John Passarella Author Blog

• 500-year-old book surfaces in Utah – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/ijUjsK #
• B and N Nook Color Update brings Apps and Flash: http://t.co/LKGsvH5 via @engadget #
• Penguin Launches Book Country, An Online Community for Genre Fiction (Publishers Weekly) #
• RIP Typewriters: Last Mfgr Closes http://on.mash.to/gJVzIF (Taught me to touch type, but I often cursed my typewriters!) #
• Cue Happy Dance… The CW renews 'Supernatural,' and 4 more shows! EW.com #
• @DarkWoofer I'm really enjoying it. And I've had the opportunity to read scripts several weeks ahead while writing my SPN book. #
• @DarkWoofer Another benefit is that my Supernatural book won't fall into a black hole like Monolith did after Angel was cancelled! #
• Listen'g to Rolling Stone stream of Stevie Nicks' new album. Love what she's done w/ Poe's Annabel Lee #
• Massive thanks again to @crackberry – today I received the Blackberry Playbook I won in their launch day contest #
• Perfect timing! AT&T releases OS 6 for my Blackberry model (Bold 9700) today – same day I receive my free Playbook #
• @1to1Discovery First T'storms stopped me. Now I'm trying to get my BB back on track after upgrading the to OS 6. Then – PLAYBOOK! #
• @1to1Discovery Amazon promised a Playbook Kindle app at launch, but nothing yet. I want that. And a Netflix streaming app. To start… #
• @MarryOhotnicky3 I'll check it out. I heard Netflix web streaming won't work on Playbook anymore, thus the need for an app. Thx. #
• @1to1Discovery Unboxed! Has "new car" smell. Set up network w/ WPS. Downloading 287MB update now. Keyboard has click feedback. #
• @1to1Discovery I have Netflix on my ipod touch; thought it would be that much better on bigger Playbook screen. #
• @MarryOhotnicky3 How can you see what kind of movie database they have? Not clear from "How It Works" section…? #
• @1to1Discovery We use Wii for Netflix on TV. Okay quality. Not HD. Thought about Roku but only have 1 HDMI port on our set. #
• PlayBook: Logged into my amazon cloud player. Works fine! Need to change PB mode to showcase so I could run in background. #
• @1to1Discovery Auto-Pairing w/ my Bold didn't work. Had to do manual pairing. Got BB Bridge OTA since AT&T hasn't released it. It's working. #
• @1to1Discovery Unfortunately, our BluRay preceded the ubiquitous Netflix enabled models. #
• @1to1Discovery The stereo speakers are WOW on the PlayBook. 🙂 #
• @1to1Discovery Supposedly a standalone on-board email/contact app is coming by summer. Also aMail is awaiting approval (3rd party email app) #
• @1to1Discovery I'm not sure if I should leave Bridge connected continually or not. Accelerated battery drain on either side…? #
• Playbook: Trying Xfinity's Play Now feature. Doesn't like the browser it detects. Trying anyway. Seems… stuck. #
• Tried another Xfinity play-now video on the PlayBook and it's working. Cool! #
• Mixed results w/ Xfinity Play Now on PlayBook. Game/Thrones protests browser; Smallville worked. Multiple providers feeding Comcast hub? #

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• KINDRED SPIRIT (my standalone paranormal thriller) now available for Kindle at $7.99: http://amzn.to/hATm4p #
• @kelios Kindred mass market's been out of print for a while. The trade paperback (POD) is overpriced, so good ebook price is important. #
• @kelios I'd love to have mass market still be available. Never had opportunity to buy extra copies for myself. Kayleighbug might have some. #
• @kelios Cool. I sent them in a while ago and wasn't sure if they still had any. #
• @kelios Yes. Very good. #
• @crackberrykevin Email is on the way. Thanks! I kept reading the announcement over & over. Had to pinch myself! #
• @KimonoGurl Thanks. Frankly, I'm stunned. Last time I won a contest (and not nearly as cool) was in the mid 80s?? #
• @Loreburne Thanks. I can't stop smiling. #
• and the Winner of CrackBerry's BlackBerry PlayBook Twitter Contest is…. http://t.co/DCucYOM #
• @Mommy3G Thanks! #
• RIP Elisabeth Sladen. Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen were my Doctor Who experience growing up. (Now my wife and kids are fans.) #
• Amazon To Bring Ebook Lending to Local Libraries http://t.co/zBjpt8s via @mashabletech @mashable #
• Uploading 12.4GB of music to my Amazon Cloud Drive. The estimated time remaining count keeps going UP. #
• @jacobhaddon Hoping I can use it with the BlackBerry Playbook I won from Crackberry.com #
• @jacobhaddon Yesterday. Blew me away. Last time I won anything was in the mid 80s. #
• @jacobhaddon Maybe. I read that the apostrophe, question mark and exclamation point aren't on top-level keyboard. #
• Warlock Writer: Interview with John Passarella (Part 2 of 2) #
• Amazon Launches Ebookstore in Germany http://on.mash.to/fV4g2q (Looks like SHIMMER is already available in the DE store.) #
• Disappointed LastPass does not grok the new Twitter login screen. #
• Twitter Campaign Tries to Save CHUCK From Cancellation – Wired.com #
• Read how I came to write a story for Bad-Ass Faeries 2 anthology: [ Find BAF 2 here: http://amzn.to/eUwMa6 ] #

