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End of Arkady and Kain
1889.ca on Thu 02 Sep 2010 at 2:05 PM
Arkady and Kain wrapped up two days ago, and because of travel and other commitments, I wasn't able to write anything about it until now. Because of the odd nature of the piece, I wanted to get into th
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FanExpo 2010
1889.ca on Fri 27 Aug 2010 at 6:10 AM
Starting this afternoon, 1889 Labs will be sittin' down at FanExpo in Toronto. We're at table A2, which is remarkably close to the food court area, so I should utterly hate pizza by Sunday night. You w
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Turning the Page: An eBook Article
1889.ca on Fri 13 Aug 2010 at 9:43 AM
Before reading this article, please print out the page found at this link, find four and a half big bottles of scotch, rum or vodka (and/or several cases of beer), and prepare yourself for a hangover o
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A&K Day 12 Recap
1889.ca on Fri 13 Aug 2010 at 8:39 AM
Yesterday was… madness, really. Not happy to write just another chapter, I used not one, not two, but three different tricks to make my life more difficult. The first trick is secret (you had to
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Review: TimeSplash
1889.ca on Fri 13 Aug 2010 at 7:51 AM
I think I've said before that I hate doing reviews. You'll see why shortly… TimeSplash by Graham Storrs is a truly great sci fi novel about the fallout of time travel, but not in the way you usually
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A&K Day 11 Recap
1889.ca on Thu 12 Aug 2010 at 8:18 AM
Yesterday was a very key day for the story, and I think I bungled it badly. I had a minor run-in with a stapler, I was being talked to in real life just a little too much, and my brain … Continue r
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A&K Day 9&10 Recaps
1889.ca on Wed 11 Aug 2010 at 9:42 AM
Did I miss another day? Oops. Yesterday was probably my favourite live-livewriting day yet. I started the session without an outline at all… my notes said "Arkady…” and that was it. So I as
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A&K Day 7&8 Recaps
1889.ca on Mon 09 Aug 2010 at 10:35 AM
Yesterday was a pooper of a day, so I'm late. Bah humbug. But anyway, here's my recap for those two days. But first, observations on live-livewriting! For those of you who haven't seen it, I open
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A&K Day 6 Recap
1889.ca on Sat 07 Aug 2010 at 7:57 AM
I don't even remember yesterday. I think it had something to do with watermelons. Not a good sign. The watermelons or the memory loss, that is. O Photo, Where Art Thou? Daily Mugshot O hai. The S
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A&K Day 5 Recap
1889.ca on Fri 06 Aug 2010 at 8:38 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to insanity! Yesterday, I did my first actual live livewriting session, where a small audience of lunatics watched me type out the chapter in real-time. It was very,
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A&K Day 4 Recap
1889.ca on Thu 05 Aug 2010 at 7:47 AM
Well, travel days are never easy, but I did manage to get one chapter out. So now I just need to write two chapters today, and I'll be back on track. But there's excitement afoot! Yes! Excitement!
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A&K Day 3 Recap
1889.ca on Wed 04 Aug 2010 at 10:51 AM
Ohhhh, my head. Packing for cross-country trips is hard work, especially when you forget to do it until the last second. Which is what I'm doing now. Flight leaves in a few hours, and I'm still not
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A&K Day 2 Recap
1889.ca on Tue 03 Aug 2010 at 10:11 AM
Well, day 2 is done, and I'm already falling behind schedule. Yesterday was a holiday here, and it also turned into an unexpected date night, so I'm playing catch up on all fronts. Chapters 2 and 3
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A&K Day 1
1889.ca on Sun 01 Aug 2010 at 6:17 PM
The first day of Arkady and Kain begins, but begins late! Check out the chapter and see how it all begins! Now on to the livewriting part: I need some questions! In the comments below, or on Twitter (@
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More Fans in the Rain
1889.ca on Thu 29 Jul 2010 at 8:27 AM
Following up my earlier post about 100 Fans in the Rain, I done some magical systems simulations to help illustrate the way my brain is working. And wow, did I get surprised by my own numbers! But
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How to Outline a Story
1889.ca on Wed 28 Jul 2010 at 9:45 AM
I get asked how I prepare for livewriting, and whether or not I outline (and how much), so I thought I'd give you an idea of what's going on at this very moment with Arkady and Kain. And by "at … C
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Coming Up Next: Terrorism!
1889.ca on Mon 26 Jul 2010 at 12:24 PM
For the month of August, we're running a new series called Arkady and Kain, about the world of international terrorism. It's going to be a lot of fun, with a new chapter every day for 31 days. Natu
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100 Fans In the Rain
1889.ca on Wed 21 Jul 2010 at 1:31 PM
Over at Novelr, Eli has written yet another brilliant post about the problems facing weblit, insofar as it relates to ebooks and Kindle. In the comments to the post, the Baron of Cleveland posits tha
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Warning: Writer's Suck
1889.ca on Tue 13 Jul 2010 at 10:53 AM
There's this scary, scary concept for authors called Writer's Block. It's what happens when you try and put words to paper (or screen) and can't make it happen. It's a terrible thing, and it has dr
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RollBots Recap: 126 "Paradigm Shift: Part 2?
1889.ca on Tue 13 Jul 2010 at 9:43 AM
I've skipped a boatload of episodes to get here, so to help you catch up, I'll do a little recap in my recap so you know what you missed. If you haven't watched the show and are planning to, you …
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Downtime
1889.ca on Tue 13 Jul 2010 at 4:30 AM
Ollie reloaded the page for probably the fiftieth time, but the answer was always the same: "server not available”, black on white, denying him his morning moment of zen. "Webcam's down,” he called
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Creative Recycling
1889.ca on Mon 12 Jul 2010 at 8:53 PM
Next month, I'm going to be serializing a story called Arkady and Kain, about the world of international terrorism. This is one of my favourite stories of all, and based on the outline I have sketche
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Tiny Movements, Big Movements
1889.ca on Thu 08 Jul 2010 at 4:16 PM
Sunlight shone from below, reflected off the water beneath the old stone bridge. They sat there on the edge, catching whatever breeze they could, oblivious to sounds and stares of Beijing around them
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Brian's New Day
1889.ca on Wed 07 Jul 2010 at 5:00 AM
Brian woke each morning stapled to the ceiling above the coffee machine, which may seem like an inconvenience, but it made it much easier for him to wash his hair before breakfast. After eating two s
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Ignoble Death
1889.ca on Tue 06 Jul 2010 at 9:00 AM
Danika came back to a destroyed apartment. At first she thought they'd been robbed, but then she saw Lenny sitting in a pile of laundry at the end of the hall. He was separating socks, underwear, s
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An Alternate History of the Future
1889.ca on Tue 06 Jul 2010 at 5:00 AM
In all honesty, it was a stupid arrangement to begin with. Take the Northern princess and marry her to the Southern prince (who, by all accounts, was more interested in her brother), and you already
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The Tease
1889.ca on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 3:00 PM
Garville was fantastically despondent, to the point where he wouldn't suck sap if you drowned him in it. He lay on the leaf, belly to the sky, sighing wistfully as loud as he could. Finally, afte
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Hey! It's a new #1kStory about…
1889.ca on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 12:17 PM
Hey! It's a new #1kStory about pineapples and cats and loooooove… http://1889.ca/94nP
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The Hot Bar
1889.ca on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 11:00 AM
Green leaves and flower petals were pressed under a sheet of spotless glass, random everywhere but two places, across the table from each other, where a sunflower arrangement spread out as if your glas
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Craw Mud
1889.ca on Mon 05 Jul 2010 at 5:00 AM
A root or branch or something sharp scraped his arm as he fell, and when he landed in the soft soil, so many feet below. The only thing he noticed was the thick red blood coursing down to his elbow.
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Oh gawd no, another 1889.ca ju…
1889.ca on Sun 04 Jul 2010 at 8:07 PM
Oh gawd no, another 1889.ca just went live. Make it stop! http://1889.ca/94nO
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Yet Another 1889.ca
1889.ca on Sun 04 Jul 2010 at 8:05 PM
This is just a quick note to say there is a new 1889.ca up now, and it looks quite different, and the (most notably) the books are running native in WordPress now… but that in itself has caused some
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@quillsandzebras What a coinci…
1889.ca on Thu 01 Jul 2010 at 7:07 AM
@quillsandzebras What a coincidence! It's Canada Day here too!
