Okay that’s better

On September 8, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing2 Comments

Boothified!

Hall of Heroes Con this weekend!

On September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

BEHOLD: My booth, such as it is. I generally take pictures after I’ve got myself set up but it clean escaped me to do so until after I’d covered everything up and gotten ready to go, so have a picture of a table with a black cloth on it! There are books and shit under there! Exciting!

The Hall of Heroes Con is in the Lerner Theater and the surrounding area in scenic downtown Elkhart, Indiana. I’m in booth H4, which is basically immediately outside the main vendor area on the second floor. I’m of two minds about the space; on the one hand, virtually everyone who goes into the vendor hall is going to walk right past my booth, but on the other hand it’s kind of at the end of a hallway and people will walk past me as they’re walking out of the main vendor area– so hopefully they won’t have spent all their money already.

I will, of course, post as many cosplay pictures as I’m able to take; I heard from the main organizer dude that they’re expecting about 15,000 people over two days, but the weather forecast is set to “Noah,” so hopefully that won’t depress turnout any. But one way or another, I’ll be there from 9 to 6 tomorrow and from 9 to 5 on Sunday! With Oreos! Come on out!

Public post at Patreon

On August 28, 2018August 27, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

You can see this one for free, but it’s me asking a question and hoping for some answers. Head over, if you like, and check it out.

My con appearances for the rest of the year (and January!)

On August 27, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing2 Comments

Just because it’s been on my mind lately, and also because I’m not really interested in talking about school right now, here’s some information about upcoming conventions I’m going to be attending:

FIRST! I will be at the 2nd Hall of Heroes Con in Elkhart, Indiana on September 8th and 9th– just a few days from now! This will be the first con I’ve attended that was close enough to my house that I will be able to just drive to the con each day rather than having to worry about couchsurfing or getting a hotel room, so I’m pretty excited about it. I’m on the 2nd floor of the Lerner theater in booth H4, directly across from the entrance to the Crystal Ballroom. Folks who have been there in the past tell me this is a pretty primo spot, so I’m excited.

SECOND! I will be at Kokomo-Con on October 13 in Kokomo, IN. I went to this con last year and had an absolute blast, and had bought my booth for this year’s show before I even left last year’s. It’s only a one-day show but I had a tremendous time last year and I have high expectations for this year’s show. I just found out today that I’ll be at a three- day ed conference in Noblesville (just south of Kokomo) on the 10th-12th, so the logistics of getting down there just got sorta complicated and I’m gonna be tired and crabby, but still! High expectations! No word on the booth yet, but I don’t expect to be hard to find.

MAYBE! I have been to Indy Pop Con twice, and am already signed up for next summer’s show, but they just announced that they’re expanding to Fort Wayne and will be doing a two-day Pop Con on December 29-30. I will probably be doing this con, but I’m waiting for a paycheck or two from the new job before I put the money into it and I also need to be sure I want to do a first year con. I’ve found Pop Con really well-run, though, so it ought to be okay, even though it’s on really short notice and it’s probably going to be a damn disaster but what the hell let’s risk $150. Fun!

PROBABLY, I HOPE! I am signed up for ConFusion 2019, which is January 17-20, and I need to figure out if it’s really all four days, but the vendor tables are juried and the deadline isn’t until August 31 so I don’t know if I’m actually officially accepted as a vendor yet. I mean, I’ve never not been accepted for one of these things, so I have high hopes, but it’s still possible they’ll say no. A lot of authors who I’m huge fans of are regulars at this con, so I’m crossing every digit I have that I get to go.

Mark your calendars and come see me, dammit!

STATION IDENTIFICATION: Infinitefreetime.com

On August 26, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

I’ve written several books you might be interested in, ranging from short story collections to near-future science fiction to fantasy space opera to nonfiction, all available as ebooks or in print from Amazon. Autographed books can be ordered straight from me as well.

I can be found in several different places on the Internet. Here’s the important ones:

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You can follow me on Twitter, @nfinitefreetime, here or just click the “follow” button on the right side of the page. Warning: Twitter is where Politics Luther hangs out, and Politics Luther is usually angry and profane. I generally follow back if I can tell you’re a human being.
My author page on Goodreads is here. I accept any and all friend requests.
My official Author page on Amazon is located here.
Feel free to Like the (sadly underutilized) Luther Siler Facebook page here. It’s mostly used as a reblogger for posts.
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Thanks for reading!

New short story at Patreon!

On August 19, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn Stories, WritingLeave a comment

There’s a new downloadable short story, The Forgotten One’s Prayer, over at my Patreon! Those of you who are already Patrons should click here, and those of you who are not Patrons should also click here and become one! Access to an ever-growing group of new stories, for as little as $1 a month!

An experiment

On August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing5 Comments

So. Uh. The first day of school was today, and Open House and the first teacher day were yesterday, and Aretha fucking Franklin died today, and all of those things are sort of rattling around in my head and clamoring for my attention and demanding to be blogged about, and those are probably coming, don’t get me wrong, but instead? This:

Every so often I get asked about whether I’ve got my books available on audio, and I have to say no. And that’s always sort of stuck in my craw, and a couple of times I’ve tried to get auditions at Audible and not really gotten anywhere– I got a few submissions for Benevolence Archives, Vol. 1 when I tried it the first time, and I think I was probably being a bit too picky about the voice, and at any rate right now I have no one knocking down my door to record my books for me.

But I’ve got this professional-quality microphone right here on my desk, not being used often enough for the money I spent for it, and so screw it, I recorded one of the stories from Balremesh and other stories myself, and I don’t know a thing about audio or audiobooks so maybe you give this a listen and let me know if it sucks or not? Be as brutal as you like; I’ve got no ego about it. If I suck, I’d like to be stopped from doing it again. 🙂

(One thing, tho: there is going to be a volume difference between the introduction and the actual story. I didn’t necessarily put it there on purpose, but once I realized it was there I left it in because I wasn’t sure if people would prefer one recording level over another and I figured that might be useful data. So if you have a preference, or if one is way too loud or way too quiet, let me know.)

ALSO: If you were one of my Patrons, you’d have had access to this for a couple of weeks now! Wanna join the coolest group of Patrons on the planet? You can, for just a buck a month!

STATION IDENTIFICATION: Infinitefreetime.com

On August 5, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

I can be found in several different places on the Internet. Here’s the important ones:

Support me on Patreon! Just a dollar a month gets you access to exclusive stories, early access to new books as they come out, and more!
You can follow me on Twitter, @nfinitefreetime, here or just click the “follow” button on the right side of the page. Warning: Twitter is where Politics Luther hangs out, and Politics Luther is usually angry and profane. I generally follow back if I can tell you’re a human being.
My author page on Goodreads is here. I accept any and all friend requests.
My official Author page on Amazon is located here.
Feel free to Like the (sadly underutilized) Luther Siler Facebook page here. It’s mostly used as a reblogger for posts.
And, of course, you’re already at infinitefreetime.com, my blog. You can click here to be taken to a random post.