John Passarella Author Blog

• AMC, Sony reach deal for 'Breaking Bad' finale – Yahoo! News
  http://t.co/g9h6fXm #
• BlackBerry Bold 9900 Review http://t.co/mYL1knu #
• Amazon Publishing Signs Timothy Ferriss "It was a question of what future
  of
  publishing I want to embrace." http://t.co/uj9afF8 #
• CrackBerry Contest: Win your choice of FREE BlackBerry 7 Smartphone! http://t.co/Lp8Gpoy #
• Once again, truth is stranger (and more horrifying) than fiction:
  Brain-eating amoebas blamed in three deaths – CNN.com http://t.co/RGojO2W #
• Loved James Gunn's SUPER, but it's definitely not for everyone. Hilarious,
  shocking, violent & moving. Not for the faint of heart. #
• Avoiding Firefox 6 upgrade prompt. Every time I upgrade FF, I lose half my plug-ins for weeks! May migrate to Chrome… #
• Supernatural Stages Buffy Reunion With Charisma Carpenter and James
  Marsters
  – TVLine http://t.co/0NMbuYL #
• Disney Donates $500K and Eight Million Books to First Book
  http://t.co/ffLFeLA #
• Cancelled @Netflix b4 next billing cycle. Exit survey had options for cancelling, but NOT the one I would've checked: impending price hike. #
• @drewtru Yeah, but the problem is I use some daily but after a FF upgrade, I lose these tools for days or weeks. Got Google toolbar working. #
• @drewtru Not sure how to do that. Link? #
• @drewtru Thanks! #

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• Apple, publishers conspired against $9.99 Amazon e-books, says lawsuit http://t.co/wzrGqEo #
• Looks like Italian readers will have a new edition of WITHER to read soon from Gargoyle Books: http://t.co/8epyt1D http://t.co/ImLYl36 #
• Remember that computer game from the 80s, Lemmings? Big fans on Wall Street. #
• Will Amazon Color Tablets Target Apple This Year? — InformationWeek http://t.co/XxVmj0Q #
• Thinking of selling my (not even) 2-mo-old Roku XDS (at half price: i.e., $50 + S&H) to upgrade to the 2nd Gen. Any takers? #
• @SkipNovak Go here: http://t.co/CUls9rt (video streaming, wifi or Ethernet for Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc) #

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• Just set up my Google+ account, getting up to speed. (Thanks for the invite, Nathan!) #
• The $2.99 sale price for SHIMMER (Kindle) set to expire SOON. Save 25% now before it reverts to $3.99. http://t.co/u9CBxLQ #
• Finished my re-watch of Firefly (w/ the family); now re-watching Serenity. #
• @jessicamcminn How was ComicCon? #
• Television: Could Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story do for horror what Glee did for musicals? – @io9 http://t.co/9z4GHYH #
• Last chance for $2.99 Kindle SHIMMER. I submitted $3.99 price change. May take day or 2 before price bump takes effect. http://t.co/u9CBxLQ #
• Check out this article on @BuddyTV, "The CW Adds Extra Episodes of 'Supernatural,' 'Gossip Girl' and More". http://t.co/qrjDbNI #
• @jessicamcminn Sounds like fun. We visited San Diego once and loved the weather there. Buy More set, right? #

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• E-books Rapidly Increasing in Reading Groups http://t.co/oDtLQh1 via @publisherswkly #
• Pleasant post-vacation-week surprise: New Agent Pendergast novel COLD VENGEANCE comes out TUES, AUG 2! http://t.co/YDQFVcT #
• @kelios Yeah, I heard (read) bad things about the Gideon novel so avoided it. Pendergast novels are a lot of fun. #
• @kelios Hmmm… trunk novel, maybe? Although I think I saw a sequel is out soon. Or, at least advertised. #

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• Authors Guild: Google Lawsuit Update: Judge Urges Swift Action, Sets Sept. 15 for Conference http://t.co/3tmLP0H #
• The Supernatural anime series translates perfectly – @io9 http://t.co/oEeu1SM #
• AAP Monthly Sales Report: Digital Climbs 147% http://t.co/RTEkTp2 via @publisherswkly #
• Do Authors Dream of Electric Book Signings? Kindlegraph Hopes So http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/JQMRUMdoK5I/ #
• TechCrunch Giveaway: 8 Seattle Facebook T-Shirts And An Amazon Kindle #TechCrunch via @techcrunch http://t.co/6chRRP1 #

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• If I can get caught up on several web design projects maybe, just maybe, I'll have time to get back to writing my novelette… #
• Received Supernatural: Night Terror final cover & typeset PDF. Books due in 4-6 wks. Debuts SEPT 13th! http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• Game Of Thrones Book 5, A Dance with Dragons, lists for $35! http://t.co/HGltUHo (Alternate title: A Wallop For Wallets) #
• @kelios Need to contact artist who did novelette pic, discuss kickstarter. Haven't had time. Need to review contract permissions as well! #
• @kelios I think it's officially too late to make changes, so I hope they got all the ones I sent in the last round. #
• Gene Hackman's Western novel is a good yarn – http://t.co/eOx168D (Cool for Gene. I read over 50 Louis L'Amour novels back in the day.) #
• Congrats to "Use my name in Supernatural: Night Terror" winners. Mailing your agreement letters to my editor THURS! http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• Checking out (aka listening to) Spotify while I work. #
• @fpaulwilson – I'm really looking forward to The Dark At The End, which seems like an odd thing to say, but… http://t.co/uM3G6hC #

