John G. Hartness

@johnhartness.bsky.social

Writer, publisher, editor, Magic nerd, comic geek. I run Falstaff Books, an independent genre press in North Carolina. www.falstaffbooks.com

This week I gave myself the week off editing to write. I've managed ten chapters and close to 4K per day on average. Next week I'm back to editing, but hope I can at least keep up half that pace. If so, I might finish this next Harker novel this spring.

Happy Book Birthday to C.L. McCollum! Her first novel, 13 County Road 666 releases today - a disaster bisexual woman managing a trailer park full of cryptids solving a mystery?!? Fans of Bubba the Monster Hunter will LOVE this book. I definitely do! falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/13-...

13 County Road 666 ebook

Note - This is a preorder ebook. This title will release on March 6, 2025 and ebooks will deliver then.  It’s the full moon again, and that means Melanie Smithson’s job just got a lot harder. She’s go...

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Reminder that I am available for developmental edits. I have openings in March, April, and June. My standard rate is 1.5 cents per word, but that is negotiable for presses or experienced, multi-published authors. Feel free to hit me up if interested.

This whole Trump/Zelensky Oval Office BS reminds me of a time I was called into a meeting with an electrical contractor to negotiate work on a project. Except I wasn't. I was called in there because the contractor waspissed off at me and wanted to yell at me face to face.

I'm back! It's been a hell of a year so far with two cataract surgeries and a "minor procedure" to correct some afib that they found during the second eyeball poking. It's always minor when it happens to somebody else, right?!? I'm recovering well and back to my normal shitposting and cat worship.

We publish some really fucking good books. I just finished reading one - a badass heist novel that morphs into a space opera into a milSF book back into a heist novel with a spicy af sex scene in there, too. The Starlight Contingency by Kyoko M. is a kickass book! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DL3RL7CN

The Starlight Contingency

The Starlight Contingency - Kindle edition by M., Kyoko. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Starlight Contingency.

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Had an interesting meeting and then an interesting phone call regarding film rights and adaptations today. Don't know if anything will come of either convo, but it's nice to feel like there's interest in my work by other people. :)

Trans people deserve better than this. They deserve dignity, autonomy, and the same freedom as anyone else to be who they are. We as a culture have failed them, and until Trans folks are free to make their own choices, none of us are.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Well this was nice. We pivoted our social media focus to YouTube this year due to the impending TT ban, and even though it's back, we're steering clear for now, so gaining traction on our YT channel is very gratifying. The channel is 15 years old, but we haven't been consistent with it until now.

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I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Mountain Dew, incoherent rage, and cats.

Cass Morris@cassmorriswrites.com · 2y ago

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by cold brew and cabernet sauvignon.