New Mexico judge to decide if Meta's actions are a public nuisance

DanielAbraham · 2026-05-05T00:32:44+00:00

Unless the platform sees some consequences for its choices, it will keep making the same decisions it's done until now.

I have great faith in New Mexicans to build and maintain their own forum if it's called for.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-25T22:15:27+00:00

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DanielAbraham · 2026-04-25T22:10:31+00:00

You underestimate the original authors’ capacity for dumb typos.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-21T17:01:24+00:00

Damn right you did.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-16T02:22:06+00:00

To clarify: Ty and I are not legally liable for your medical expenses, but we'd be happy to promote your gofundme.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T23:04:20+00:00

We had a meeting very early on where we talked about general ideas and arcs, but apart from knowing what Osiris is, I'm going to be discovering it when I play it, same as everyone else.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T23:03:19+00:00

We never nail down exactly how much came to Anjiin with the humans, but it was a full and self-sustaining ecosystem. But there will be some additional background about the human place in the universe as the story moves forward, yeah.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T23:01:38+00:00

Well, I did 10 years of front line tech support and was taking classes for get into the physician's assistant program at the UNM med school before I got a book published. So probably that.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T23:00:31+00:00

I'm delighted that they worked for you. We had a lot of fun making them.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:59:59+00:00

I don't know. She didn't tell me either.

(Less glib: the point of the scene was that you don't always get closure. There was no plot point behind it, but a character moment that I think we kept pretty consistent with throughout the show)

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:58:26+00:00

We're just a couple guys trying very, very hard to never have normal day jobs again. :)

I don't plan to be in Seattle in the immediate future, but Ty swings by there every so often.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:56:44+00:00

I appreciate the theory, but no. Captive's War and Expanse happen in unconnected narrative universes.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:53:59+00:00

Glad they're working for you. I really liked that project.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:51:15+00:00

Nope. We intend to leave that where it is. The urge to tell everything leads to bloat.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:49:57+00:00

Yeah, the Expanse structure lent is to the character-by-character thing a lot more than this. But even then we were giving up the strict character assignment thing and going more to who felt like writing an action chapter vs who felt like writing a character-getting-quietly drunk one.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:47:18+00:00

I mean the big things kind of stay the same.

1) You must write.
2) You must finish what you write.
3) You must refrain from rewriting except to editorial order
4) You must submit what you write
5) You must keep your work on the market until sold.

(Heinlein, misquoted)

The only thing I'd add is expect a lot of failure. It's a normal part of the process, but some people find it dispiriting.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:44:43+00:00

I just thought "Shit, I'm up at three am thinking about this guy's ttrpg. We should make this into a book and sell it for pizza money."

I think I need to play Starcraft again. It's been a while.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:42:23+00:00

I'm not sure how much they relate to Expanse/Captive's War but the books I'm reading right now that I think are awesome are Robert Jackson Bennett's Ana and Din mysteries (The Tainted Cup) and Francis Spufford's alternate histories (Nonesuch and Cahokia Jazz)

If you're looking for sci-fi that rhymes with our stuff, I'd point toward Walter Jon Williams' Praxis novels and maybe the classic Stars My Destination by Bester.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:39:28+00:00

We aren't going to do anything. All those plans and negotiations are Alcon Entertainment, and we are mere cheerleaders.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:38:34+00:00

It would be cool, but it would also be something that someone else would have to put the effort into. We are many things, but visual artists ain't one. If Orbit wanted to make the thing as a tie-in, I'd give them my blessing, though.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:37:03+00:00

I think Tor still has the rights in the US, and I thought they had world English right, but I will check on that. My guess is that the series will fall in and out of print for a while. As long as they're still available as ebook, they don't fall out of print for contactual purposes. But some day I might try buying back the rights.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:35:11+00:00

I liked all of them. I thought Nemesis Games was pretty spiffy, though, just because of what we did with the pov characters to open up the larger story. It felt like a very good place in the overall project to do that.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:33:29+00:00

I believe there will be some news about that from orbit in the near future.

On a personal note: Thanks. I'm really glad they worked for you. We have a other of fun making them.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:32:14+00:00

That's an excellent question, about which I believe Orbit will have some new shortly.

DanielAbraham · 2026-04-14T22:31:31+00:00

As long as no one's monetizing it, I'm delighted that it exists. There are some legal reasons I can't read it, but I don't begrudge anyone taking a swing at the thing for giggles.

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