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• HBO gambles on fantasy with 'Game of Thrones' – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/gpKTkR #
• @kelios I have high hopes for Game of Thrones. We'll see this weekend… #
• FIRST EVER "Donate a Book Day" is April 14: 'Donate A Book Day' is coming http://usat.ly/i6OzBE #
• @kelios Just watched a bunch of the specials last night with my son. Been years since I read a book in the series, so good memory joggers. #
• @kelios Yes. I watched the 15 first minutes as well, which shows it too. #
• Disney to Print 1.5 Million of Riordan’s ‘Throne of Fire’ #
• Publishers Weekly: E-book Sales Explode in February as Other Segments Sink #
• Finally! Price sanity. Wither, Wither's Rain and Wither's Legacy are all $7.99 for Kindle: http://amzn.to/I0CIe #
• Will HBO's Game of Thrones gamble pay off? http://on.io9.com/henwUJ #
• Read part 1 of 2 of my interview with Warlock Writer blog on writing media tie-in novels: #
• @DarkWoofer Thanks. I'm asking now that they cut the price of KINDRED SPIRIT from $14.99 to $7.99. #
• @DarkWoofer Don't know. It was $28.95 until recently, or something insane like that. #
• @DarkWoofer The initial price was based on the POD trade paperbacks that replaced the out-of-print mass market paperbacks. #

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• Follow @crackberry and RT this message for your chance to win a BlackBerry #PlayBook http://crackberry.com/win-playbook #
• Writer-director J.J. Abrams' new frontier: novels – http://yhoo.it/fs0qvZ #
• Bogged down in income tax preparation. Oh, joy… #

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• Hit the 91% mark in proof/revision of Supernatural: Night Terror: (4 days to deadline!) http://amzn.to/hrXCEV #
• Spent most of the day wrestling with a new wireless router install and two problem PCs that went into infinite reboots. #
• Dorchester Promises to Do Right by Authors (re: Keene's call for boycott) #
• I didn't see this coming. My next Wendy Ward story might be a Kayla Zanella story! But… if you've read "Blood Alone" you may know why. #

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• Ebook sales in the US double year-on-year, paper books suffer double-digit losses http://t.co/feHlHTg via @engadget #
• Working on Harlan Coben's newsletter for LIVE WIRE release (Starred Review in PW "a Perfect 10") out tomorrow: http://amzn.to/hKGpyT #
• @KevinBreaux I did my own eBooks! But my book was already out before DQB did their edition. #
• Amazon has Riordan's Kane Chronicles Vol 2 pre-order at $0.00 for Kindle! (My boys are reading this, so I ordered.) http://amzn.to/gHUry3 #
• LIVE WIRE by Harlan Coben (one of my #1 NYT bestselling author web clients) is available now: http://amzn.to/hKGpyT #
• Early readers for Supernatural: Night Terror sending typo notes. I need to start my reread/polish. 9 days to deadline! http://amzn.to/hrXCEV #
• NYC judge rejects Google books settlement – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/idFC5u #
• Authors Guild response to Google settlement news: http://tiny.cc/6xra6 #
• Looks like Firefox 4 can handle Comcast's fancast page. 3.6.15 failed. #
• Firefox 4 close to 3 million downloads #fx4 http://glow.mozilla.org/ #
• @JenEroticaFl It's the only game in town for the moment. No FiOS here. Unless I want to go back to dial-up! #
• Microsoft Sues B&N; Claims Nook Android Devices Infringe Its Patents #
• Proofed first three chapters of Supernatural: Night Terror. Need to proof at least 37 pgs/day to finish by deadline. Goal met. Sleep awaits. #
• If you are local to Clinton, NJ, the Clinton Bookstore could use your support: @ClintonBooks #
• Give SHIMMER some tag love! If you read SHIMMER, I'd appreciate it if you could confirm or add TAGS on its Amazon page: #
• About a third of the way thru my proof/revision of Supernatural: Night Terror: http://amzn.to/hrXCEV (7 days to deadline!) #
• Barry Eisler Explains Self-Publishing Decision – The Daily Beast #
• TechCrunch Giveaway: Xbox Kinect Package #TechCrunch http://t.co/R3gVupu via @techcrunch #
• About 48% of the way thru my proof/revision of Supernatural: Night Terror: http://amzn.to/hrXCEV (6 days to deadline!) #
• About 66% of the way thru my proof/revision of Supernatural: Night Terror: http://amzn.to/hrXCEV (5 days to deadline!) #
• Moving along! 75% done proof/revision of Supernatural: Night Terror: (5 days to deadline!) Hope to finish SUN. http://amzn.to/hrXCEV #

