Author of Expiration Day (YA/SF, Tor), writes short SFF, long HF/Crime/contemporary. Learning to edit.
Also music: singing tenor, songwriting, and chilling out.
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@asoftman
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@thegreenparty
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Teardown - like Expiration Day before it - is a book about being in a band. There's more to both, of course, but how do you convey the music and the experience of being in a band?
Here's my take on it at https://wordslayered.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/writing-books-about-bands/
He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.
Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.
Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.
The current golden age of SFF zines, 75% indie ezines, is a bubble. Ezines to break even use risky funding like not paying editors, crowdfunding, Am*zon subscriptions. Core reason why: <5% of ezine readership supports zines financially.
BCS: 0.7% of readership supports financially. (99.3% does not.) Until SFF field figures how to get more ezine readers supporting zines they read, ezines will depend on risky funding approaches (and will go under when they dry up).
Rod Hilton
Beneath Ceaseless Skies