July 21st, 2010

For Shizzle etc.

IGN recently farmed out some animation to me.  Check out Snoop Dogg at his Snoop Doggiest in a bunch of video games:

More Videos at IGN.com

July 14th, 2010

Forsooth!

I Write Like is a web tool/toy that uses futuristic robot algorithms to tell you what famous writer’s style most closely resembles your own.  I put in part of the first chapter of Hubris and got this:

I write like William Shakespeare

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Um…thanks?

July 13th, 2010

Here I Go Again On My Own

All right, it’s officially on. I just dropped my first Hubris query letter into the mailbox. Technically I still have a few revisions to do (a friend of mine recently delivered a full critique that’s been very helpful), but I probably have a good month before I hear back from this agent, so now I can keep up the rewrites with an added incentive to stay on schedule.

Much like when I started writing the book, this doesn’t feel all that momentous.  It’s just another query, number 62 or something like that.  The only difference is that it’s a new book I’m hawking this time.  Well, that’s not entirely true; I do feel all the optimism I felt when I was first sending out queries for The Northerners, because Hubris has yet to feel the sting of rejection.  It’s nice [...]

July 12th, 2010

Harvey Pekar, 1939-2010