Just got my royalty statement from Tor for the 2nd half of 2019. All told, including all formats of all three Arabella books, I have sold almost 25,000 copies as of the end of 2019.
It’s like I’m a real author or something.
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CoNZealand panel “Wild Cards as Alternate History” TOMORROW
Hey CoNZealand 2020 members! I’m doing a pre-con online panel on “Wild Cards as Alternate History” with Melinda M. Snodgrass, Max Gladstone, Carrie Vaughn, and Daniel Abraham! It’s at 1pm NZT 7/18, which in the USA is TOMORROW – Friday July 17 – at 6pm PDT or 9pm EDT. Hope to see you there! https://conzealand.nz/programme-events/programme
Arabella omnibus ebook!
Oh hey! Tor is making an omnibus ebook of The Adventures of Arabella Ashby (includes Arabella of Mars, Arabella and the Battle Of Venus, and Arabella the Traitor of Mars)! Preorder now and get all three books for just $2.99!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Arabella-Ashby-Battle-Traitor-ebook/dp/B08BKMGTNZ
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-adventures-of-arabella-ashby-david-d-levine/1137206686?ean=9781250797483
Apple: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-adventures-of-arabella-ashby/id1519798167
Kobo: Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-adventures-of-arabella-ashby
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/David_D_Levine_The_Adventures_of_Arabella_Ashby?id=W4zsDwAAQBAJ
Solving the Zoom “Virtual Background Video Could Not Be Found” error
When you add a still virtual background into Zoom, it copies the image file into a private directory. But when you add a video virtual background, it copies only a still thumbnail into its private directory, along with the video file’s location. If the original video file is deleted (e.g. it’s removed from the downloads directory) you’ll see the “[file].mp4 could not be found” error shown below. If you want to use custom video backgrounds, be sure to put the file in a place where it will stay around before adding it to Zoom.
See me guest-host Thursday Night Live!
Tune in TONIGHT (May 21) at 7:30 PM Pacific Time to see me guest-host Thursday Night Theatre: Facebook Live! from The Pulp Stage!
To see the show, go to http://www.facebook.com/thepulpstage and click on VIDEOS. You’ll see the “Is Live” video with the red dot starting around 7:25 pm, Pacific. The show runs until 8:00 and will be followed by a 15 minute talk-back with director Matt Haynes.
This week’s offering is our variety show. FRESH BLOOD AND OLD FAVORITES, with guest host: David D. Levine, actor, writer and honored recipient of The Hugo Awards,
The theme for this evening is “Pulling the Trigger.” Dare you
- activate an unruly weapon against an invading army?
- play out your most scandalous fantasy in a hotel encounter?
- fire a superhero who is setting a horrible example but giving you great publicity on Youtube?
See what happens, quite unexpectedly, in an old favorite by Tom Slot plus new works by William Thomas Berk and Thomas Gondolfi (a special theatrical adaptation of his story from the celebrated anthology by Impulsive Walrus Books… go Frog and Esther Jones!)
The show is directed by Matt Haynes and features David D. Levine, John Marks, Molly Gregerson, Kathleen Barnebey and Michèle M Tredger.
More Clarion West online classes!
I’ll be teaching two more online classes for Clarion West later this month! You can sign up now for “Using All the Senses” on Tuesday 5/26, 12-1pm PST and “Using Sets and Props” on Thursday 5/28, 12-1pm PST.
David’s Index for 2019
Short fiction words written: 0
Notes, outline, and synopsis words written: 27,409
Blog words written: 1,294
Total words written: 84,130
New stories written: 0
Short fiction submissions sent: 3
Responses received: 3
Rejections: 1
Acceptances: 2 (reprint)
Other sales: 2 (non-fiction)
Short stories published: 3 (2 audio, 1 reprint)
Collection submissions: 9
Rejections: 3
Acceptances: 0
Other responses: 1 (withdrawn)
Awaiting response: 5
Happy new year!
