Tag Archives: Hugo Awards

Interlude: Hugos 2018: Once More Unto the Breach

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 45. 97,293 words. I was delighted to see that some of my contributions had made it into the final farewell newsletter from the Helsinki Worldcon people. Here, for anyone who missed out on the newsletter, is my reminiscence-story. Well … Continue reading →

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What I Did On My Holidays, 2017-2018, Day 11 (Part 2)

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 42. 92,330 words. This turned out to be a busier day than anticipated what with that luggage anecdote from yesterday, so I decided screw it, I’m splitting them into separate entries and pre-writing myself a relaxing weekend. There’s also … Continue reading →

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Hugos (my last post on the subject for the time being because I just gave my last fuck)

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 35. 30 pages, 14,732 words. Shit, I have no time for anything in-depth now, I’m going to enjoy my weekend as much as possible. The Hugo finalists are now up for election by Worldcon members. I had a moment … Continue reading →

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Herding cats

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 32. 28 pages, 13,629 words. No time today, on account of a pointless meeting at lunchtime where I have to sit and painfully guide engineers to the realisation that they need to tell me what they’ve done if they … Continue reading →

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Bring a human

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 30. 23 pages, 11,232 words. Completely ran out of time and energy today, after crashing hard last night and feeling utterly unrecovered this morning. But hey, looks like I managed to ramp up enough to write a solid Chucky … Continue reading →

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*blows raspberry, goes back to writing books*

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Hatboy

Day 10. 65 pages, 31,823 words. Well, I didn’t make the short-list for the Hugo Awards, not that I really had any sort of realistic hope of doing so with my tiny readership and the tiny fraction thereof who are … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Hugo Nominations

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Hatboy

I’ve talked about the Hugo Awards before. Sure, it’s a microcosm of why democracy is a mess. The person with the best information network wins, plain and simple. Trying to break up the wall of text here. This year, the … Continue reading →

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Interlude: The road to the Hugos

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Hatboy

So, let’s begin the campaign. In 2016 and the beginning of 2017 (Human was published 2017 but copyright 2016, so it counts), I published four books that are eligible for a Best Novel nomination: Blaran, Andrew Hindle, CreateSpace/Amazon Molran, Andrew Hindle, … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Gearing up

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Hatboy

Aaarrrrrggghh. Okay, I’m officially dropping the idea of hardcovers until someone can suggest a place to me that isn’t complete shit or a giant scam. Getting ready for Human to go live on Friday the 13th (that’s this Friday, people!), … Continue reading →

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Monday Status

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Hatboy

Ahhh. Back on the old rig. Sad to say, this might be the best time (loss of irreplaceable writing-wise) for my computer to crap out on me and need replacing. I’m backing up as often as I can, but the … Continue reading →

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