http://nomediakings.org There's more than one way to play the publishing game. Mon, 12 May 2008 18:08:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The lo-fi sci-fi movie I wrote and co-produced last year is now coming out as a DVD, complete with commentary from all seven directors with DIY no-budget filmmaking tips and tricks. To launch it we're having a screening at the Royal Cinema, one of the last grand independent theatres in ... http://nomediakings.org/vidz/infest_wisely_now_on_dvd.html There was a GTA4 bit recently on Conan O'Brien that made me think the writers might have watched my 2003 My Trip to Liberty City. http://nomediakings.org/outtasite_links/link_conan_obriens_tribute_to_my_trip.html Locus is a collaboration between two small independent publishers in Melbourne, aduki independent press and Vignette Press, run by Emily and Lisa. They got together to run market stalls (and now also a blog) because they knew doing it with a friend would be more enjoyable than going it alone. ... http://nomediakings.org/books/selling_your_wares_16_tabling_tips_.html My comic, it appears. 2008's Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, Junot Díaz, was asked what he was reading for pleasure and he named my and Salgood's graphic novel Therefore Repent! "It's completely nuts," he said, which is pretty close to what the Quill and Quire guy said ("unhinged"). Seems there's a ... http://nomediakings.org/books/what_pulitzer_prize_winners_are_reading.html En route to my favourite SF convention Wiscon, I'm doing a launch/signing at my favourite zine store Thurs. May 22, 7pm: Quimby's. Should be especially neat as Chicago is where the book is set. Jef Smith from Think Galactic will be doing a Q&A with me. Maybe we'll go for ... http://nomediakings.org/uncategorized/chicago_launch_for_therefore_repent.html I'm moderating a panel on writing and publishing genre fiction at the library with Emily Pohl-Weary (Strange Times at Western High), Kristyn Dunnion (Big Big Sky) and Paul Hong (Your Love is Murder, or The Case of the Mangled Pie). Eatonville Branch (430 Burnhamthorpe Rd., Toronto), 416-394-5270. Tuesday, April 29, 7pm. Free. http://nomediakings.org/uncategorized/panel_on_writing_genre_fiction.html The last round of the Artsy Games Incubator was really good -- we had a longer run (meeting weekly for six weeks) than the first round, and we all ended up making videogames worth showing. So we're doing an open house at the Mobile Experience Lab at 52 McCaul St. ... http://nomediakings.org/events/hang_out_with_game_makers.html For those who've attributed my recent silence to Sidney, she's only part of the cause. I've also been doing a gig for OCAD recently -- The Mobile Experience Lab was looking to showcase some of the cell phone technologies they'd developed over the past two years in public spaces. ... http://nomediakings.org/writing/strange_grange.html I'm dropping prices on all my books, some up to 50%. Buy 3 books, get a free No Media Kings t-shirt! Check out the dealz in the store. http://nomediakings.org/outtasite_links/quickie_crazy_cheap_books.html Therefore Repent! is on the Canadian top ten graphic novel bestseller list, and Salgood's been doing a great job of blogging about the reviews TR!s been getting as well as listing where it's available. http://nomediakings.org/outtasite_links/link_therefore_repent_on_top_10.html