Timewaster's Guide Archive

I don't think I'll make it to the signing, since I'm going out of town for the Stoker Awards Conference at about the same time. I' will be at CONduit, however, so if you're local and need a signature I should be easy to find.

It will not be in the US until sometime next Spring, but you can order it online from www.bookdepository.co.uk, which ships for free anywhere in the world.

So: because Ookla was totally right about the market timing, I sent this book to my agent, she loved it, I did some rewrites, and we are now shopping it around. So here's hoping.

Same thing in Mexico--everybody watched DBZ, regardless of age.

I haven't commented on Dollhouse in a while, but I just saw the latest episode and I continue to be very, very impressed. I loved last week's when it looked like they were really going nuts with the premise, until I realized at the end that they were just going to push a reset button and undo all the plot progress they'd made. This week, though, proved me wrong--they are more than willing to change major characters, shift directions, and advance the overall plot in some crazy ways, all without sacrificing each individual episode. I really loved it. I hope more people get over their initial reservations with this show and give it another chance.

So I watched ABC's other new cop show, The Unusuals, and though it doesn't have Nathan Fillion it's way, way better. I was really impressed, actually: they established good characters and interesting threads, and they set up a long-term plot arc right off the bat. They have gimmicks, obviously, but unlike Castle they don't rely on them at the expense of actual writing.

Get out of my head, mind witch!