starting out tonight (this morning?) with a bit of a signal boost: In light of the current Vatican sex abuse scandal, Paul G. Bens has announced that he is donating ALL of his 2nd Quarter royalties for Kelland (his debut novel about the after-effects of abuse) to SNAP. You can order Kelland directly from Casperian, [...]
Steve Perry update
You may remember a post I made a little while back about Steve Perry (of Thundercats and Silverhawks fame), who has been both ill and in desperate financial need. Now, I don’t know Steve, but I grew up on some of his work, and so I’ve been trying to boost the signal a bit and [...]
Dumb news, Good news, Weird news.
It’s been an interesting week and a half. Lots of things on my plate, lots of changes. My word count tanked last week, but things seem to be much more on track since yesterday. Buzzy, lots to do, etc. There’s an interesting article from The Guardian about a crime novelist being sued for using a [...]
Friday link round-up
I recently updated Firefox. As a habitual tab hoarder, I’m not sure I love the way this new version seems to try and group new tabs when they open. I don’t quite understand the crazy moon logic. What was so bad about just chucking it to the end over there on the right? ~ * [...]
Sword of Omens suffers Plight Upon Plight
There’s a Thundercats t-shirt in my closet. It isn’t ironic. Along with Voltron, it was one of the shows I watched near-religiously as a child. When Burger King did a Thundercats toy promotion, my long-suffering mother drove me onto Ft. Leonard Wood to the only BK within thirty miles so I could get a Kids’ [...]
Art is not a cost-effective form of crazy
Two things of note if you’re looking to spend some of your money on readable things: – My friend J.C. Hay’s novella, Hearts And Minds, is out in e-book format. I was an early set of eyes on this thing, and if you like steamy, ass-kicking space romance, buy this. Right now. – The Polyphony [...]