My new page-in-progress is up on a temporary site for viewing: www.geocities.com/anthony_97520 I'll be moving it to its permanent home as soon as my domain gets transferred to my new ISP (knew I shouldn't have let that lapse!) Constructive feedback always appreciated. And sign the guestbook so I can spam the hell out of you when holiday shopping season kicks off :-). Anthony H.

Anthony, Dude, a man of your achievements shouldn't settle for geocities...hehe. But, I understand! "Dude Guy" for CL AND time to write?!?! I may have to get one of those signed books just so I can be as near to greatness as I've ever been. Although, I once went to a book-reading by Kurt Vonnegut (Jr.) and asked him to sign my "Breakfast of Champions" and he kinda sneered at me...LOL. (something about not signing books or other) Congrats! (sincerely!)

just saw this post, damn geocities & their bandwidth restrictions. I'll try again later, Anthony are your books going to be available from bookshops? I get most of my SF books from Forbidden Planet. Rob

Well, all the complaints about Macs and Poser, but I'll tell you this one thing about OSX: Apache Server!!!! :) Who needs Geocities? We don't need no shtinkin' Geocities! All I need is a constant connection (check), a static IP (not absolutely necessary, but check), Web Sharing enabled(check), and a web site (long overdue update in progress). :P The only bad thing is that I don't have a domain name, so the only access will be http://ip address (yuck). Kuroyume

Kuroyume, and an isp that actually allows you to run a webserver, check the terms and conditions for your account, you could actually get yourself shut down. apache webserver is free, and runs on any os ( they even have a pre-compiled version for windows) ~G~ and lets not forget, apache has over 75% of all active webservers online.

Kuro: A LOT of ISP's don't allow web-servers, so be careful. Also, why not get a domain name if you're going to do it ... at $15, you can't go wrong. (BTW, MAC OSX also has pre-emptive multi-tasking too! LOL! The Windows platform has enjoyed this poweful (and essential) feature for over 7 YEARS now.) -Tim

ssshhhh timoteo1 that was supposed to be a secret ;) Rob

Sorry, Jaq ... just saw your post. Anthony: Way to go! As fellow ficton-writer, with a heavy concentration in sci-fi, I am doubly-excited for you. Interesting that it is the 1st person ... not a whole lot of sci-fi is written that way. Best of luck. BTW, you have a cool gig going ... tech writing to pay the bills, enabling you to do your TRUE LOVE (I assume) in your spare time. I imagine it is very spare as of late. -Tim

Yeah, I haven't gotten much time to write these babies, between Poser 5, a new baby, ramping up my marketing campaign, and working on an (unrelated) screenplay for Project Greenlight. Poser 5 is winding down, so my schedule should be far more sane in a few days. For a little while at any rate. My current SF projects are finishing the publisher's edits to VISIONS OF EDEN and wrapping up AWAKENING, which is about 15% done at this point. I also have a director wanting to see the screenplay for VISIONS OF EDEN, so that's another high-priority project. Yeah, my SF is my true love and passion. My goal is to become a fulltime novelist. Long odds? Yeah but I'll never get there if I don't shoot for it. I've always kept my finger in the water by doing side tech writing jobs just to keep my skills honed, and I'm starting to transition away from doing those to more literary-related endeavors (book editing, graphics, etc.). It's all part of my master plan. But don't worry: IF this takes off, it will be a while, so I ain't going anywhere for the forseeable future! ;-) Anthony H.

Very cool ... you're living my dream. I have three kids, 5 and under now, so free time is non-existent. What free-time (my own) I do have ends up animating, gaming, and OCCASSIONALY making a a film with my movie-making buddy. I don't even to get short stories much any more. Writing takes a trmendous amount discipline and dedication ... I commend you. BTW, speaking of CL, don't you also handle tech support overflow? -Tim

I used to. As soon as they fix my email, I will again. I was 100% responsible for support for like 3 months at one point.

Jacqui: My T1 and ISP were SPECIFICALLY requested, installed, and paid for with a home-based web server in mind, so there will be no issues or shut downs. As for a domain name, yes, I am contemplating one after fleshing out the web site. I realize that Apache is the best and most used server (and being non-Windows and free makes it superior in all respects). My WinTel PC is reserved for not gaming but development among other things. Don't need users accessing my site while I'm compiling or debugging now, do I. :) Mac OSX has it installed and it can be activated with one, single click (I did it yesterday in about the 5 minutes to read about it, do it, and check it. That's how fast and easy it is.) Of course, to get the full power, you still have to tweak the httpd.conf file (very carefully) and so forth to enable SSI and do other things. Nonetheless, the entire backbone to serve a website is available, pre-installed. timoteo1: What brought the multi-tasking up? The Amiga (my first REAL computer) had pre-emptive multitasking while Windows was still a single tasking GUI entrenched deeply in its MSDOS roots (Windows 3.1 and WFW ring any bells). And, of course, Unix has always been multitasking (AFAIAA). AmigaOS from 87 to 94, Windows from 94 to present, MacOS just this year. Play with Linux on occasion but am too lazy to master the quatrillion commands and configs (IOW: I do have a life off of my computers ;). I just loath most web site providers because of the many issues involved: size restrictions, name restrictions, content restrictions, access restrictions, banners/popups, possibility of vanishing web site, uploading every change, and so on. The ability to make a locally accessible web site without these restrictions makes it worth the extra effort and cost, IMHO. Kuroyume

Had an Amiga (Atari ST, Commodore Vic-20, C-64, and TI at one time) and Genlock setup when I was doing short movies as a teen. They were great, and had a LOT of potential ... ahead of their time for sure. Tony: I thought you had done a lot of tech'ing.

Had an Amiga (Atari ST, Commodore Vic-20, C-64, and TI at one time) and Genlock setup when I was doing short movies as a teen. They were great, and had a LOT of potential ... ahead of their time for sure. C-64 was my very first computer. Learned to program (BASIC and assembly) on it. Eeks! I'm givin' away my age!! ;p When I finally sank a full-time drafting/design job in '94, I was using an A2000 with AOS 2.1 at home for programming, 2D and 3D graphics, BBS surfing (before the internet became widely popular and available), among many other activities. At work, on the other hand, I was forced to use WFW and Generic CADD (think about a CAD program you can get at CompUSA for $20 and you've got the general idea). Abysmal comparing the two. Much effort was spent in exporting DXF from GC so that I could more efficiently work on a much better CAD system on my Amiga. Ahead of its time and some of us still think that they were intentially targeted (i.e.: the major stock holders and BoD) to be put out of business. The truth will probably never be known as those intimately involved (i.e.: the major stock holders and BoD :) will never divulge their reasons for withdrawing their megafunding of a booming computer company. The first hint that something smelled fishy was when their entire marketing/advertising department was obliterated (soon after their first TV commercials). As a business, you don't kill your access to potential customer expansion and expect to expand your market (and I'm as clueless about business as about speaking Swahili). Kuroyume

Back on track... I updated my site to run on 1024x768 resolution and included a no-frames option that works well with 800x600. The no-frames option is automatic if you use a no-frames browser. If you use a frame-friendly browser, click the link in the framed page to launch the no-frames version. Anthony H.

Sorry about going on a tangent there. Have visited your site's temporary home and it looks marvelous. Great work on the book, characters, and cool stuff! Swift speed on getting your site setup on your new ISP!!! Kuroyume