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Religion and/or Copyright
1889.ca on Wed 30 Jun 2010 at 10:12 AM
Three fun topics for your Wednesday: Host desecration and copyright: Way back in the Middle Ages, the largely-uninformed masses in Europe had a tendency to get riled up about something called host dese
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8 ways the RIAA could help you…
1889.ca on Mon 28 Jun 2010 at 10:14 AM
8 ways the RIAA could help you survive a zombie outbreak (Finn Harcourt guestblogging): http://1889.ca/94nN
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8 ways the RIAA could help you survive a zombie outbreak
1889.ca on Mon 28 Jun 2010 at 10:12 AM
So your town's got an outbreak of zombieism. The dead have risen from the grave, glassy-eyed and stumbling around like English soccer fans after a World Cup defeat. They've started devouring your fri
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Why Print is Bad for Indie Writers
1889.ca on Mon 21 Jun 2010 at 6:00 AM
Writing a book is a great adventure that ultimately ends with a dozen questions, none of them easy. The first and most obvious is whether to traditionally publish, or go the indie route. But even wit
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Momentous Occasion
1889.ca on Wed 16 Jun 2010 at 12:39 PM
I won't even explain why this exact shot matters, but let me just say that FIFTEEN PROOFS LATER, we are finally ready to release. There will be a printing/shipping/signing/shipping delay, but at least
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Broken Me
1889.ca on Sat 12 Jun 2010 at 10:08 AM
Midway through Thursday morning, I disappeared from the world for about 48 hours without any notice whatsoever. I had stories to post, chapters to finish and edit, and lots of meetings to attend, but
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Keys to the Kingdom 2.2
1889.ca on Wed 09 Jun 2010 at 5:22 PM
This is part 4 of Keys to the Kingdom, a new miniseries here at 1889 Labs. Part 1 is here, if you need to get up to speed. Every day will have two chapters, so be sure to subscribe (RSS, email) to
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Keys to the Kingdom 2.1
1889.ca on Wed 09 Jun 2010 at 6:19 AM
This is part 3 of Keys to the Kingdom, a new miniseries here at 1889 Labs. Part 1 is here, if you need to get up to speed. Every day will have two chapters, so be sure to subscribe (RSS, email) to
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Keys to the Kingdom 1.2
1889.ca on Tue 08 Jun 2010 at 9:28 AM
This is part 2 of Keys to the Kingdom, a new miniseries here at 1889 Labs. Part 1 is here, if you need to get up to speed. Every day will have three chapters, so be sure to subscribe (RSS, email)
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Keys to the Kingdom: Day 1, Part 1
1889.ca on Tue 08 Jun 2010 at 5:00 AM
The following is a new miniseries at 1889.ca. It's called Keys to the Kingdom, about a scandal in the Canadian government unleashed when the Minister for Industry is caught breaking the copyright law h
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The Dead Zone
1889.ca on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 7:01 PM
The stout woman in the plaid jacket was not taking no for an answer, and it seemed as if her grandchildren were about to burst into tears. Gunther put on his most apologetic face and tried to be deli
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Mirroring
1889.ca on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 4:29 PM
Young and foolish, she did what she liked Except for when they were very young, Marge and her sister almost never shared anything. Sibling rivalry had nothing on them. It was only a telegram, jus
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Pattern Matching
1889.ca on Fri 04 Jun 2010 at 3:28 PM
His job was to keep it all together, and he had no idea how anymore. He sat in the control room, hands laid across keyboards he couldn't think how to use, mouth ajar at the disaster unfolding before
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E-Z Bake Book Reviews
1889.ca on Thu 03 Jun 2010 at 11:51 AM
Recently there's been much discussion about the pros and cons of indy publishing. One thing all writers agree on is the need for reviews, whether they're on personal blogs, Amazon, Smashwords, Web Fic
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Canadian Copyright, v251?
1889.ca on Wed 02 Jun 2010 at 2:02 PM
The information out right now is all second-hand, but according to Michael Geist, the new copyright legislation looks to be a decent step towards not sucking. There needs to be more analysis and revi
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The Dangers of Being Indie
1889.ca on Wed 02 Jun 2010 at 6:59 AM
The ever-wonderful Jan Oda has an excellent post up at ErgoFiction that describes the conundrum for indie writers in this day and age (by which I mean the middle of 2010). Eli grabbed this same quote
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Unfinished
1889.ca on Sat 29 May 2010 at 5:04 PM
Mary sat at the bedside, book in hand, listening to the sounds of machines counting down a life. She hadn't read a word of the book, but it helped her feel like she wasn't waiting for something else
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Miscalculation
1889.ca on Thu 27 May 2010 at 9:48 PM
The worst mistake would be to laugh it off. How many people, walking tipsy down the street at night, would keep a straight face? Not many. But even fewer would survive the faux-pas. For while t
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Beneficiary
1889.ca on Thu 27 May 2010 at 8:22 PM
Josh was in the middle of his second pint when Meg stormed into the pub, long jacket pulled tight, standing between him and his friends.
"It's nine-thirty,” she said sternly.
Josh's smile faded fast.
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Interview with Anarchy
1889.ca on Wed 26 May 2010 at 9:45 PM
Anarchy wore red shoes. It wasn't what Milt was expecting, but then he had been carefully avoiding forming any expectations at all. It wasn't often that one got to interview something as big and im
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Dark-Stained Nightmare
1889.ca on Wed 26 May 2010 at 6:00 PM
The water went blistering hot before it shut off, and the shock of it made Kent smack his head on the shower head, leaving a long gash in his scalp.
"Jesus!” he gasped, almost falling through the cur
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The Ice Box
1889.ca on Wed 26 May 2010 at 2:52 PM
Gwen knocked on the door again, and this time, Phil answered. He pulled his robe closed, squinting at the foyer lights, and moreso at her.
"Gwen?” he croaked. "It's three in the morning.”
"I'm so
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1,000 Story Check-In #1
1889.ca on Wed 26 May 2010 at 1:43 PM
Well, I just posted my 10th story, which means I am officially 1% through my 1,000 story challenge! Thanks to all who have played so far! And if you haven't submitted a story seed yet, do it now!
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The Great Hunt
1889.ca on Wed 26 May 2010 at 1:36 PM
It was muddier than he remembered, and he remembered a lot of mud. When he stepped out of the truck, out in the fields, far away from city lights, he had a rush of memories, and they were not good.
"
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Screw Up
1889.ca on Tue 25 May 2010 at 8:07 PM
Tuesday night was sex night, and every second Tuesday was Jeremy's night to find a prop. If he were in the habit of telling the truth, he'd have admitted he hated the prop idea, and hated the schedul
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On the Plan
1889.ca on Tue 25 May 2010 at 1:23 PM
Matt was playing with his food when Chandra came back home, dropping her bag by the door and herself into the chair opposite him. He pushed the salad to the side, turned down the video screen, and to
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Cannibalism in Publishing
1889.ca on Tue 25 May 2010 at 12:12 PM
I think the publishing industry has serious psychological problems. At first I thought the agents, editors and authors on the "inside” were just jealously guarding their status against the self-pub
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Erskine Lummox
1889.ca on Tue 25 May 2010 at 8:50 AM
After all was said and done, the Erskine Lummox was a strange thing to behold. Beastly yet graceful, quick yet contemplative, they strode through the hills near Glasgow, their three curved horns both a
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Ofanlanzibar
1889.ca on Mon 24 May 2010 at 4:27 PM
It was the summer of the year dear Queen Vic made her way down to Matlock Bath that the four downtrodden friends found the tiara. Now, being from Bath as they were, they weren't totally oblivious to
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Measure of Confidence
1889.ca on Mon 24 May 2010 at 12:01 PM
They stopped the jeep at the side of the road, already two miles off the main highway, a cloud of dust around them, unwilling or unable to settle again. The fields were parched, the sky a pale blue c
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4:30AM on a Tuesday
1889.ca on Mon 24 May 2010 at 9:58 AM
He saw her by the fading light of the old refrigerator, standing against the door frame, light t-shirt clinging her to moist skin. She was watching him, the quietest thing in the room, bare feet soak
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The Last Piece
1889.ca on Sun 23 May 2010 at 11:16 AM
Raw canvas lay across the floor, shredded and mangled with muddy footprints. The sink had been left on, drain clogged, and the floor was a long, imperfect mirror, showing the wreckage left of the stu
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Summer Train
1889.ca on Sat 22 May 2010 at 5:37 PM
It was a game they played, down by the shoreline in southern Louisiana. Sentence trains, stretching off through lazy, humid afternoons. Thick, ancient oak trees blocking the sun, her red-and-white
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Wrong Place
1889.ca on Fri 21 May 2010 at 4:15 PM
The gunshot made the baby kick, and while everyone else pushed themselves closer to the floor, Daisy could only sit against the counter, cradling her belly and trying not to cry.
