Comments for Alastair Mayer's T-Space http://www.alastairmayer.com and other universes Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on COSine 2012 this weekend by Alastair http://www.alastairmayer.com/2012/01/cosine-2012-this-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-2128 Alastair Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:36:45 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=746#comment-2128 Indeed we did. See the next post. ;-) Indeed we did. See the next post. ;-)

]]> Comment on COSine 2012 this weekend by Brad R. Torgersen http://www.alastairmayer.com/2012/01/cosine-2012-this-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-2122 Brad R. Torgersen Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:25:24 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=746#comment-2122 Well, I hope you check your e-mail at some point, because we both got some great news. (g) Well, I hope you check your e-mail at some point, because we both got some great news. (g)

]]> Comment on Running the numbers, prices then and now. by Alastair http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/12/running-the-numbers-prices-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Alastair Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:29:21 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=742#comment-1946 Heh, that's not a bad idea. Thanks for the suggestion! Heh, that’s not a bad idea. Thanks for the suggestion!

]]> Comment on Running the numbers, prices then and now. by allynh http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/12/running-the-numbers-prices-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 allynh Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:23:03 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=742#comment-1942 You mentioned putting together collections of your flash fiction. Fill a volume, publish it, preview a big chunk of the book. Don't worry about offering free stories on your site. When people preview the collection, they will be able to read all the stories in the front for free. That way you give people a good sample without running into problems with Amazon seeing a "free" copy somewhere and dropping the price of your book on Kindle. It's the best of both worlds. HA! You mentioned putting together collections of your flash fiction.

Fill a volume, publish it, preview a big chunk of the book. Don’t worry about offering free stories on your site. When people preview the collection, they will be able to read all the stories in the front for free. That way you give people a good sample without running into problems with Amazon seeing a “free” copy somewhere and dropping the price of your book on Kindle.

It’s the best of both worlds. HA!

]]> Comment on New story in the October Analog by Alastair http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/07/new-story-in-the-october-analog/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Alastair Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:16:18 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=698#comment-1677 Daniel, thank <i>you</i> for your kind words, I'm glad that you and your wife enjoyed the story. (I suspected I was on to something when I let my wife and kids read the first draft and they were all laughing out loud. In fact my son Robert -- not Isaac, I have twin boys Arthur and Robert -- suggested the Tardis line.) And, let me apologize for the delay in approving your comment and responding to it. Things have been hectic here of late with deadlines and the like. Daniel, thank you for your kind words, I’m glad that you and your wife enjoyed the story. (I suspected I was on to something when I let my wife and kids read the first draft and they were all laughing out loud. In fact my son Robert — not Isaac, I have twin boys Arthur and Robert — suggested the Tardis line.)

And, let me apologize for the delay in approving your comment and responding to it. Things have been hectic here of late with deadlines and the like.

]]> Comment on New story in the October Analog by Daniel Vejil http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/07/new-story-in-the-october-analog/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Daniel Vejil Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:17:21 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=698#comment-1616 Alastair, Thank you very much, for tackling This problem in a story. For years (since 1989) while listening to Analog, I have found that other authors like to make objects disappear into a Parallel Universe, as an easy explanation of where something goes, when it is not under Direct Human Observation. Once I had finished the piece, I called my Wife in to give it a listen as well, and she thought that the last line in the story was the funniest one in the entire story. Without the rest of the story to explain why socks began suddenly appearing in the reversed dryer though, it wouldn't have made any sense. What A Concept! Alastair, Thank you very much, for tackling This problem in a story. For years (since 1989) while listening to Analog, I have found that other authors like to make objects disappear into a Parallel Universe, as an easy explanation of where something goes, when it is not under Direct Human Observation. Once I had finished the piece, I called my Wife in to give it a listen as well, and she thought that the last line in the story was the funniest one in the entire story. Without the rest of the story to explain why socks began suddenly appearing in the reversed dryer though, it wouldn’t have made any sense. What A Concept!

]]> Comment on New story in the October Analog by Alastair http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/07/new-story-in-the-october-analog/comment-page-1/#comment-1464 Alastair Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:29:23 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=698#comment-1464 Thanks all. Yeah Brad, the smudges look like some text was blurred out. Just got my subscription copy, it's the same. The first draft of "The Sock Problem" was a bit longer, but I decided to spare everyone the infodump on how AC motors work ;) Thanks all.

Yeah Brad, the smudges look like some text was blurred out. Just got my subscription copy, it’s the same.

The first draft of “The Sock Problem” was a bit longer, but I decided to spare everyone the infodump on how AC motors work ;)

]]> Comment on About that time machine… by The Science Fiction Dialogue, Continued… | Alex J. Kane http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/07/about-that-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 The Science Fiction Dialogue, Continued… | Alex J. Kane Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=693#comment-1426 [...] & Fact, recently picked up where I left off on the discussion of the sf genre’s future on his blog. He points to a recent scientific breakthrough in which researchers successfully created a [...] [...] & Fact, recently picked up where I left off on the discussion of the sf genre’s future on his blog. He points to a recent scientific breakthrough in which researchers successfully created a [...]

]]> Comment on New story in the October Analog by Brad R. Torgersen http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/07/new-story-in-the-october-analog/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Brad R. Torgersen Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:28:38 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=698#comment-1425 Hah, it didn't take us long to turn a (somewhat joking) dream into reality, did it Al? "The Sock Problem" was excellent, as usual. I bow to your skill at short-short form. I wouldn't have the foggiest, trying to tell an engaging tale at that length. Nicely done. As for Hugos, well okay then, it's a date! (grin) My only issue with the current issue (I got mine yesterday too, as you say, very unexpectedly early) and I am wondering about the smudged-out lines of text in the bottom-right portion of the cover. Were there some last-minute changes that somehow had to be digitally sand-blasted off? Very curious. Hah, it didn’t take us long to turn a (somewhat joking) dream into reality, did it Al? “The Sock Problem” was excellent, as usual. I bow to your skill at short-short form. I wouldn’t have the foggiest, trying to tell an engaging tale at that length. Nicely done. As for Hugos, well okay then, it’s a date! (grin)

My only issue with the current issue (I got mine yesterday too, as you say, very unexpectedly early) and I am wondering about the smudged-out lines of text in the bottom-right portion of the cover. Were there some last-minute changes that somehow had to be digitally sand-blasted off? Very curious.

]]> Comment on New story in the October Analog by Debs http://www.alastairmayer.com/2011/07/new-story-in-the-october-analog/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Debs Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:06:24 +0000 http://www.alastairmayer.com/?p=698#comment-1424 Congratulations, Alastair. <i>Analog</i> is a wonderful venue. Congratulations, Alastair. Analog is a wonderful venue.

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