My OryCon schedule
OryCon starts today! Here’s where you can find me:
- Friday, November 8
3:00pm-4:00pm @ 166 B - Be a Writer? Yes You Can!
- Saturday, November 9
1:45pm-2:45pm @ 166 A - Gender sex sexuality and expression. Breaking it down for the layperson
- Saturday, November 9
3:00pm-4:00pm @ Autographs - Autograph Session 5
- Saturday, November 9
5:30pm-6:30pm @ 166 B - Writing Trilogies
- Sunday, November 10
10:00am-11:00am @ JBs Night Club - 10 am Sunday Kaffeeklatch
- Sunday, November 10
1:00pm-1:30pm @ Readings - David D. Levine Reading
I have had an Adventure
I have had an Adventure this morning, but all is well.
While hurrying to catch the train to the airport on my way to Montreal for Scintillation, I stumbled on the platform and face-planted on the concrete. I broke a tooth and cut my lip. There was quite a bit of blood. I kept telling the train driver to go on and not hold up the whole system for me, but he kept the train in the station until paramedics came.
The paramedics checked me over and offered me an ambulance to the ER, but although I was technically in shock my neuro signs were stable and I declined. I considered continuing to Montreal with a broken tooth… for about one minute. Then I hailed a Lyft to my dentist. On the way there I started messaging with the airline about changing to a later flight.
The dentist got me into the chair almost immediately. And twenty minutes later I had a new plastic tooth nearly indistinguishable from the old one. Dr. Dotson at Smiles Northwest in Beaverton gets my highest rating.
I got out of the chair to find that the airline needed my credit card to pay the small fee for the new flight (most of the fees were waived due to a medical emergency). But I still had an hour and a half before my flight. I decided to decline the new flight and try to make my original flight.
Lyft to the airport, TSA pre-check, and I arrived at the gate with five minutes to spare. But I did find square dance friend Don Hicks there, who was at the airport for another flight and came over to my gate when he heard them repeatedly paging me. (They needed to check my passport.)
So. Here I am with a new tooth and a split lip, just about to depart for JFK on the way to Montreal. Whee!
The picture below is the After pic. If you want to see the horrific and gruesome Before photo, it’s here: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0w5ON9t3tn6Xm
My Worldcon schedule
I’m heading for Ireland tomorrow (ack!), where I will be attending in the World Science Fiction Convention. Here’s my convention programme schedule:
Stroll with the stars: Friday
16 Aug 2019, Friday 09:00 – 09:50, Ground Floor Foyer (CCD)
Zen Cho, David D. Levine, Michelle Sagara, Kate Heartfield, BE Allatt, Paul Cornell
Autographs: Saturday at 13:00
17 Aug 2019, Saturday 13:00 – 13:50, Level 4 Foyer (CCD)
Michael Carroll, David D. Levine, Alexandra Rowland, Leah Bobet, Micah Yongo, Dr Kristina Perez
Why are so many romantic aliens humanoid?
18 Aug 2019, Sunday 13:00 – 13:50, Wicklow Hall 2A (Dances) (CCD)
There is a wealth of human/alien romance but, although they might have scales or extra arms, aliens are mostly depicted as humanoids. Are there any romantic aliens with other forms, or does it become too difficult to create a believable attraction? The panel will discuss how the SF romance genre portrays alien life and the possible reasons for those portrayals.
Laurel Anne Hill (M), K.M. Szpara, David D. Levine
Kaffeeklatsch: David D. Levine
18 Aug 2019, Sunday 14:00 – 14:50, Level 3 Foyer (KK/LB) (CCD)
David D. Levine
Why isn’t humour taken seriously? Comedy in SFF
18 Aug 2019, Sunday 16:00 – 16:50, Wicklow Room-4 (CCD)
Writing humour takes a lot of skill, but it’s rarely recognised during awards season. Writers and fans of humorous fiction discuss their favourite funny novels and the status of humorous fiction in SFF.
Heide Goody, Gail Carriger, Jay Key, Mark Galarrita, David D. Levine (M)
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