"Open the damn safe!
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1,000 Stories
1889.ca on Fri 21 May 2010 at 12:12 PM
Hi there. I'm insane.
I have a crazy goal for the summer: I want to write 1,000 short stories. That's right, one thousand.
Here's the thing: I don't write things in a vacuum. I like to interact wit
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Yaktastic
1889.ca on Fri 21 May 2010 at 10:55 AM
The second guard crumpled his coffee cup and got out of his chair, leaving Manny alone in the small room at the side of the security area. Over the intercom, a party of seven was paged to the boardin
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Concessions
1889.ca on Wed 12 May 2010 at 6:00 AM
When his legs cramped, all he could do was shift them to the side, hope to feel the blood rush through, a brief warm sensation, his feet coming back to life. Half an hour later he'd repeat the proces
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hiroshima iv
1889.ca on Tue 11 May 2010 at 6:00 AM
Dustin was trying to write with his right hand while his left picked up his grande dark cherry non-fat soy latte from the table. It was a tricky feat. His pen slipped the line, and when he moved to rec
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Tori's Row, Act Two
1889.ca on Mon 10 May 2010 at 3:46 PM
Today marks the start of Act 2 of Tori's Row, the ghost story by Nancy Brauer and myself. Things for Tori are going from bad to worse, now that her boyfriend Brian has been ruthlessly attacked and left
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The Collector
1889.ca on Mon 10 May 2010 at 3:08 PM
Dougley was the picture of madness. He'd dumped out his drawers, flipped up the mattress, and was running his fingers along the tops of door frames, muttering to himself the whole way.
It was at roug
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The Most Mainstream Movie Ever
1889.ca on Wed 05 May 2010 at 10:14 AM
A few weeks ago MCM and I chatted about what makes a movie mainstream. That conversation evolved into a proposal for the most mainstream plot to hit celluloid, or digital video, or whatever. Ooh, IMA
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Thoughts on Blast Radius
1889.ca on Mon 26 Apr 2010 at 10:09 AM
It was an eventful weekend, and an exhausting one, but the end result is that The New Real: Blast Radius is complete! 47,000 words in 57 hours, with only a few hours of sleeping between days. I thi
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Livewriting is, well, live!
1889.ca on Fri 23 Apr 2010 at 6:17 PM
At this very moment MCM is tip-tapping away on his computer writing The New Real: Blast Radius. His goal: write a novel-in this case a sci-fi/comedy-in three days. Why? Because he can, and has a scr
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Why I Like A Story Before Bed
1889.ca on Tue 20 Apr 2010 at 8:08 AM
We're doing press releases for big announcements now, but I wanted to write a little something extra about A Story Before Bed, because it's not just a great business opportunity for us, it's also reall
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1889 Labs Joins A Story Before Bed
1889.ca on Tue 20 Apr 2010 at 7:43 AM
Ottawa, Canada, April 20, 2010 - 1889 Labs is pleased to announce a large portion of its Young Reader catalogue is now available via A Story Before Bed. The web service, which allows family members t
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Mad Libs: The New Real Edition
1889.ca on Mon 19 Apr 2010 at 8:59 AM
This was too funny not to use: introducing a taste of what livewriting can be like… it's The New Real: Blast Radius' Mad Libs engine! Just answer a few simple questions, and you can get your very o
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Chronic Rift Interview!
1889.ca on Fri 16 Apr 2010 at 9:13 AM
Last week I did a supremely-fun interview at the Chronic Rift, a podcast based on a New York City public access show from the '90s. I rarely sound intelligent in interviews (and this one is no except
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Making a Cover
1889.ca on Tue 13 Apr 2010 at 7:58 AM
A few days ago, I asked for some random photos for a mysterious project I was working on. You may not realize it, but you've already the end result!
A few weeks ago, I fell in love with this video of
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Our Love Story
1889.ca on Mon 12 Apr 2010 at 10:25 AM
A lot of you have known for some time that I've been working on a love story, and I know from the volume of anxious emails that you want to see what it would look like. Well I'm happy to announce tod
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Darvey is Back in "The New Real: Blast Radius”
1889.ca on Mon 12 Apr 2010 at 6:00 AM
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I Need Pictures
1889.ca on Sat 10 Apr 2010 at 11:03 AM
Here's the thing: I can't say WHY, but I am in need of pictures of THINGS. There are really no restrictions, except they need to be Creative Commons licensed in such a way that allows me to remix them
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Improving Publishing
1889.ca on Thu 08 Apr 2010 at 10:21 AM
Since the question was asked, I thought I would take a break from my script this morning and articulate a few changes I could recommend for the publishing industry. A lot of the time, established pub
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A Matter of Perspective
1889.ca on Wed 07 Apr 2010 at 9:55 AM
The break room was a zoo by the time Edmund got there. Two senior watchmen bounced around on a lunch table, throwing stale bread and meat this way and that, screaming into the crowd like a pair of ha
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Grrr Post
1889.ca on Tue 06 Apr 2010 at 2:54 PM
As a quick follow-up to my post What Are Editors Good For?, I shall quote a tiny portion of an email sent to me by an unnamed editor who apparently took offence at my rant. Please note that the quote
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What Are Editors Good For?
1889.ca on Tue 06 Apr 2010 at 10:25 AM
Let's not beat around the bush: book editors are obsolete.
Traditionally, editors have been an integral part of the publishing process. They were the gatekeepers, the shepherds of literary careers, a
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A new direction
1889.ca on Thu 01 Apr 2010 at 5:22 AM
Some of you may have noticed that the site's been quiet recently. Rumor has it that MCM has been busy with several freelance programming gigs. That's actually a cover story. MCM has actually been ru
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It's Monday! Must be Tori's Row Day!
1889.ca on Mon 15 Mar 2010 at 3:49 PM
Good evening, you crazy kids! It's Monday, and you know what that means, right? It's time for another chapter of Tori's Row!
Last week, we found out that Tori was the victim of a terrible crime. Bu
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New: Tori's Row! Also: site revamp and a newcomer
1889.ca on Mon 08 Mar 2010 at 5:00 AM
Welcome to the latest incarnation of 1889 Labs! MCM tells me that this is the 73rd version of the site. I'm not sure if he's exaggerating. The man can't stop coding. It may be unhealthy. Anyway, take
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Rules for Livewriting
1889.ca on Sat 20 Feb 2010 at 8:56 AM
A very brief summary of how to be a livewriter.
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Scarlet Lemming Recap and Voting (Day 1)
1889.ca on Tue 16 Feb 2010 at 9:06 AM
Scarlet Lemming voting! Vote early, vote often!
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Livewriting How-To
1889.ca on Mon 15 Feb 2010 at 6:06 AM
A quick introduction to livewriting and #6D1D
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Announcing The Scarlet Lemming!
1889.ca on Wed 03 Feb 2010 at 5:48 PM
My next project, The Scarlet Lemming, will be kicking off on February 15!
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Topic Tag: Discourse
1889.ca on Mon 01 Feb 2010 at 4:02 PM
"Nutella,” said she, "I decree, is the greatest substance in the world.”
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New Mystery Underway!
1889.ca on Mon 01 Feb 2010 at 2:25 PM
You may not know it, but a new Mystery is underway at 1889.ca!
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Uhopping Chapter 5: Electric
1889.ca on Mon 01 Feb 2010 at 5:00 AM
This is part five of the Uhopping adventure that is spanning lots of webfic sites...
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Topic Tag: Ohh, Yes!
1889.ca on Thu 28 Jan 2010 at 5:15 PM
"I'm serious,” wrote Anna, late in the evening, "you are.”
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Topic Tag: The Glitch
1889.ca on Wed 27 Jan 2010 at 11:18 PM
The bank heist was not going as planned.
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Liveblog: iTablet Press Event
1889.ca on Wed 27 Jan 2010 at 8:30 AM
PTTBT's Erin Barkley brings you inside Apple's iTablet press conference, LIVE!
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Programming Note: Liveblogging Tomorrow
1889.ca on Tue 26 Jan 2010 at 12:16 PM
Tomorrow at 10AM PST, 1889.ca will bring you the Apple press event LIVE!
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A Hell of a Morning
1889.ca on Tue 26 Jan 2010 at 8:23 AM
Daylight savings meant the hell-hounds wanted walking an hour early.
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The Man With the Improbable Leg
1889.ca on Mon 25 Jan 2010 at 1:00 PM
Today marks the launch of The Man With the Improbable Leg, book four in the SteamDuck Chronicles. It will make your head explode.
