Going to New York Comic Con in October? What a coincidence–me too! I’ll be there doing HIGHLY AUTHORIAL stuff for 47North. I’ll sign copies of TERMS OF ENLISTMENT at the 47North booth on Friday, October 10th, from 4-4:30PM, so if you are going to be there, stop by and say hi so I don’t feel…
Author: Marko
on hitting your children.
“My parents spanked me, and I turned out okay!” God, how I loathe this argument in favor of corporal punishment. I wasn’t spanked as a child. If someone had set up a nanny cam in our home between the time I was in, oh, first grade, and the time my mother finally left the no-good…
scalzi does concord.
Last night, my friend John Scalzi was in Concord as part of a book tour for his new novel “Lock In”, so I went to see him and attend the reading. A few weeks back, we were talking about signings and stuff, and I joked that my first book store signing event would probably be…
the space kablooie saga goes international.
Today’s announcement involves the OUTSTANDING literary tastes of the Polish and German people: The Polish language rights for TERMS OF ENLISTMENT and LINES OF DEPARTURE have been sold to the Polish publishing house Fabryka Slow. I don’t have an ETA for the Polish language version, but my best guess is “sometime next year”. The German…
the death of the ipod classic.
Amid the hubbub of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch introductions on Tuesday, the quiet death of the iPod classic went pretty much unnoticed. After 13 years of production, Apple has discontinued the hard drive-based iPod. The demise of the iPod Classic was predictable. It was on its sixth generation, which hadn’t been updated in…
novel the third.
Last Friday, I finished the manuscript for ANGLES OF ATTACK, the third novel in the Frontlines series. <insert tired “Hooray”> Now it’s going to go through the editorial ministrations, and after all the bumps and potholes are fixed, there’ll be the usual publisher magic done to it. I’ll share the release date as soon as…
peel’s principles of policing.
Sir Robert Peel, who in his tenure as Home Secretary established London’s Metropolitan Police in the early 19th century, set forth nine principles of policing. They are as follows: 1. To prevent crime and disorder, as an alternative to their repression by military force and severity of legal punishment. 2. To recognise always that the…
robin williams, 1951-2014.
O Captain! My Captain! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! …
the novels of chang.
Chang Terhune is a good friend of mine. We met for the first time back at Viable Paradise XII in 2008. He is one of the many talented writers in the VPXII alumni group that are also fine human beings and fabulously fun to hang out with. Because he’s practically a local (Castle Frostbite is…
autos in the wild.
Because all the cool kids are doing it, here’s today’s wild vintage car spotting: It was driven by a middle-aged guy (OF COURSE IT WAS), with a preteen girl in the passenger seat, presumably his offspring. With a car like that to ride around in, he’s going to spoil that kid for her future first…