http://pauljessup.com/wordpress A writer of fictions strange Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:19:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're in the area, come on and pop in. I'll be reading and singing copies of Open Your Eyes and Alan DeNiro will be reading and singing copies of his spectacular Total Oblivion, More or Less. http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/reading-tomorrow-at-the-erie-book-store-in-erie-pa-with-alan-deniro/ It's almost like an anti-zombie film, in the fact that it tried to show hope instead of despair, in that it pushes past cynicism and nihilism inherit in most zombie films, and tries to bring everything back round into hope and survival.  I guess it boils down to the characters- classic zombie ... http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/some-thoughts-on-zombieland/ Me and Alan DeNiro are reading some awesome stuff live at Erie Book Store, Saturday February 28th, at 2pm.  Come, hang out, have some fun, buy some books. Might even stream it live from my website, will let you know if I do. http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/doing-a-bookstore-reading-at-erie-book-store-on-the-27th/ This is another one of my note to newbie writers out there. Like all advice, it should be taken with a shotgun filled with salt (few grains are never enough, esp. not for the Winchester boys) and made sure it meshes with your own thoughts. So, you hear a lot of ... http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/be-interesting/ I keep wondering why readers are siding so much with Amazon over this battle- it makes no sense!  Not that Macmillan is 100% in the right, but Amazon is acting like a child, throwing a temper tantrum. And the fact that it thought it could get away with this seems ... http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/something-thats-been-bothering-me/ It's fans too obsessed with the past, too obsessed with a perceived golden age. Every time I'm in the bookstore, I randomly see groups of men wandering the SF/F aisles, ignoring the urban fantasy (and plain old fantasy) and looking for science fiction. What are they looking for?  Well, I should be ... http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/the-real-reason-why-science-fiction-is-dying/ Go forth, for sooth!  And read about what I'm reading- http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/02/mind-meld-books-on-the-top-of-your-to-be-read-pile/ http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/my-mind-has-melded/ Added in the reviews that have been coming in...check it out- http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2008/06/glass-coffin-girls/ http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/02/updated-glass-coffin-girls-webpage/ The thing that irks me about Author's Solution and the deals they're striking with publishing houses is how they present their side of the argument.  They come in under the whole, "it's an indie revolution", giving it a rebellious stripe stolen from punk music and outsider art. And that is just a damned ... http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/01/authors-solution-lies-lies-and-more-damned-lies/ I really need to update the book's main page to include blurbs and reviews... http://www.massmovement.co.uk/wordpress/?p=3837 and http://www.fright.com/edge/GlassCoffinGirls.htm http://pauljessup.com/wordpress/2010/01/two-more-reviews-for-glass-coffin-girls/