Well, we're halfway there. Broadband's up and running - just need to reconfigure Outlook now so I can send and receive email. And of course hostname and passwords don't work - despite being told they would.
Sigh...
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Technology? Pah!
And people wonder why I've not gotten round to broadband until now...
I was supposed to go on-line on Friday 11th May - but trying to log on Friday night just got me "Activation failed" every time. So I rang the provider on Saturday morning. Apparently there was a conflict between host names. They couldn't do anything about it then, because the team don't work on weekends. Could I ring back on Monday.
So I did.
Went through pretty much the same conversation again. I was told they'd give me a slightly different hostname to get round the problem. That night a message was left on my answer phone to say the hostname had successfully been changed.
Rang the next morning to sort out a new log on password. That was agreed upon. That night I tried logging on to broadband and... You guessed - still not working.
Another phone call.
Not only was the password we'd agreed that morning not active, but the conflict hadn't been fixed either. They'd ring me back the next day.
It's now 14:35 the next day - still no phone call. I have no braodband access at home, I'm no longer able to check my emails at work, and even the WebMail page doesn't respond.
The operator I spoke to last night was very apologetic, and said he was sorry for the inconvenience. I pointed out that since I'm in the middle of the submission period for an anthology I'm editing, it was a damned sight more than inconvenient!
Pathetic.
I knew this would happen, which is why I held off migrating to broafdband so long. Wish I'd held off longer...
I was supposed to go on-line on Friday 11th May - but trying to log on Friday night just got me "Activation failed" every time. So I rang the provider on Saturday morning. Apparently there was a conflict between host names. They couldn't do anything about it then, because the team don't work on weekends. Could I ring back on Monday.
So I did.
Went through pretty much the same conversation again. I was told they'd give me a slightly different hostname to get round the problem. That night a message was left on my answer phone to say the hostname had successfully been changed.
Rang the next morning to sort out a new log on password. That was agreed upon. That night I tried logging on to broadband and... You guessed - still not working.
Another phone call.
Not only was the password we'd agreed that morning not active, but the conflict hadn't been fixed either. They'd ring me back the next day.
It's now 14:35 the next day - still no phone call. I have no braodband access at home, I'm no longer able to check my emails at work, and even the WebMail page doesn't respond.
The operator I spoke to last night was very apologetic, and said he was sorry for the inconvenience. I pointed out that since I'm in the middle of the submission period for an anthology I'm editing, it was a damned sight more than inconvenient!
Pathetic.
I knew this would happen, which is why I held off migrating to broafdband so long. Wish I'd held off longer...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
Little did I know, in the last years of the 20th century, what a simple query would lead to. Whilst I was canvassing for the anthology SWORDS AGAINST THE MILLENNIUM which I was editing for The Alchemy Press, I dropped an innocent query to old friend Adrian Cole - creator of The Voidal - wondering if Ade had any unpublished Voidal fiction I could use. He did - and that's when it all started...
Spurred on, inspired - whatever - Ade assembled the whole Voidal saga, and this year Wildside Press published it in three volumes (vol.1 - Oblivion Hand - had previously been published with its Jim Pitts cover).
And just to rub salt into the wound, Ade included me in the dedication for volume two - like any of this is my fault!
Monday, 5 December 2011
Friday, 16 September 2011
Sailing High
As a way of dipping their toes into electronic publishing, The Alchemy Press have released a Kindle edition of the Damian Paladin novella, Sailors of the Skies - originally published in the British Fantasy Society's magazine, DARK HORIZONS in 2009. The cover uses Arthur Wang's original artwork for DH, with design provided by yours truly (so no one else can take the blame).
Check out the link:to download a copy. You know you want to...
Friday, 27 May 2011
Urban Horror
Morpheus Tales' Urban Horror Special is available to order or download (depending on preference). It has - of course - a story of mine: Cold Rain.
http://issuu.com/morpheustales/docs/uhspreview
And you can buy here:
There's a review available here:http://issuu.com/morpheustales/docs/uhspreview
And you can buy here:
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/morpheus-tales-urban-horror-special-issue-digest-size/15835689
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
We're all doomed
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doomology-Bill-Tucker/dp/1453731490/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300872302&sr=1-1
And at the same time, I found out that the Spring issue of DARK VALENTINE is available for download, with my story Only the Lonely. Check it out:
http://darkvalentine.net/index.php/2011/03/rites-of-spring/
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