Quoth the blurb:
While vacationing in London, Archimedes and Finley t
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The Reveal
1889.ca on Tue 19 Jan 2010 at 3:07 AM
This is what's coming January 25.
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Trivia Tag!
1889.ca on Mon 18 Jan 2010 at 10:45 PM
So right now there is a big, exciting game in the works on the site. For a limited time only, you can play Trivia Tag!
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Series Bibles
1889.ca on Mon 18 Jan 2010 at 6:03 PM
Thanks to a Twitter exchange, I get to write about something I'm familiar with! Series Bibles!
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Site Question: The Stream
1889.ca on Thu 14 Jan 2010 at 3:25 PM
An explanation of the Stream, and questions about how to make it better...
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Bad Bad Day
1889.ca on Sat 09 Jan 2010 at 1:37 AM
The anatomy of a catastrophe.
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The Power Circle
1889.ca on Tue 05 Jan 2010 at 11:52 PM
"No,” he said finally. "I don't like it. The coup's gone on too long. We have to cut funding.”
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What I Do
1889.ca on Tue 05 Jan 2010 at 1:05 PM
People ask me what I do, and I never know what to say. Today, I figured it out.
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New Site: Loading Pages
1889.ca on Mon 04 Jan 2010 at 5:50 PM
The new 1889.ca has a lot of technical trickery going on, the biggest of which is the new browser engine, which swaps page loads for post loads...
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Welcome to 2010
1889.ca on Fri 01 Jan 2010 at 4:00 AM
A year ago today, I wrote a post called "2009 is the Year of the Doing.” 2009 turned out a little different than expected. I wrote 12 books in 12 months, had lots of fun, but I think I only really
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#refrigerator: 0 to go!
1889.ca on Mon 21 Dec 2009 at 9:05 PM
What's that you say? I've done 12 books in 12 months? Are you nuts? Are you daft? Are you just a little bit insane? Well welcome to the club! Wooo!
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Post #2D1D Post
1889.ca on Tue 08 Dec 2009 at 11:39 PM
Well, the adventure has come to an end. #2D1D was a fantastic success, and my eyes are still a bit blurry from the adventure. But there's more left to say, so let's do it...
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#2D1D The New Real
1889.ca on Sat 05 Dec 2009 at 8:36 PM
Greetings, humanoids!
Right now (as we speak) an adventure called #2D1D is going on over at io9.com. If you want to join in the fun, stop by the #2D1D console, and get ready for some action!
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Promotion Plans
1889.ca on Wed 02 Dec 2009 at 6:41 PM
Advice to publishers hoping to secure an easy title from the internet.
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A Note About Cycles
1889.ca on Fri 11 Sep 2009 at 8:24 AM
This is an excuse post, wherein I will distract you from a lack of content.
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Topic Tag: Broken Beyond Repair
1889.ca on Tue 08 Sep 2009 at 4:25 PM
Welcome to another fine instalment of Topic Tag Tuesday, wherein I solicit ideas from the Twitterverse and write a 500-word story in less than an hour with the top suggestion. This is for @mjgolli, wh
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A Minor Book-Making Note
1889.ca on Tue 08 Sep 2009 at 10:45 AM
This is for all authors out there who are self-publishing, either online or in print. It's not advice in the traditional sense, but I think it might be useful.
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On Formats and Friction
1889.ca on Mon 07 Sep 2009 at 3:39 PM
I'm not going to play the blame game, but it's all @shutsumon's fault this post exists. The question is: what do we need out of an ebook format?
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Marketing Ideas
1889.ca on Wed 02 Sep 2009 at 1:59 PM
I asked the Twitterverse for ideas about how to market my books, and got lots of great answers. Here's what I've figured out:
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Ignorance of Self
1889.ca on Wed 02 Sep 2009 at 6:00 AM
This is a short story I wrote about health care in America. Ha! No, just kidding. Sorta.
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Public Service Announcement
1889.ca on Tue 01 Sep 2009 at 9:22 PM
Vital information for you and your family.
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Topic Tag Tuesday: Arrears
1889.ca on Tue 01 Sep 2009 at 3:20 PM
Topic Tag Tuesday returns with an all-new cast! Okay, that's misleading. It's always a new cast. Oh never mind.
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1st Month Postmortem: The Vector
1889.ca on Mon 31 Aug 2009 at 7:01 PM
A big part of the charm of doing something crazy is seeing how it fails. Throughout this year, I've done a lot of crazy things, and they've all been leading up to one book: The Vector. This is how I di
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The App Concludes
1889.ca on Mon 31 Aug 2009 at 8:51 AM
Way back at the end of July, I discovered this thing called Web Series Writing Month, wherein you... er... write a web series for a month. Being simple-minded as I am, I decided I had to give it a try
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Fission Chips Winner Day!
1889.ca on Mon 31 Aug 2009 at 8:02 AM
Remember that Fission Chips Mystery Card contest I've been running for the last few months? About 6,400 of you have participated (even if you didn't realize it). Well now we have a winner!
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A Moment of Cranky
1889.ca on Thu 27 Aug 2009 at 8:50 AM
I apologize in advance for this rant. It's been building up for a few weeks, and I just have to say it, even if it is impolite and a tiny bit irrational.
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What do you do when you're nominated?
1889.ca on Wed 26 Aug 2009 at 8:40 AM
I've always wondered what one does when one is nominated for an award. You always hear what celebrities do, but those people aren't really human, so they don't count.
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OMG RollBots Got Nominated
1889.ca on Tue 25 Aug 2009 at 10:40 AM
I will do my best not to get all squeaky and hoppity-hoppity here, but OMG ROLLBOTS GOT NOMINATED FOR 3 GEMINI AWARDS!
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Interesting Observations
1889.ca on Tue 25 Aug 2009 at 8:24 AM
So I'm back from my two week vacation (sometimes known as Holy Health Problems, Batman!) and am trying to catch up on work that was scheduled but not finished during my absence. This has led me to som
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Coming Back to Life
1889.ca on Mon 17 Aug 2009 at 8:51 AM
As those on Twitter already know, I had another fun allergy attack on Friday... and now I am a zombie ready to eat your soul. Or something.
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The Society of Elderly Jaywalkers
1889.ca on Thu 13 Aug 2009 at 3:59 PM
Logo Thursday claims another victim!
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Odds and Ends
1889.ca on Thu 13 Aug 2009 at 2:56 PM
A Chaos Book update and some thoughts on tagging in books.
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Topic Tag: Sentient Glowing Balls
1889.ca on Wed 12 Aug 2009 at 2:28 PM
Today is Topic Tag Tuesday on Wednesday! Schedules are for crybabies!
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Logo Thursday (on Friday)
1889.ca on Fri 07 Aug 2009 at 2:36 PM
Today is Logo Thursday! Well, no, today is Logo Friday, but I don't want to make it habit, so we're calling it Logo Thursday. Oh never mind. You know what I mean.
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Q&A With Craig Young
1889.ca on Fri 07 Aug 2009 at 10:18 AM
Craig Young works at Amberwood Productions, home of RollBots, where his primary function is to make me crazy. Ha! Just kidding! I was already crazy.
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The Update That Ate New York
1889.ca on Wed 05 Aug 2009 at 2:11 PM
I tend to forget to update blog readers on the goings-on around here, so this is it.
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Q&A With Brian Spaeth
1889.ca on Wed 05 Aug 2009 at 6:20 AM
Many of you already know Brian Spaeth, famed practitioner of actoring and writering... but for those who don't perhaps this little interview will shed some light.
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Topic Tag Tuesday: The Cottage
1889.ca on Tue 04 Aug 2009 at 2:21 PM
Today is Topic Tag Tuesday, where someone on Twitter picks my topic and I have one hour to write a ~500 word story about it. This week's story is based on heliosengine's topic: "a horror story written
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Reader Question: Letting Things Die
1889.ca on Tue 04 Aug 2009 at 9:39 AM
I am going to try this thing called Reader Questions for a while, since I have some interesting ones that come up from time to time. Today's is about letting things die. Prepare your cleavers!
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Saturday Update
1889.ca on Sat 01 Aug 2009 at 7:44 AM
Due to my obsession with iPhone app creation, I neglected to post here for several days. Happy August!
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Testing Premium
1889.ca on Sat 01 Aug 2009 at 6:44 AM
With any luck, you won't be able to read anything but this promo text.
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Unintentional Racism in Fiction
1889.ca on Wed 29 Jul 2009 at 6:00 AM
Racism is a touchy subject, and not the kind I enjoy dissecting (for a variety of reasons), but over the last week, I've had a steady stream of criticism about The Vector and its apparently racist tend
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Maintenance Tuesday
1889.ca on Tue 28 Jul 2009 at 7:35 AM
Updates about schedules, The Vector, The Chaos Book, The App and integration...