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• If anybody has a Google+ invite they can fire my way, I'd appreciate it. From what I've read, it works the way I need social to work. #
• Crowdfunding: When the Publisher Doesn’t Cover the Creator’s Expenses http://t.co/izp3JIv #
• @kelios DM me your real/full name and I'll check. I didn't use all the names I received… Did use a bunch though. #
• Today would have been my father's 78th birthday. Always a time for reflection… #
• Win a BlackBerry Bold 9900 in Our July Rewards Contest! @BerryReview http://t.co/gfGut1K #
• Please let me win the Trek Madone with Dura-Ace in the @RoadID July Giveaway. I could really use that bike. http://t.co/Rh1xC45 #

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• BuddyTV Slideshow | 47 Reasons to Celebrate the Existence of Joss Whedon http://t.co/1NA557h (Thanks, Slayerlit!) #
• Pew: Adoption Of E-Readers Doubles In 6 Months, Bigger Than Tablets http://t.co/2WP9ASj via @techcrunch #
• Contest: Tell us the 20 apps you'd like to see come to the PlayBook and you could win 1 of 2 FREE BlackBerry PlayBooks! http://t.co/aMukzfd #
• Clive Barker Presents: The Sickness – A Trailer with Bite by Mark — Kickstarter http://t.co/0gufQRE #
• On a bug hunt: typos & grammar gaffes. Last chance review of typeset PDF of Supernatural: Night Terror: http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• Down to the last 80 pages in my review of typeset Supernatural: Night Terror manuscript. Hope to finish today! http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• One last chapter to review in typeset Supernatural: Night Terror! Caught enough typos to make the job worthwhile. http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• Ahh… Finished & turned in Supernatural: Night Terror typeset ms. corrections 3 days early. Bring on the unencumbered holiday weekend! #
• @JonathanMaberry September 13, 2011. By coincidence, the same day the 6th season Blu-Ray hits stores. #
• @newenglishwoman Thanks! I hope all the fans of the show enjoy it. I certainly had a blast writing it. #
• @JonathanMaberry Thanks. It's my first tie-in since '04. Lot of fun. #
• @moika22 Thanks! Happy 4th to you as well. #
• Trying to come up with a good name for my forthcoming fiction collection. Ideas…? #
• @JohnPaulAllen Ha! Or… Oprah Wouldn't Touch These Tales #

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• John Locke Hits 1 Million on the Kindle http://t.co/aJ8b1ec via @publisherswkly #
• @jacobhaddon Any free channels you can recommend for the Roku? #
• @jacobhaddon I got it primarily for Netflix, for HD. Our Wii only gets SD for Netflix. Wanted to try other channels too. #
• Barnes & Noble larger 4Q loss than expected – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/jn1SMi #
• Cool! Supernatural Season 6 Blu-ray http://t.co/F2y3hrD debuts SEP 13, same day as my SPN novel Night Terror: http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• Amazon Acquires Ed McBain's Backlist http://t.co/sVSs9Wz (I've read a ton of McBain. Now get John D MacDonald on Kindle!) #
• E-book Advice Webcast "Price of e-book should be = or less than price of lowest-priced print format." http://t.co/DFwwR6h #
• Today's my 21st Wedding Anniversary. To celebrate, I'm dropping the Kindle price for SHIMMER to $2.99. Will post when change takes effect. #
• @johnrplatt I dropped it a dollar because I've only had 1 wife. How's that? #
• Price reduction for SHIMMER now effective, on sale for $2.99: http://t.co/u9CBxLQ #
• Pottermore Web Site to Sell E-Books in October http://t.co/pxHnbsi via @publisherswkly #
• BerryReview 4th Birthday Bash – Win a BlackBerry PlayBook! @BerryReview http://t.co/L9GHrXC (Near the end of the contest/giveaway.) #
• The Top Five Twitter Feeds for the Six Largest Publishing Houses http://t.co/cwAmdQC via @publisherswkly #

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• Reminder: Win a BlackBerry PlayBook in the BerryReview 4th Birthday Bash Contest! @BerryReview http://t.co/isbqngk #
• For Amazon Kindle: Free Audiobook – Go the F–k to Sleep http://t.co/5Jpa0K2 (read by Samuel Jackson) #
• My Supernatural: NIGHT TERROR manuscript revision? Approved! I'll see typeset PDF next. Want to order? http://t.co/9uKFW5w #
• #TravelBetter http://t.co/kf3zdP4 I've only been o/s US to CAN, but my wife's aunt & uncle are world-class travelers. I'd tap them for tips! #
• Got a Roku XDS yesterday @RokuPlayer – No power button on remote, so I assume I leave it on (home screen) when not streaming…? #
• @jacobhaddon Thx. Had me wondering. Checked FAQ, etc. #
• Darn my laptop was barely ready for prime time in 2005; now it gasps in fear when I boot it, so I want #the1stChromebook #SamsungSERIES5 #

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