Twitter Wars!

[SandChigger]

Meh. Now he'll be Twatting & blahging about them passing the drafts back and forth four or five or six times and then sending the finished manuscript off to the publisher for copy-editing, blah blah blah. The longer period between announcement and actual publication will just mean more spiel about the process, without any actual change in or improvement of the process; things will just be stretched out a bit longer, that's all.

It's BUSINESS AS USUAL in the McDune world. The failure of the last few books has had no impact, and no learning has evidently taken place whatsoever.

On with the SHOW!

[merkin muffley]

my cell phone rang, and it was Brian Herbert, wanting to brainstorm details in the book. Good timing, and we were able to work out several key details before I lost the signal.

"Uh, Brian, there's no verbs in that sentence... it can't be just adjectives... too many describing words, remember?... right, okay, a stylistic choice, yeah-... UH OH, I'M LOSING THE SIGNAL! I'M LOSING THE SIGNAL!

[D Pope]

He'll probably finish before the end of the month. That means he's drafted half a "DUNE" book in just 8 weeks.

I'm happy it answered the question from another thread about how long it takes to pinch off another chunk of McDune.

As far as copy editing, perhaps we should start a pool about 'vermillion hells.' I recommend a 50/50 payout for a majority chance (which spelling will appear more, vermilion or vermillion) with the rest going to a second pool for who guesses the closest, without going over, how many times it appears.
On second thought, nevermind. We wouldn't want book sales to double because we started a pool.

[Sev]

Part of me would like to think he's on a short leash with the publishers...But the cynical part thinks that Keith can't help himself...

I personally believe that both parts are essentially correct, Dukester - they have to be on a short leash at Rot/Gorge after the debacle that was the 'Heroes' non-series, and lets face it, Keith's last two visists to NY weren't raging successes - third time and out? Don't go brainstorming Smellhole #2 just yet...

And yet Keith appears not to have listened and just continues dicta-hiking his merry way through 'Sisters' in 2 months flat in his usual race with Bobo, because he is 'The KJA' - Master of Universes Any man who has the temerity to put 'By any measure, he is one of the most popular writers currently working in the science fiction genre' in his bio has to be seriously up himself.

As Chigger notes, it appears to be business as usual, chocks away, full steam ahead, nothing learned from recent failures

What a fucking shame...

[DuneFishUK]

I'm hoping for a snarky tweet about idiot editors getting above their station at some point.

Not going to hold my breath though.

[TheDukester]

Kevin's really upping the passive-aggressive stakes lately: too much of a coward to discuss anything directly, but he's happy to insult the OH movement through some cyber-fellating yahoo called jason_mckie.

It's pure comedy gold!

http://twitter.com/TheKJA/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://twitter.com/Jason_Mckie" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Robspierre]

I've been responding to Jason McKie, he's not very bright.

My user name is JacurutuRob btw.

Rob

[TheDukester]

I've been responding to Jason McKie, he's not very bright.

Same here ... and, no, he's not.

(Seriously, TheKevin really attracts a certain type, don't he?)

[merkin muffley]

He's got 10 pages now.

[SandChigger]

Sometimes I just have to pull back and leave them alone...

I feel too much like some movie punk picking on a retarded or mental kid.

Anderson is proving yet again that he has no genitals whatsoever.

[D Pope]

Well, the anatomically incorrect plans on telling the masses 'how to play in anothers sandbox,' Sat the second, here in St. Louis.
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[SandChigger]

UGH!

Archon 34 OPENING CEREMONIES

Because Archon 34 in so jam-packed with great events,
we had to hold Opening Ceremonies Earlier!
Toastmistress SELINA ROSEN, Special Guests of Honor KEVIN J. ANDERSON, REBECCA MOESTA,
KURT MILLER, MATT FORBECK, VIC MILAN, JIM & TERI BUCK Archon Con Chair Steve Norris
Matterhorn 1:30 PM

Things I Wish Some Pro Had Told Me When I Was Just Starting Out

A nuts and bolts seminar on how to be a professional writer, the stuff you
need to know "after" you have sold your first story.
KEVIN J. ANDERSON, REBECCA MOESTA
Geneva 3:50 PM

6:10 PM
A Fireside Chat

Well, there's no fire, but it is a Q & A with the Guests of Honor
KEVIN J. ANDERSON, REBECCA MOESTA
Matterhorn 6:10 PM

Playing In Someone Else’s Sandbox

The intricacies of writing with media tie-ins.
KEVIN J. ANDERSON, REBECCA MOESTA,
Bern 12:20 PM