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I Can Help You Succeed at Publishing Online!
1889.ca on Mon 27 Jul 2009 at 12:00 PM
I get a few of these emails every week, asking me to sell people my software or expertise, and I have to give the same answer every time...
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Nicest Email Evar
1889.ca on Sat 25 Jul 2009 at 8:48 AM
The geographic distribution of readers of "The Vector" is amazingly even across the world, which makes me anxious because I've taken a lot of criticism about my portrayal of non-North American characte
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Announcing The Vector in Print
1889.ca on Fri 24 Jul 2009 at 10:33 AM
You asked (and threatened) and I listened. And then I forgot. And then I remembered, and now I'm doing something. Announcing The Vector in print!
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Why Books Don't Need Pages
1889.ca on Thu 23 Jul 2009 at 9:47 AM
This will into things a lot of people won't care about, but some will care very passionately about. It's the future of books, and more specifically, the technical and UI considerations of how pages wo
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Contest Time!
1889.ca on Wed 22 Jul 2009 at 4:36 PM
So you may have seen that The Vector was mentioned on the incomparable io9 today. Seriously, the highlight of my month. Really great write-up, except for one tiny thing...
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Wednesday Fun
1889.ca on Wed 22 Jul 2009 at 9:43 AM
Random things for a happy, sunny Wednesday that I will only see through the window because I never leave my computer...
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Open Question: Connecting with fans
1889.ca on Tue 21 Jul 2009 at 2:58 PM
Brainstorming time! Put on your thinking caps, cause it's time to use that noodle! The question is this: what can I be doing better to connect with my fans? And by fans, I mean people that read my bo
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Me on Novelr
1889.ca on Tue 21 Jul 2009 at 7:51 AM
This is a post by me to recommend a post by me. On the excellent site Novelr, though! So it's a little different than usual.
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Me on Novelr
1889.ca on Tue 21 Jul 2009 at 7:51 AM
This is a post by me to recommend a post by me. On the excellent site Novelr, though! So it's a little different than usual.
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Quick Vector FAQ
1889.ca on Mon 20 Jul 2009 at 12:28 PM
I've received a bunch of questions today about The Vector and I want to cover some of them before I get too distracted by shiny objects.
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The Vector (6 to go!)
1889.ca on Mon 20 Jul 2009 at 6:30 AM
Today I am happy to announce the release of The Vector, the first serious novel out of 1889 Labs. This is a book I've been working on for years (on and off) and I'm so relieved it's finally out!
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Press Release: Book Policy Adjustment
1889.ca on Fri 17 Jul 2009 at 12:48 PM
1889 Labs today announced it has changed its mind about the consumption of its books - especially the evolving crime novel Fission Chips - and is henceforth revoking all public reading rights to its ca
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The Chaos Book: Episode 1 Intro
1889.ca on Fri 17 Jul 2009 at 6:20 AM
Every week, I'm going to post a new intro for an episode to The Chaos Book. It will provide a bit of backstory for what's coming up, and then you can submit and vote for the elements that'll become t
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Scraps for Thursday
1889.ca on Thu 16 Jul 2009 at 5:49 PM
I know I say this every week, but things are getting really exciting around here. Big releases and new projects and a daring system I hope a lot of you like.
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Tuesday Update
1889.ca on Tue 14 Jul 2009 at 7:26 AM
TorrentBoy: Pirates Attack!, The Chaos Book, The Vector, rms on the Pig, and a blog tour. Busy day, people! Put on your helmets!
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Disassembling the World (6)
1889.ca on Tue 14 Jul 2009 at 6:15 AM
Next Monday, 1889 Books will be releasing The Vector, a science fiction novel about people trying to survive a slow apocalypse. When we start the book, things have already been deteriorating for
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A Month With the Terio TX-i9 Sonic Toothbrush
1889.ca on Sun 12 Jul 2009 at 8:43 PM
I wrote this in about 15 minutes as part of a contest at Boing Boing Gadgets. I wanted to post it here in case any of you enjoy it. The rules were simply: flash fiction, about gadgets. This is what
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Raj and Gore
1889.ca on Fri 10 Jul 2009 at 6:00 AM
This is a new project I'm mulling over, in a format I'm not entirely comfortable with. Let's see how it goes…
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Pingpost!
1889.ca on Thu 09 Jul 2009 at 10:24 AM
Updates on Fission Chips, the year of books, virtual book tours and 21st century fables. It's short, don't worry.
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The Success of Free
1889.ca on Wed 08 Jul 2009 at 5:42 PM
TorrentBoy: Zombie World was released in March of 2009, and since then, it's been downloaded over 250,000 times. For the sake of simplicity we'll count each one of those downloads as a unique person.
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TorrentBoy: Pirates Attack!
1889.ca on Tue 07 Jul 2009 at 9:00 AM
Today marks a momentous day in the history of 1889 Books! It's the launch of the new TorrentBoy adventure, "Pirates Attack!", by Chris Keyes!
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Disassembling the World (5)
1889.ca on Tue 07 Jul 2009 at 6:00 AM
A year after the Bonn-1 attack, Hong Kong was thrown into chaos by the emergence of an extremely virulent disease, killing tens of thousands within a month.
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Big News Monday
1889.ca on Mon 06 Jul 2009 at 6:00 AM
Today I'm going to announce two things that some of you already know, and I fully expect to receive a healthy amount of hate mail about. Also, a minor update on the Deathmatch.
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Book Premise Deathmatch
1889.ca on Thu 02 Jul 2009 at 4:50 PM
You choose what goes in my Friday timeslot: a steampunk fantasy adventure, an insane "anything goes" series, or an improv Twitter caper...
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Pig and the Box: 6 Month Review
1889.ca on Thu 02 Jul 2009 at 11:28 AM
Is it that time already? The Pig and the Box version 2 has been out for half a year now. In that time, I've released four other books, and tried a variety of techniques for creating a better book ind
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A Q&A With Myself
1889.ca on Thu 02 Jul 2009 at 10:03 AM
I get a truly absurd amount of mail, and some of it isn't spam. Some of the questions I get asked, I get asked a lot. Frequently, you might say...
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10 Inspirational Quotes by Very Dead People
1889.ca on Thu 02 Jul 2009 at 6:00 AM
A list of ten of the most inspirational quotes by people who, in retrospect, probably shouldn't have been doling out advice after all.
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On Simulated Freedom
1889.ca on Tue 30 Jun 2009 at 9:46 PM
All non-physical goods are going to be free, whether you like it or not.
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Disassembling the World (4)
1889.ca on Tue 30 Jun 2009 at 6:00 AM
The prevalence of incubator technology in affluent nations created a sudden shift in many social spaces, but none so dramatic as in medical-related charities...
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Random Monday Thoughts
1889.ca on Mon 29 Jun 2009 at 10:03 AM
In which I contemplate why print books are irrelevant and PDFs as muddy puddles of goo.
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Announcement Day (June 2009)
1889.ca on Fri 26 Jun 2009 at 7:00 AM
It's a busy day today boys and girls! I have not one, not two, but THREE big launches, all at once! "WTF?" you say. "That's insane!" Well yes, yes it is. Thanks for noticing.
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Disassembling the World (3)
1889.ca on Tue 23 Jun 2009 at 6:00 AM
At the end of July, 1889 Books will be releasing The Vector, a science fiction novel about people trying to survive a slow apocalypse. When we start the book, things have already been deterioratin
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Writing Adaptive Fiction
1889.ca on Thu 18 Jun 2009 at 7:30 AM
Writing adaptive fiction like Fission Chips isn't just about the basic mechanics of users voting on plot developments. There's an interesting philosophy to writing adaptive fiction, which is a lot dif
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6 Reasons Twitter Won't Sell Your Widget
1889.ca on Wed 17 Jun 2009 at 6:45 AM
If you listen to some marketing experts, you'd get the impression Twitter will cure cancer (in 140 characters). Have a problem? Twitter can solve it. Want to stem bad PR? Twitter can help. Want mo
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Disassembling the World (2)
1889.ca on Tue 16 Jun 2009 at 5:00 AM
The first reaction to the San Jose Avian Flu was to reverse the moratorium on incubator technology, and get units in the hands of the front-line experts in California. Traditional diagnosis and treatm
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Patronage 3.0 Follow-Up
1889.ca on Mon 15 Jun 2009 at 6:45 AM
My weekend of thinking about the future of patronage on the internet was full of code, it turns out. I built a demo of the system with a fake PayPal system and everything. But the process of doing so h
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Patronage 3.0 Follow-Up
1889.ca on Mon 15 Jun 2009 at 6:45 AM
My weekend of thinking about the future of patronage on the internet was full of code, it turns out. I built a demo of the system with a fake PayPal system and everything. But the process of doing so h
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Patronage 3.0: Create-on-Demand
1889.ca on Fri 12 Jun 2009 at 2:28 PM
Preparing for 1889 Books 3.0 got me thinking about different ways to approach my writing. Create-on-demand and some licensing fun might be in my future...
