Last weekend, I received a pair of emails informing me of separate Parsec Award nominations. Unfortunately, due to a glitch in the emails, neither of them had the info of which projects and which categories. LOL. Long story short, I discovered, thanks to Kris Mayo, that the two Parsec nominations this year were for “Transistor Rodeo” and “Things I Learned This Week.”
This marks the second year in a row I’ve been twice-nominated for two different projects and I have to say that winning for “Number One with a Bullet” last year was a highlight for me. To those of you out there who have supported my work, I’m very humbled and thankful.
As it stands, given that the Parsec rules specify I submit a sample (all samples have to have been previously published before April 30, 2008) and Things I Learned This Week actually launched just 5 days before that, I only have one episode I can submit… the very-rough-around-the edges first one. Once nominated for a single year the show cannot be nominated again so I’m choosing to withdraw my nomination for TILTW this year in the hopes that it will be recognized again in the future and I can have better material to submit and have a better chance to win.
However, it’s full speed ahead for Transistor Rodeo. I submitted my sample yesterday so it’s now in the hands of the Parsec judges. There’s a lot of talented folks nominated with me this year so no matter how far TR goes in the race it will definitely be a dogfight for best novel length story.
And to those of you other Parsec nominees, congratulations!
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The folks at TimeWellWasted.com wasted no time at all putting up a review yesterday of my OBSIDIAN story, “Nemesis”. I’m glad to say they were ensnared in my cliffhanging trap, LOL and are eager to hear part 2 (coming soon!). All I can say is that Part 2 of Nemesis is where the tension gets ratcheted up to 11 so I can’t wait to hear their reaction to it.
You can check out Time Well Wasted’s Nemesis review here.
Hey, my 7thSon:OBSIDIAN story entitled “Nemesis” is now up at JCHutchins.net. It’s a two-parter so make sure you keep an eye out for part 2, coming soon!
OBSIDIAN is a project JC’s been cooking up since last year and I was really very honored to be among the authors chosen to be part of it. I’m hoping my story an event that takes place during the blackout will take you along on that magic ride. I know I had a total blast writing and recording it. I suppose I could tell you more about the story but what would be the fun in that?
Let’s just say some secrets are best left… buried.
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According to Arthursen the Transistor Rodeo robots have started an offensive plan based upon their perception of their human encounters that now leads them to believe they’ve been attacked. What this also means, According to Arthursen, is that its probably just a matter of time before the military steps in to do something about these robots. And unfortunately that very same military has little or no idea that the energy core powering these robots is running on nuclear material. However, Cal clearly sees the recipe for disaster here and has taken off on Black Bart’s horse to do something about it. But first, he has to find the one robot with the capability to transmit data to the rest of them.
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The beauty of vacation is that it allows you to leave behind all the tiny little bits of bullshit behind so you can empty your head of the daily obligation of work, career, etc… and I have to tell you that I really needed it. I’ve been thinking about a few things lately, mostly concerning my writing and I felt like it came down to me making a few decisions on what comes next. I’m very excited to get back on the horse (so to speak) and finish Transistor Rodeo in the coming weeks and I’m super stoked about my story for J.C.’s OBSIDIAN collection. However, I think that after all that it’s come time for me to take a break from writing.
I’ve been churning out a lot of fiction over the past couple of years. A while back I did a rough count and came up with about 200K words that I’ve penned across several books in the course of about 18 months. Now, I’m starting to feel it.
A while back I made an announcement that I’d do a 3rd season of Shadow Falls entitled Shadow Falls: Book of Darkness. Unfortunately, this is going to have to be put off for a while or perhaps forever. Truth is that I’m really feeling overwhelmed by all of my other professional commitments including PCH and my new video show “Things I Learned This Week” and for the past three months I haven’t been in the right head to write horror fiction. Maybe it’s the desire to find more time for myself and my family, maybe I just need a long hiatus. What you’ve probably figured out by now is that Shadow Falls season 3 isn’t going to drop on July 4 like I originally promised. As it stands, I’m actually pretty satisfied with the way that Badlands left off. We’ll see… but for now, consider it shelved.
After hearing Arthursen’s crazy plan to use the robot’s apparent ability to elude capture as a way to sell his programming knowledge to the highest bidder, no matter what country that may be, Cal has escaped and is now on the run from the thug driver who carted him there and intends to drag him back and comply with the scientist’s wishes. But the situation may have slipped beyond any of their control as the robots have apparently shut Arthursen out of their system. Daisy, Dean and Lee however are trying to outrun the robots in the police cruiser Lee, um, borrowed and are nervously watching in the rear view mirror as the Calbot and his posee close the gap on their mechanical horses.
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July 19, 2008 
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