Challenger Learning Center: Opening Minds To The Universe

Come Learn all about Archon 34's Charity. Auction to immediately follow.
KEVIN J. ANDERSON, REBECCA MOESTA, DAN BARSTOW, TASMYN SCARL FRONT
Matterhorn 2:40 PM

Reading: Two Selections

Reading from forthcoming novel HELLHOLE with Brian Herbert, and
will also read a humorous horror short story I co wrote with
singer-songwriter Janis Ian for my anthology BLOOD LITE II.
KEVIN J. ANDERSON
Alpine 1 6:10 PM

Star Wars Trivia Challenge

Come Stump Our Pros With your Questions
KEVIN J. ANDERSON, REBECCA MOESTA, VIC MIGNOGNA
Matterhorn 11:10 AM

(And mentioned again in the closing ceremonies...)

How does these fucks wrangle getting invited as guests of honor?

And I'd like to see fatboy in a Dune Trivia Challenge.

Oh... for those not on Twitter: TheKJA got his 3,000-th follower today. He creamed himself publicly. As expected.

[Ampoliros]

Star Wars Trivia eh?

"Hey Kevin, Which Star Wars Superweapon killed the most braincells? Was it the SunCrusher, which for some reason could only be piloted by an ultra-jedi, or was it the Death Saber, the economics of which required self-lobotomy to accept?"

[TheDukester]

Oh... for those not on Twitter: TheKJA got his 3,000-th follower today. He creamed himself publicly. As expected.

... and he's back down to 2,998, so he looks like a bigger asshole than usual. Classic stuff.

[SandChigger]

He's back down to 2,997 at the moment.

I know I have some dubious followers with as few as I have, so you know he's got quite a few with 30 times as many. I figure the drop is natural attrition as Twitter zaps some spammers and other misfits. I seriously doubt anyone dumb enough to follow him in the first place would later come to their senses and drop him.

[lotek]

Linkin Park?
Artsy?


And a bit of mocking for going under the 3000 mark is in order I think!

EDIT TO ADD

[Drunken Idaho]

Linkin Park?
Artsy?


And a bit of mocking for going under the 3000 mark is in order I think!

EDIT TO ADD

Bahahaha, Anderjacket likes Linkin Park. This isn't surprising considering he's also into Evanescence, according to some ancient blog post of his in my memory. I remember the first time I heard Evanescence, and I honestly thought I was listening to Linkin Park collaborating with Christina Aguilera.

And a hundred bucks says Keith digs Nickelback too.

[TheDukester]

He's a complete poseur — I don't think I'm breaking any news there.

He's trying to sound at least partially cool and to shave some years off his actual age. You know, because he's down with that crazy rock 'n' roll, man!

Also, notice how often he mentions that he receives his CDs. He never pays for them; he just gets them. That's a perk from being an international best-seller, and he'll just go ahead and remind us all of that every ... single ... time.

[lotek]

I remember the first time I heard Evanescence, and I honestly thought I was listening to Linkin Park collaborating with Christina Aguilera.

And this one is begging for jokes too!

[Hunchback Jack]

Also, notice how often he mentions that he receives his CDs. He never pays for them; he just gets them. That's a perk from being an international best-seller, and he'll just go ahead and remind us all of that every ... single ... time.

And the fact he's chummy with so many of them. Like Neil Peart. And Janis Ian. And the musicians on the CDs for his books.

You nailed it, Dukester. He's just trying to sound cool. Pathetic.

HBJ,
who doesn't listen to any of these bands' music, either, but at least I don't pretend to.

[SandChigger]

I used to think Janis Ian was kinda cool... not that I have anything by her that I know of.

But if she's just another FoK, well, fuck.

[SandRider]

[SandChigger]

Interesting... but I don't agree with the "Spoken Language" bit for any of it other than maybe YouTube (and podcasts, if they're on there somewhere). People use a more colloquial style, true, but it's still written language. And the use of abbreviations like "R", "4", "u", etc., is purely a written language phenomenon with no equivalent in spoken language.

+ cookie - one chigger bite

[SandRider]

shit, I didn't read none of that, or nothing ..

I only glanced at the thing that says it's a representational map after I'd posted it ...

looked like one of Tolkien's Middle-earth maps ...

[Robspierre]

Another moronic attempt at being witty:

"Heated toilet" is a trending topic on Twitter??? Did Columbus have a heated toilet on the Santa Maria?

Rob