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Status Update
1889.ca on Thu 11 Jun 2009 at 3:38 PM
A quick update on RollBots, Fission Chips, Percy's Perch, The Vector, the 12 Books project and the nastiness of performing without a net. Also, 50-word stories.
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Disassembling the World (1)
1889.ca on Tue 09 Jun 2009 at 10:57 AM
The root of the virus age can be traced back to good intentions gone wrong. Indeed, as Ad Janssen remarked at the launch of the Russian plagues: "I don't think anyone would have imagined, the start, t
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Blook 0.1
1889.ca on Thu 28 May 2009 at 7:50 AM
To power Fission Chips, I created a simple PHP-based application that releases chapters on a regular schedule, on the web and via RSS. Today I'm releasing it as a free software package, in the hopes i
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My Book Industry Blueprint (v0.2a1)
1889.ca on Tue 26 May 2009 at 9:11 AM
The publishing industry is broken, and not just in a "that glass is chipped but if you drink out of the other side you're fine" sorta way. It's beyond repair, on its last legs, drawing its final breat
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Fission Chips (8 to go!)
1889.ca on Thu 21 May 2009 at 8:54 AM
Today I'm launching my first crowd-sourced serialized mystery novel about a guy who has no business being a private eye, and whose secretary may or may not be a sociopathic closet ninja.
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RollBots Recap: 113 “Nonlinear”
1889.ca on Sat 16 May 2009 at 4:30 AM
This week's episode is "Nonlinear", a great story by Terry Saltsman, and the last of the first half of the season. The reason you care about that marker is that this is where we start to get into heav
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More on the Doctorow Principle
1889.ca on Thu 14 May 2009 at 9:18 AM
The question of DIY licensing for commercial works is eating my attention anyway, so I ramble on for far too long about how such a system would work, with all the requisite glitches and failings that I
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TorrentBoy: The Doctorow Conundrum
1889.ca on Wed 13 May 2009 at 8:05 PM
Cory Doctorow wrote a fantastic and thought-provoking piece today at Internet Evolution where he basically calls for something that closely resembles the TorrentBoy Project, but with one key difference
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My teeny cat just chased a ver…
1889.ca on Wed 13 May 2009 at 8:51 AM
My teeny cat just chased a very large dog down the street. She is six kinds of dumb, but luckily the dog is seven kinds of chicken.
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@peterlalonde Fuel is extremel…
1889.ca on Wed 13 May 2009 at 8:49 AM
@peterlalonde Fuel is extremely cool, isnt it? I love their style
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I don’t recall you replying so…
1889.ca on Wed 13 May 2009 at 7:13 AM
I dont recall you replying so often, @scalzi perhaps this is all part of @twitters plan to make the service more entertaining!
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Fission Chips Preview
1889.ca on Tue 12 May 2009 at 8:45 PM
A completely unnecessary blurb about my upcoming book, which is actually just an excuse to put some new artwork on the site, thus making my two-hour procrastination extravaganza seem worthwhile. Ahem.
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gah… battling unbearable des…
1889.ca on Mon 11 May 2009 at 12:34 PM
gah battling unbearable desire to embed an OTF font on my site! Not enough time to be distracted, but it would look SO GOOD
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Tiny Random Updates
1889.ca on Mon 11 May 2009 at 9:54 AM
In which I contemplate TorrentBoy pics, 50-word stories, Pig in foreign lands, killers in foreign lands, the environment vs literature, and detective stories with a twist. If you didn't think I was cr
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@thephatbunny That was fun! L…
1889.ca on Mon 11 May 2009 at 9:27 AM
@thephatbunny That was fun! Lets do it again!
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Yay! My story “Justice” is up…
1889.ca on Mon 11 May 2009 at 9:26 AM
Yay! My story Justice is up at @50wordstories: http://bit.ly/7tt2Z
Brevity is fun!
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@timescolonist I’ve been wonde…
1889.ca on Sat 09 May 2009 at 12:53 PM
@timescolonist Ive been wondering: what is it about Mondays that make them expendable for printings?
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Some say I forgot the URL, but…
1889.ca on Sat 09 May 2009 at 11:36 AM
Some say I forgot the URL, but to them, I say: fie! And. Um. Yeah. http://bit.ly/T4mrc
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Tardy RollBots recap: 112 “Goa…
1889.ca on Sat 09 May 2009 at 11:33 AM
Tardy RollBots recap: 112 Goaaaal!, with sqeaky-voiced kidnappers and lots of kicking!
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RollBots Recap: 112 “Goaaaaal!”
1889.ca on Sat 09 May 2009 at 11:24 AM
This is one of the first three RollBots episodes written, and features some of the silliest dialogue in the series to date. Find out how the game of BotBall was supposed to work, and how Gary Chalk in
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Great birthday dinner at Miles…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 11:13 PM
Great birthday dinner at Milestones, and great #dollhouse too! Happy double-b-day to us!
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@thephatbunny You’re somethin’…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 11:56 AM
@thephatbunny Youre somethin alright
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#followfriday @lrr_graham @kdn…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 8:20 AM
#followfriday @lrr_graham @kdnewton @mikevardy @Harkaway @RobboMills @mathewi Eclectic assortment of peeps, all genius.
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@timescolonist “Cling-ons and …
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 8:15 AM
@timescolonist Cling-ons and Trekkies death wish much?
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@timescolonist “Cling-ons and …
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 8:15 AM
@timescolonist Cling-ons and Trekkies death wish much?
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@stabotage Change your photo a…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 8:10 AM
@stabotage Change your photo and location in the meantime
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@heliosengine Hmm. Apparently…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 7:43 AM
@heliosengine Hmm. Apparently my wife knows how to use IMDB. I am, as they say, busted.
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@heliosengine Too late to stop…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 7:23 AM
@heliosengine Too late to stop now! If theres even a small chance itll work I have to try! Otherwise its wait for the DVD!
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@heliosengine She’s a TNG fan….
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 7:08 AM
@heliosengine Shes a TNG fan. She says if @brentspiner isnt in it, shes not interested. Should I lie and say he has a cameo?
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Happy birthday to my wonderful…
1889.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 7:03 AM
Happy birthday to my wonderful wife today! Now if only shed agree to go see Star Trek with me, the day would be perfect
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Interesting: anti-logging envi…
1889.ca on Thu 07 May 2009 at 9:36 AM
Interesting: anti-logging environmentalist set oddly overlaps books must be paper set, yet doesnt see the conflict.
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@jeffcannata RT “Coffee is not…
1889.ca on Wed 06 May 2009 at 5:40 PM
@jeffcannata RT Coffee is not a dessert I love this new web series! Hilarious! http://is.gd/xl1Z
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What’s Wrong With Traditional Publishing
1889.ca on Wed 06 May 2009 at 3:22 PM
Yesterday I was philosophizing over at Nicola Morgan's blog about the state of publishing vs self-publishing, and how the two differ. The conversation there has wound down, but I'm interested in conti
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Also: I think my ear has falle…
1889.ca on Tue 05 May 2009 at 3:25 PM
Also: I think my ear has fallen off due to excessive phone use today. Will a glue stick fix it, or do I need staples, do you think?
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400+ tweets behind and no hope…
1889.ca on Tue 05 May 2009 at 3:21 PM
400+ tweets behind and no hope of catching up. Anything truly groundbreaking happen today?
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@alexwoolfson It’s a comment o…
1889.ca on Tue 05 May 2009 at 3:20 PM
@alexwoolfson Its a comment on this post by Nicola Morgan: http://is.gd/x1Vo Not as vitriolic as some might like, but yknow
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Spent my short lunch break wri…
1889.ca on Tue 05 May 2009 at 12:05 PM
Spent my short lunch break writing a defence of self-publishing. Now Im hungry and restless
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RT @JeremyCShipp What movies i…
1889.ca on Mon 04 May 2009 at 5:35 PM
RT @JeremyCShipp What movies influenced me as a writer? Do I have a yard gnomes fetish? My interview at Fear Zone: http://tinyurl.com/d3jsnp
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@kaliphonia Congrats! Great n…
1889.ca on Mon 04 May 2009 at 7:18 AM
@kaliphonia Congrats! Great name, too!
