Category Archives: Announcements

First Review of Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing

Cool, it’s the first mini-review of Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing, (from Roy Christopher’s blog): Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing (Sparks of Fire Press, 2013), an excerpt from Gareth Branwyn‘s forthcoming book, Borg Like Me, & Other Tales of Art, Eros, and Embedded Systems (Sparks of Fire Press, 2014), is a handy guide for writersContinue reading “First Review of Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing”

I Join Wink Books as a Contributor!

I am thrilled to announce that I’m joining the illustrious company of Carla Sinclair, Mark Frauenfelder, and Kevin Kelly as a regular contributor to their new WINK book review site. I love the idea behind the site (reviewing only books that are best served by print — celebrating the unique qualities of analog publishing inContinue reading “I Join Wink Books as a Contributor!”

Wink Book Review Site Launched by Co-Founders of Wired and Boing Boing

I am so tickled by the announcement today of this new website by my old cohort at Boing Boing, Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair, and Kevin Kelly, formerly of Wired and now running the Cool Tools site (with Mark). Wink is being produced under the auspices of Cool Tool. The premise is why-didn’t-I-think-of-that brilliant. EveryContinue reading “Wink Book Review Site Launched by Co-Founders of Wired and Boing Boing”

I’m Doing a Reading at SXSW

I”m thrilled to announce that I will be attending SXSW and will be doing a reading from Borg Like Me at the “Cyberpunk Retrofest” after party, sponsored by EFF/EFF-Austin. Here are the deets. If you’re going to be at SXSW, come to this event and say “hi.” A Cyberpunk Retrofest presented by EFF/EFF-Austin An OfficialContinue reading “I’m Doing a Reading at SXSW”