by Jason Fischer | Mar 19, 2012 | Announcement, Pimping, Publication
Over at Ticonderoga Publications, the cover-art for my upcoming short story collection “Everything is a Graveyard” has just been revealed. This artwork comes courtesy of the talented Jason Paulos, the chap who is also responsible for my “After the World” covers. The astute might notice a pranged Torana, a gun-toting feral, and yes, what appears to be an enormous drop-bear…
“Everything is a Graveyard” comes out in October 2013, and I’m currently doing my best to make sure the fiction within matches this bad-ass cover-art đ Huge thanks to Russell B Farr for making this all happen (and for the epic title font).
More info here:
http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/our-books/147-everything-is-a-graveyard/221-jason-paulos-cover-for-everything-is-a-graveyard
by Jason Fischer | Mar 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been buggerizing around with Facebook to try and use it as a Business Tool, and have just created the following author page:
https://www.facebook.com/jasonfischerauthor
Feel free to “like” and follow this, all of the public author-related stuff should end up on here. Most of my social media presence involves the propogation of bad puns and various nonsense, so this is for Teh Serious. My normal account is of a private/personal nature, so this is your best bet for stuff related solely to my writing (although the writing stuff should appear on both). I’m hoping to get the blog posts mirrored onto this page too, though I’m a luddite and it’s bound to go wrong đ
by Jason Fischer | Mar 16, 2012 | Pimping
Once again, the Aussie SF awards season bears down on us, much like a time-travelling hyper-intelligent diprotodon. It could be establishing a beach-head for a megafauna invasion, but it’s much more comforting to imagine this hippo-sized wombat is merely visiting. Perhaps to sample the local genre writing, nominate its favourite reads from 2011, and perhaps convince the Parliament of Ancient Marsupials that our culture is worth preserving.
“Don’t worry, I’m totally legit” – Drusilla, the Ditmar Diprotodon
 Nominations have just opened for the 2012 Ditmar Awards, Australia’s version of the Hugos. Until May 13th, “natural persons active in fandom, or from full or supporting members of the national convention of the year of the award” can submit nominations in the various categories. Sorry Drusilla. It’s probably for the best that the megafauna are exempt from this process (unless they sign up for the Natcon, which seems a handy loophole) .
Nomination forms are here: http://ditmars.sf.org.au/2012/nominations.html
Ditmar rules are here: http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules
And a staggeringly huge list of potential nominees can be found here, with the caveat that some of the listings might not be valid or in the correct categories: http://wiki.sf.org.au/2012_Ditmar_eligibility_list
In keeping with the ancient traditions of fandom (according to microfiche brought to the present day by Drusilla the Ditmar Diprotodon), here is a list of my eligible work. For information only, you should of course only nominate the people and works from 2011 that most rocked your socks.
Best Novella/Novelette:
After the World: Corpus Christi (After the World #4, Black House Comics)
Best Short Story:
A Clockwork Arthur (After the World #3, Black House Comics)
Eating Gnashdal (Anywhere But Earth, Couer De Lion)
Hunting Rufus (Midnight Echo #5, AHWA)
Goggy (Midnight Echo #5, AHWA)
‘Twas a quiet year at Fisch Industries, but in my defence I was writing lots of novel and novella length things đ If you want to read any of these works, send me a message/email/carrier pigeon and I’ll do my best to hook you up.
Rock the vote!
by Jason Fischer | Mar 11, 2012 | Pimping
A couple of weeks ago, the authors involved in Steven Savile’s “Viral” series got together over Skype to discuss the books. The result can now be heard over at the Chronic Rift podcast. It was great fun to discuss how the concept came about, and how we all grabbed a different viewpoint to explore the same idea. “Viral” is geared mainly towards fans of political and military thrillers, so if you’re into fast-paced,  foot-to-the-floor fiction, these are the books for you.
Of some interest is the fact that book one (“Viral: -30-“) is now comfortably within the top #100 best sellers on the Nook, #23 in the stonkingly massive Thriller category, and is now #2 in the Military category. Colour me GOBSMACKED. The Viral series is still exclusive via Barnes and Noble; in about a month it will open up to other markets so I’ll keep the Kindle readers amongst you posted đ
Interview page is here: http://www.chronicrift.com/node/1856
And the actual sound-file of the interview can be saved via this link: http://m.podshow.com/media/23007/episodes/312095/chronicrift-312095-03-10-2012.mp3
by Jason Fischer | Mar 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
This week Australia lost one of its bravest genre writers to cancer, Paul Haines. Today friends and colleagues from all over the country are flying in to his funeral, and his passing has left a massive hole in the local SF landscape. Despite his often brutal and unforgiving fiction, he was equal parts hilarious and lovely. Paul’s star was extinguished way too soon. In his writing, he never pulled a punch, and it’s almost criminal that such a rotten disease has stolen one of our best talents.
The folks at Thirteen O’Clock have put together a retrospective of his career and considerable achievements.
http://www.thirteenoclock.com.au/the-definitive-paul-haines/
His livejournal documents his tough and often heartbreaking journey:
http://paulhaines.livejournal.com/
RIP you crazy bastard đ