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RT @the_gman Media begins to p…
1889.ca on Mon 04 May 2009 at 7:15 AM
RT @the_gman Media begins to panic that swine flu might not be global pandemic http://bit.ly/pUDZw
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@JeremyCShipp How about an ant…
1889.ca on Sun 03 May 2009 at 7:48 PM
@JeremyCShipp How about an anti-DRM picturebook for kids (and adults too)? http://books.1889.ca/pig_and_the_box
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Wonderful. Some idiot stole m…
1889.ca on Sun 03 May 2009 at 6:31 PM
Wonderful. Some idiot stole my daughters bike from our backyard. Just wonderful.
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@mashable Another swine flu te…
1889.ca on Fri 01 May 2009 at 1:05 PM
@mashable Another swine flu test, backed by science: http://1889.ca/doihaveswineflu
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The word “penultimate” is so o…
1889.ca on Fri 01 May 2009 at 6:56 AM
The word penultimate is so over-used, its driving me insane.
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@_Tal_ Oh. Um. I guess I’m t…
1889.ca on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 2:37 PM
@_Tal_ Oh. Um. I guess Im the only one. Never mind!
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@_Tal_ That’s what you get for…
1889.ca on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 2:02 PM
@_Tal_ Thats what you get for reading BillionaireNews.com. Did you see the article about affordable sub-orbital dinner parties?
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Conundrum: how do you find a g…
1889.ca on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 12:43 PM
Conundrum: how do you find a good online marketer without drowning in a sea of online marketing experts? Teh noiz, it eated mai signal!
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@mat That’s so static. You ne…
1889.ca on Thu 30 Apr 2009 at 9:00 AM
@mat Thats so static. You need a real diagnosis, based on actual science: http://1889.ca/doihaveswineflu
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@jawboneradio How far in the f…
1889.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 12:30 PM
@jawboneradio How far in the future is the shirt? Will it be from the past by the time it arrives here? Shipping is slow where I am
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@jawboneradio How far in the f…
1889.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 12:30 PM
@jawboneradio How far in the future is the shirt? Will it be from the past by the time it arrives here? Shipping is slow where I am
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@ppival Yeep! That’s terrible…
1889.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 12:28 PM
@ppival Yeep! Thats terrible! The staff at the Apple Store in Ginza are amazing, but locally I shop at ReStart, because theyre chipper.
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@ppival Yeep! That’s terrible…
1889.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 12:28 PM
@ppival Yeep! Thats terrible! The staff at the Apple Store in Ginza are amazing, but locally I shop at ReStart, because theyre chipper.
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TorrentBoy postmortem answers …
1889.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 12:09 PM
TorrentBoy postmortem answers the question: will scum-sucking filesharing pirates kill my sales? http://is.gd/vqcA
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1st Month Postmortem: TorrentBoy: Zombie World!
1889.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 11:58 AM
I'm releasing twelve books in twelve months, and explaining the process as I go. I do postmortems 1, 6 and 12 months after each book's release, to give you a sense of how things are going, and what wo
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Furthermore: grrrr.
1889.ca on Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 11:16 AM
Furthermore: grrrr.
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@thephatbunny I can handle peo…
1889.ca on Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 11:16 AM
@thephatbunny I can handle people dissing me, but my wife is off-limits. Snarky comments like that can stay in heads. It was an honest Q.
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@thephatbunny Wife ordered par…
1889.ca on Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 11:15 AM
@thephatbunny Wife ordered part 2 weeks ago, was promised delivery in 1. Asked today, they told her to screw off stop bugging.
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Long & McQuade just made a lif…
1889.ca on Tue 28 Apr 2009 at 11:10 AM
Long McQuade just made a lifelong enemy. Insulting customers = bad idea. Moving all 3 of our instrument rentals to Larsens #victoriabc
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@mikevardy The site looks nice…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 10:33 PM
@mikevardy The site looks nice! Very eventual! http://ping.fm/2vS8j
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@CathieWalker I know, I was so…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 4:04 PM
@CathieWalker I know, I was so close to have a productive afternoon, but the flu hysteria was just too much to ignore. Sigh
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My handy online #swineflu diag…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 3:59 PM
My handy online #swineflu diagnostic tool is live: http://1889.ca/doihaveswineflu
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@_Tal_ I like both paper and v…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 3:57 PM
@_Tal_ I like both paper and virtual, but I dislike the idea of one company owning an entire format. Especially a sluggish one like Amazon.
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Do I Have Swine Flu?
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 3:46 PM
Check out my handy online diagnostic tool to determine whether or not youre infected. Click here to start.
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@_Tal_ But now momentum is rem…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 2:25 PM
@_Tal_ But now momentum is removed from the market, which means itll just be longer until eBooks improve, lacking competition :\
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Amazon buys Stanza. eBooks do…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 2:04 PM
Amazon buys Stanza. eBooks doomed? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/amazon-acquires-stanza-an-e-book-application-for-the-iphone/
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* SBRT = Should Be Re-Tweeting…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 8:11 AM
* SBRT = Should Be Re-Tweeting. Like putting words into someones mouth, but constructive.
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SBRT @ytv: Cool! “Bumper Bots…
1889.ca on Mon 27 Apr 2009 at 7:57 AM
SBRT @ytv: Cool! Bumper Bots game is now live, along with new top secret info in the FCPD databank! http://rollbots.ytv.com
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Off to see both daughters perf…
1889.ca on Sat 25 Apr 2009 at 5:40 PM
Off to see both daughters perform in Platform 3 at Metro Studio. Anxiety!
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@sraposo RollBots is a cruel m…
1889.ca on Sat 25 Apr 2009 at 7:26 AM
@sraposo RollBots is a cruel mistress, its true. But the site looks fantastic, so its all good!
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Ha. Just noticed YTV is doing…
1889.ca on Sat 25 Apr 2009 at 7:18 AM
Ha. Just noticed YTV is doing a Wolverine marathon today, so my RollBots PreCap is a whole week early. Whoops
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@thephatbunny Spoons are so hi…
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 8:58 PM
@thephatbunny Spoons are so hivemind 1.0. Forks are the only cutlery with the proper bandwidth potential. And no, you cant use plastic.
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@thephatbunny Yes, but how can…
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 8:39 PM
@thephatbunny Yes, but how can we convince that many people to stab forks into their heads? I cant even convince my wife
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@thephatbunny I think I need a…
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 8:34 PM
@thephatbunny I think I need a way to hook Twitter straight into my brain, so I dont have to consciously read stuff anymore.
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@thephatbunny Only 177 right n…
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 8:33 PM
@thephatbunny Only 177 right now. I dont think I can trim it any more than that without going into withdrawal.
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@thephatbunny My only problem …
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 8:07 PM
@thephatbunny My only problem was that I didnt read them fast enough. Fie! Fie, I say!
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I somehow fell over 600 tweets…
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 7:59 PM
I somehow fell over 600 tweets behind today. Hope nothing important happened, cause Im not readin that many to find out
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RollBots PreCap: 111 “#044?
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 10:43 AM
Recap: RollBots is a show I created about perfectly round robots that roll around rollercoaster tracks in a city in the sky, and fight a spiderbot and his evil minions. Also, Im a long-time web devel
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@StripyBee Congrats! I will d…
1889.ca on Fri 24 Apr 2009 at 7:42 AM
@StripyBee Congrats! I will drink a bottle of wine for you. Over breakfast, I guess. Mmm, wine and Cheerios
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Just got sent an old vid of Je…
1889.ca on Thu 23 Apr 2009 at 2:11 PM
Just got sent an old vid of Jehan and Gups recording In Walks God. Holy crap thats a funny song.
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@steveee43 No problem! It too…
1889.ca on Thu 23 Apr 2009 at 12:32 PM
@steveee43 No problem! It took me a long time to figure it out, so I figured Id save everyone else the trouble
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I have just figured out how to…
1889.ca on Thu 23 Apr 2009 at 7:14 AM
I have just figured out how to get CreateSpace to print the Art of RollBots without complaining. Pre-breakfast epiphany! Yes!
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@willw Fantastically great des…
1889.ca on Wed 22 Apr 2009 at 7:46 PM
@willw Fantastically great design, tho. Wow.
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Anyone know an iPhone app deve…
1889.ca on Wed 22 Apr 2009 at 7:38 PM
Anyone know an iPhone app developer? I am trying to price a project, and Real Programming bewilders me
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@StripyBee You have to water t…
1889.ca on Wed 22 Apr 2009 at 5:57 PM
@StripyBee You have to water the egg-shaped rocks with apple juice, I think. Also: Ive gotta make a bedsheet fort now!