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• Down to the last 1,000 words of my manuscript for Supernatural: Night Terror! http://amzn.to/hrXCEV (Writing conclusion tomorrow.) #
• Apple Keeps Right On Approving Amazon And Netflix Updates Without In-App Payments http://t.co/IXAx6kW via @techcrunch #
• After writing 7 days/week until 4am for 58 days straight, I finished first draft of Supernatural: Night Terror: http://amzn.to/hrXCEV #
• During last 58 days writing Supernatural: Night Terror, 2 things suffered: my sleep schedule and my reading (can't recall last book I read!) #
• @1to1Discovery It's not due until APR 1, so I have time to recharge, reread, polish, etc. #
• January E-book Sales Soar, Top Hardcover, Mass Market Paperback (PW) #
• @1to1Discovery Sure. Probably April. May have a window before I get revision notes & have to get back to work on it. #
• Publishers Weekly Report: E-books Rock #
• TechCrunch Giveaway: A Motorola Xoom #TechCrunch http://t.co/kbGFgkB via @techcrunch #

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• @DarkWoofer Certainly the quietest time of day for me too. I wrote just about all of Kindred Spirit after midnight. But never THIS late. #
• I'm doing my part to get IE6 to 1% #ie6countdown #
• Wrote 2,200 words in SUPERNATURAL: NIGHT TERROR today. I'm in the home stretch for APR 1 deadline: http://amzn.to/hrXCEV #
• Kindle Post US: Resurrecting a Genre with a Dead Man #
• Had to show some love for Supernatural (tho I like Chuck too) & Dexter especially Hulu's best show on TV poll: #
• SHIMMER trade p/back price alert. Now 35% OFF at Amazon ($9.69): http://amzn.to/40xxiM (Best price I've seen!) #
• Supernatural: Night Terror ( http://amzn.to/hrXCEV ) is in the Top 100 Bestsellers in Movie Tie-Ins, Fiction at Amazon. #
• MAR 10: 14th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's debut on The WB: (Thanks, Shiai!) #
• After last night's writing session, I should be in the final 50 pages of Supernatural: Night Terror: http://amzn.to/hrXCEV (stretch run!) #
• TechCrunch Giveaway: An iPad 2 #TechCrunch http://tcrn.ch/euWYpi #
• I'm down to the last 7,500 words in Supernatural: Night Terror. But still a lot of story to tell! http://amzn.to/hrXCEV #
• The supernatural horror I write is a roller coaster ride: fun fright. Events in Japan remind me again what real horror is. #
• @moika22 Right now, things are looking good for season 7. We should know before the end of May. #
• Watch the last THE CAPE episode online now: http://www.nbc.com/the-cape/video/endgame/1313753/ #

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• Stephen King shines bright with 'Full Dark, No Stars' – USATODAY.com http://usat.ly/aHKC1P #

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• Good TV night. Tense Dexter followed by The Walking Dead. Cool move to debut on Halloween. #
• Didn't get enough zombies on Walking Dead? The Claymation zombie-killing Chainsaw Maid rises again http://on.io9.com/bHcyzM #
• Signed up for NaNoWriMo on OCT 31, but haven't written anything yet! Note taking. Might do SHIMMER sequel. Or completely new project. #
• @AgentFuture Sequel might be a stretch. Any idea what the ratings were? in reply to AgentFuture #
• @AgentFuture Cool. Wonder how many tuned in just for Felicia Day's genre cred. #
• Finally started writing a novel for NaNoWriMo.Shimmer sequel. Less than 500 words. Having a hard time turning off my inner editor. #
• Finished Maze Runner – http://amzn.to/dzanvB – Slow start but GOOD if you like YA dystopian fiction, Hunger Games, etc. Note: cliffhanger #
• @thelibrarian10 Thank you! I'm honored to be your 1st Kindle d/l. Hope you enjoy SHIMMER. I'm working on a sequel right now for NaNoWriMo. #
• NaNoWriMo: I am unable to ditch my inner editor. At least not this early in the novel-writing process. Am I doomed to NanoWriMo failure? #

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