Month: October 2005

Thought you guys might be interested in seeing the cover to “Fall of Knight,” the third book in the King Arthur triology, due out in summer of 2006.

Glenn brought to my attention that Joseph Wilson has announced he may sue Bush and Cheney because of damage done to the career of his wife, the CIA agent who was outed courtesy of Karl Rove.

Does anyone have the SLIGHTEST doubt that the exact same conservative forces which stated–at the time of the Paula Jones civil suit–that a president should be able to be sued while in office, will now say that Bush simply cannot be allowed to be distracted by a civil suit?

PAD

Day after day of unrelenting rain. And I’ve been sitting here in my basement office relieved that I don’t have flooding down here.

Finally, last night, the incessant rainfall…uh…cessed. Around midnight or so, the constant drumming of rain above let up. Imagine my relief.

Three in the morning as I’m struggling with a plot point on my Fantastic Four novel, I glance over and see that an entire section of the floor is wet. Water is oozing in from a section of the wall behind the television set.

Crap.

I haul out towels and mop it up. It’s still coming. I keep mopping. More water. More mopping. Finally the water stops seeping in. I sit back, watching the floor warily for some sign of continued seepage, and as I do that, the plot point clicks into my head and I figure out where the story’s going next. People wonder whence writers draw inspiration? More often than not, from desperation.

PAD

First issue of FNSM hits the stands. Whaddaya think?

PAD

Diamond Dateline is a supplement sent to retailers. It typically only features the “Premiere” publishers, Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse. IDW has never gotten more than a sidebar mention, and never an image run with a mention.

In the October 5 Diamond Dateline, middle of page 2, is a good-sized piece on Fallen Angel #1, with cover image, too. That may well be more coverage than we got for the DC launch.

Now we see whether this translates to retailer response.

PAD

About a year ago, my brother Wally first launched his website, http://www.wallydavid.com, which featured samples of his lovely nature still life photography. I plugged it here on my website, and Wally looked on in wonder as the hits on his website suddenly started going through the stratosphere. He was very impressed by this. I hate to say it, but even at the age of forty-nine, there is something in me that gets a kick out of impressing my kid brother.

Well, he’s relaunched the website, and it looks ten times better and is twenty times more functional.

So if you like photography, like nature, or just know what it’s like to be impressive to a sibling, please check out http://www.wallydavid.com

Thanks.

PAD

So many people keep asking me about trying to get their hands on the third book of the Centauri Trilogy, “Out of the Darkness,” I just thought I’d mention someone has one up for auction on ebay.

It’s a fascinating study in how NOT to list something, because the words “Babylon 5” and “Centauri” appear nowhere in the header. So anyone looking under those would miss it entirely. I’ve seen used book dealers asking sixty bucks for this, but in this instance–with one day and five hours to go–it’s only up to $7.19.

Understand, I don’t get anything out of this, nor do I know the seller. But in the past couple months I must have had close to thirty inquiries about the book, so I just figured I’d put out a broad alert.

This should be interesting.