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That last tweet probably shoul…
1889.ca on Wed 22 Apr 2009 at 5:41 PM
That last tweet probably should have read @popvoxawards. Can I claim to be new to this Twitter thing?
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Please vote for TorrentBoy at …
1889.ca on Wed 22 Apr 2009 at 5:36 PM
Please vote for TorrentBoy at the PopVox Awards! It seems easy! http://tinyurl.com/d22sca
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TorrentBoy Collaborative Novel / Outlining Fun
1889.ca on Tue 21 Apr 2009 at 9:10 AM
Over at the TorrentBoy Project forums, Ive started a new sub-project to write a collaborative novel, currently titled Camp Disaster!. Ive written the first chapter, and then other people can pick it
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Actual life
1889.ca on Tue 21 Apr 2009 at 8:08 AM
Last night I was searching through my Twitter history to find a tweet relating to an upcoming RollBots sequence (its here, but it wont make sense for a few months), but thanks to the silly AJAX-y setup
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RollBots PreCap: 110 “The Do Right Module”
1889.ca on Thu 16 Apr 2009 at 12:49 PM
This week, Im trying something different by giving you a PREVIEW of the upcoming episode, rather than recapping at the end. I wont be giving away spoilers, but itll give you some fun things to watch a
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The source of 99% of my guilt
1889.ca on Wed 15 Apr 2009 at 1:13 PM
Many moons ago, I wrote a little joke article on Push the Third Button Twice entitled Unlock Dark Castle on your iPhone/iPod Touch. It was a parody of other how-tos Id seen, where people gave you stup
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Useful tool for writers: tag clouds
1889.ca on Tue 14 Apr 2009 at 5:19 PM
Im probably very late to this game, but Ill write it anyway. I was reading this wonderful post about common mistakes people make while writing, and began thinking about word frequency in my books. I
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Nearly-Mid-April Update
1889.ca on Sat 11 Apr 2009 at 2:13 PM
Want to know why free books are great? Ill tell ya: today, theres a revised version of TorrentBoy: Zombie World! out. I call it 1.1, and its 100% thanks to kdnewton, probably the most consistent an
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RollBots Recap: 109 “Two Left Feet”
1889.ca on Sat 11 Apr 2009 at 4:30 AM
Every week, I’m going to try and give you some inside information about episodes of RollBots, so you can see the things that went into producing each story. You should probably watch the episode firs
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On Agents and Publishers
1889.ca on Thu 09 Apr 2009 at 9:36 AM
Recently, I was asked how much I hated agents (the literary kind), given my self-publishing tendencies. I think I was supposed to rant for a while, but I didnt. I was actually pretty supportive of
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RollBots Recap: 108 “Crontab Trouble”
1889.ca on Sat 04 Apr 2009 at 4:30 AM
Every week, I’m going to try and give you some inside information about episodes of RollBots, so you can see the things that went into producing each story. You should probably watch the episode firs
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TorrentBoy Update: Coding is Hard
1889.ca on Wed 01 Apr 2009 at 3:37 PM
Stupid feature creep.
Im building a system for managing TorrentBoy creations right now. Its a pretty simple beast, but the theory still makes my head spin. While it take a break from breaking thing
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Interesting Philosophical PredicamentAll
1889.ca on Mon 30 Mar 2009 at 10:28 AM
The TorrentBoy Project is doing well so far, and over the weekend we got the first of the not-created-by-me artwork submitted by the prolific kdnewton. At the same time, Ive fielded a few questions r
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TorrentBoy Milestone: First Not-Me Sale!
1889.ca on Sat 28 Mar 2009 at 10:35 AM
I was expecting things would move slowly at first with TorrentBoy, but I was wrong. Sometime overnight, we sold our first t-shirt from Zazzle, earning rdawson a whopping $3.52! Now that doesnt see
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RollBots Recap: 107 “House Call”
1889.ca on Sat 28 Mar 2009 at 4:30 AM
Every week, I’m going to try and give you some inside information about episodes of RollBots, so you can see the things that went into producing each story. You should probably watch the episode fir
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Quick FAQ on the TorrentBoy Project
1889.ca on Wed 25 Mar 2009 at 1:50 PM
Im trying to consolidate my answers about TorrentBoy into one place so I dont keep repeating myself (badly) all the time. This is my work-in-progress introduction to the Project
What is TorrentBoy?
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TorrentBoy: Zombie World! (9 to go!)
1889.ca on Wed 25 Mar 2009 at 9:53 AM
Today were officially launching TorrentBoy: Zombie World!, my first chapter book for kids! Put simply, its about a plot to take over the world by turning everyone into zombies, and only a super hero
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Wanted: Nitpickers for Animated Project
1889.ca on Mon 23 Mar 2009 at 12:11 PM
I am prepping to start production on a new animated property (that I personally find more exciting than anything else Ive ever done), but before I move ahead, I need to recruit a few nitpickers. Peop
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RollBots Recap: 106 “Inside Outside Upside Down”
1889.ca on Sat 21 Mar 2009 at 4:30 AM
Every week, I’m going to try and give you some inside information about episodes of RollBots, so you can see the things that went into producing each story. You should probably watch the episode fi
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1st Month Postmortem: Poke of the Titans
1889.ca on Thu 19 Mar 2009 at 1:35 PM
Normally Id wait for the month to be over before doing one of these, but next week is probably going to be hectic, and I dont want to forget about it. Also, things are looking pretty consistent, so I
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ThinkGeek Alert!
1889.ca on Tue 17 Mar 2009 at 12:44 PM
Just in case you were waiting for a better place to buy The Pig and the Box, I give you the highlight of my month: you can buy my book on ThinkGeek!
This week is full of teh suck, but it is starting to
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RollBots Recap: 105 “The Koto Protocol”
1889.ca on Sat 14 Mar 2009 at 4:30 AM
Every week, I’m going to try and give you some inside information about episodes of RollBots, so you can see the things that went into producing each story. You should probably watch the episode fi
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Promote RollBots Results
1889.ca on Thu 12 Mar 2009 at 8:22 AM
Its been an intense few weeks, but the Promote RollBots results are finally in! What Im going to do here is put the winners out in order of hits delivered, but without names (since I actually dont kn
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Programming Note: Promote RollBots News Coming Soon!
1889.ca on Thu 12 Mar 2009 at 7:55 AM
Just a quick update to tell you therell be an update later today I am tabulating the Promote RollBots numbers and will be ready to announce winners later today. Stay tuned!
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RollBots Special: Making Vertex
1889.ca on Sat 07 Mar 2009 at 3:30 AM
Since today is re-run day for RollBots (and BTW, were apparently airing two more times per week now, so you have extra opportunities to catch up on your episodes!) I thought I would use todays post t
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The Green Chain in Vancouver!
1889.ca on Fri 06 Mar 2009 at 8:09 AM
Hey Vancouverites! Starting March 6 (which is today, FYI), The Green Chain is playing at the 5th Avenue Cinemas. It was written and directed by Mark Leiren-Young, the fantastic writer of many RollB
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Q&A With MeiLin Miranda
1889.ca on Wed 04 Mar 2009 at 6:16 AM
Yesterday, Wil Wheaton wrote a post about self-publishing resources, and mentioned my Fixing the Pig Book Model article, but also attracted a very interesting group of commenters who added a lot to the
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Fixing the Pig Book Model
1889.ca on Mon 02 Mar 2009 at 6:16 AM
This post somewhat depends on my breakdown of the Pig book, but you can read it independently too. Ill be covering some ideas that should make sense either way.
I realize that many blogs have posts a
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1st Month Postmortem: Pig and the Box
1889.ca on Mon 02 Mar 2009 at 6:15 AM
Part of the fun of trying something new is finding out what fails. This year, Im getting 12 cracks at something new, so I want to make sure I can help other people out there learn from my mistakes.
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Events in Victoria
07 Sep 2010
Cut Offs -Theme Party- Jeremy Baker (The Zone), Arowbe of Times Neue Roman, Dj Nigel at Lucky Bar
3:30 PM
MAX & RUBY LIVE at Royal Theatre
6:30 PM
MAX & RUBY LIVE at Royal Theatre
7:00 PM
SEBASTIAN BRITNEFF at The Superior
08 Sep 2010
Victoria Welsh Society presents: Cor Godre'r Aran, Welsh Male Voice Choir at Alix Goolden Hall
Rock Island Ramblers at Hermann's Jazz Club
