I am the co-host and creator of "The Science Fiction Show" podcast with my good friends Keith Houin and Michael Wistock. Join us each Friday for a look at all things Sci-Fi in the world of pop culture, TV, film and more. How? Easy! 
Battlespace Anthology
My Science Fiction Show crew and I have started reading submissions for "Battlespace." Goal is to have them read and decided upon by April 6. Thanks to everyone who submitted.Short Story Acceptance
My short story, "The Lives Magda Made," was accepted into the horror anthology, "No Rest for the Wicked" from Rainstorm Press. The book is due out in May 2012.Humor Columns
Last Train into Dushanbe (music)
[audioplay title="Last Train into Dushanbe"]http://www.jasontudor.com/wp-content/uploads/Jason-Tudor-Last-Train-into-Dushanbe.mp3[/audioplay] I tend to write in a lot of different directions. Writing lyrics (and music) are two of those directions. I don’t do that often, but I got an idea in my head and had to run with it. You can listen to it on the player above. These are the first song lyrics I’ve written and the first time I’ve written in some time. I also wrote the tune to accompany the lyrics. This tune …
Kicking Caffeine
There were cases of it. Flimsy thin cardboard shells holding gleaming blue cans of the drink of the next generation. The first few times 14-year-old me hung out with my friend, I noticed he and his mother kept cases of the stuff on the floor. Never regularly a soda drinker, as my friend and I grew closer, I visited more often and started drinking more and more. Eventually, I got hooked on it. Throughout my military career (about 22 years), I guzzled …
The demise of the virtual small book seller?
I recently read about the demise of a company that makes an eBook reader. That company, BeamItDown software, made a product called iFlowReader. The company is going to stop making the reader. Why? “We cannot survive selling books at a loss and so we are forced to go out of business. We bet everything on Apple and iOS and then Apple killed us by changing the rules in the middle of the game.” The rule change came when Apple decided …
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Can Caps Bump Bookstore Patronage?
It could also mean a return of the patrons to the books stores. With less Internet to be surfed and excessive fees to be charged should you bust that monthly cap, users could be more retticent about gulping new data via WiFi on their iPads and home computers and more time touching, feeling and experiencing what lies beyond that.
Writing: Unfamiliar Territory is Fine by Me
Don’t be afraid to write about what interests you, even if you don’t have a lot knowledge about it. There are books and search engines and websites and people and initiative that can help you get there.
How Can I Help You Market Your Book?
So, in our interconnected, blogged, Facebooked, Twittered world, I’d like you to tell me how I can help you monetize your efforts and what gets people to ‘add to cart’ your work?
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Tagged branding, Facebook, lulu, marketing, publishing, self-publishing, twitter, writing
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