BE IT KNOWN

On July 31, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Geek4 Comments

That I have ordered tickets to see GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY tomorrow, and that all is right with the universe.

In which awesome things are awesome

On July 26, 2014July 26, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing6 Comments

The most excellent D. Emery Bunn took an ereader along with him on a plane ride and this happened. An excerpt:

I was too busy chuckling to myself and thinking “I hope he keeps this up, I need more Douglas Adams style humor in the books I read.” And then it was over. Scumbag short story collection, cutting off and making me want to read the next thing. You hear that, Luther? Write and publish the next one already, before I force you to read it to me personally.

Want a way to guarantee it’s gonna be a good day? Get compared to Douglas fucking Adams. Wheee! Reviews with threats in them are the best kind!

Give in to inevitability, join the kool kidz, and download The Benevolence Archives, Vol. 1 from the retailer of your choice. 99 cents!:

Not quite a reblog

On July 25, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Reading1 Comment

This article from IO9, 21 Books that Changed Science Fiction and Fantasy Forever, is well worth a read. Well enough that I’m recommending it here and not on Twitter, where no one will notice. I’m not sure I agree with every single pick, but that’s what makes these fun.

I own Dhalgren. Sooner or later, I will read it.

THE BENEVOLENCE ARCHIVES now available basically everywhere

On July 25, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing1 Comment

Smashwords has finally pushed the manuscript through to all the big online markets, so you can now download The Benevolence Archives, Vol. 1 to basically any device you want! The price is currently 99 cents everywhere.

Hooray for choices!

More BENEVOLENCE ARCHIVES musings, and an excerpt!

On July 23, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing5 Comments

Guys, this book is being weird. This is the third novel I’ve written, right? Which, I know, doesn’t make me anywhere near an expert on how these things generally go but I’m not exactly a complete novice. But I’ve never written anything like this story before, where every four or five thousand words I get ahead means I need to double back and hit “reset” on most of the last ten. I’m writing the book in circles, and every couple of big scenes in the “now” part of the book has resulted in me going back and either rewriting or adding stuff earlier in the book. It’s growing from the *middle*. My books don’t usually do that.

I’m not complaining, mind you; I’m just kind of fascinated at how the process is working on this one, and how damn stubborn the book is being in refusing to come out the way I initially intended it to.

For example, after the jump you’ll find the first little bit of the book, at least as it stands now. Why “as it stands now”? Because this is the third beginning of the book. The other two beginnings have been shoved to other parts of the book. 🙂

Standard first-draft caveats and all that, but here’s your first little look at Benevolence Archives 8, also known as THE TITLELESS.

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Go look yourself, I guess

On July 22, 2014July 22, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

The good news: THE BENEVOLENCE ARCHIVES, VOL. 1 is now available on the iBookstore, for those of you who use your iThings to read books! 99 of your human moneypennies!

The bad news: I, uh, have no idea how to link to something on the iBookstore, since it lives in an app and as far as I know has no live Web presence? So I need to figure that out, because I know it’s possible. But it’s there! Go look, I promise!

EDIT: Aha!:

FIRST!

On July 5, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing7 Comments

BAM:

I believe, by indie author Twitter standards, I’m allowed to call myself a “bestselling author” in my description now. Sadly, no other culture on earth follows said standards.

🙂

(Thank you so so so so so much, everyone who downloaded, or shared, or reviewed, or anything today. Or ever.)

(I am officially done with promo for today, and barring something insane happening I plan to dial it way back tomorrow. Thank you for putting up with that, too.)

In which I AM OUTSELLING HUGH HOWEY

On July 5, 2014 By Luther M. SilerIn Writing3 Comments

(Well, okay, “selling” is the wrong word, because the book is free, and it’s just the first chapter of Wool, not the whole thing, and it’s been out for forever, and there’s still that world-famous Grand Master of Science Fiction Dianetics dude in between me and genre supremacy, but…)

BAM.