Programmer at Valve, virtual reality enthusiast, recovering fighting robot builder, and terrible Rocksmith player. Most recently a budding novelist.
Seattle, WA
Joined August 2008
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Paperback pre-orders for Misery Loves Tourism are ready to go from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You find the links on the website: miserylovestourism.com/
Pre-orders for the ebook are up on those two stores, as well as Kobo and some others. Read wherever you want!
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Hey @capncleaver, the pre-order for the paperback edition of Misery Loves Tourism just hit Amazon. Don't tell anybody though. It's top secret until I have a chance to update the website with the new links.
amazon.com/dp/B0HR8L8396
Hopefully it will hit other online book retailers over the next few days.
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Do these 3D book cover mockups serve any purpose? Or are they just make-work for designers that will never convince even a single person to buy a book?
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How is it that no matter how many times I go through my manuscript, I can still find typos and other dumb mistakes?
(22 days until launch!)
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Speaking of which, chapter 7 hits Royal Road at noon if you'd like to read the start of my book: royalroad.com/fiction/197673…
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Hah! A robot saw the start of my book on Royal Road, made up a pitch email from that, and then sent it to me to offer the opportunity to have some other robots narrate an audiobook.
"we'd offer you a share of the audiobook's revenue"
That's not how this works, robot.
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The first proof copies from Ingram Spark showed up yesterday. They're different... Not worse or better, exactly, but just subtle differences from the Amazon proof on the right.
ALT Two copies of Misery Loves Tourism paperbacks
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The Ingram version has a nice grippy texture that feels really good in your hand. The amazon cover is more smoth.
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The steady drumbeat of new chapter releases of my upcoming book continues on Royal Road. In the latest chapter, the sky is literally (not literally) falling!
royalroad.com/fiction/197673…
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In the run-up to the book's December 1st launch, I'm releasing the chapters for free on Royal Road. A new chapter dropped today. Check out the first three: royalroad.com/fiction/197673…
About a third of the book will be up there by the time the EPUB and paperback editions become available. Or people can just wait for the others to hit Royal Road for free if they prefer.
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I wrote a book! It's about the end of the world a guy who isn't supposed to be there for it.
miserylovestourism.com/
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Tweetdeck is still here, so I haven't entirely left yet, but I'm spending more time on Bluesky these days: @programmerjoe.com
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I think this too. Except where it says China, I would also include every other highly educated 25 year old in the world.
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Joe Ludwig retweeted
A while back, I was talking with a friend who'd moved to the US a few years prior
At some point, I said something like "we Americans..." and he froze with shock. He asked, "Wait, do you think of me as American?" Without much thought, I said "Of course!"
He paused for a while and then said, "Wow. Back home no one would ever refer to a recent immigrant that way. Heck, they wouldn't refer to any immigrant that way, even if they'd lived there for decades"
While the US has a lot of problems (many of which are our own making), this moment made me swell with joy and pride for this special place
Happy birthday, America. I'm so proud to be the citizen of a country where, if you choose to build your life here and contribute to your community, you can become an American too 🇺🇸
Does posting your Blue Sky address get you banned yet? Because I'm @joeludwig.bsky.social over there.
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Joe Ludwig retweeted
We're excited to announce that we've just updated the Steam Client Beta with new features and improvements to the Steam Desktop experience!
Join the Beta to experience changes to the UI, an overhaul of the in-game overlay, a new toolbar, and much more!
store.steampowered.com/news/…
Joe Ludwig retweeted
If electric cars were first to mass market, and someone made an ICE car, we would all be laughing about the unnecessarily complex engine, the constant maintenance required to keep it running, the laughably slow acceleration, and the need to drive somewhere to refuel.
Joe Ludwig retweeted
Steam VR has a HUGE untapped potential
And it's finally being explored
youtu.be/bdvDGlPYgvo
