Maker: Write newsletter; resume HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT. Manager: Finish transcribing HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT (8p remaining). Marketer: Rough out a promo stack, probably? Today’s image is… OK, look, I’ve developed this, you know. Habit. Of — so, Chinese, right? China is not the greatest place to be LGBTQ+, and it’s been hard not to notice that all the… Continue reading Work week 2023-02-26
Tag: Tom King
Automating income… ?
For context: Clarkesworld Magazine, one of the best-regarded short fiction outlets for science fiction and fantasy, closed submissions Monday due to a flood of bot-generated spam. I’m not as confident about the last line as OP, but it sure seems plausible. If it’s correct, though… maybe it’s self-correcting? Email spam works because you can email… Continue reading Automating income… ?
The wicked flee when none pursueth
Tom King and Bilquis Evely’s SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW wears its TRUE GRIT conceit lightly, which serves it just as well; Supergirl was never going to be a particularly credible stand-in for Rooster Cogburn, and King doesn’t try to force it. Instead, he lets the book be about a friendship between a young woman and… Continue reading The wicked flee when none pursueth
The coffee’s old. Tastes like tin.
I hoovered up Tom King and Greg Smallwood’s HUMAN TARGET in an afternoon. I’ve been a fan of everything King’s written since I read THE VISION last year… but I wasn’t really aware of Smallwood at all, and the art in HUMAN TARGET just floored me on every page. Stephanie Hans’ work in DIE is… Continue reading The coffee’s old. Tastes like tin.