Hugh Howey

Al Stevens · Dec 1, 2012

This is one of our members. Congratulations, Hugh.

https://www.createspace.com/en/comm...e/blog/2012/11/15/member-spotlight-hugh-howey

Ari Meermans · Dec 1, 2012

Hi, Al

Since AE&BP is for authors promoting their own work, I'll send this over to Round Table for you. Be advised, though, the room mods there may find a better fit for your post.

Ari

Susan Coffin · Dec 1, 2012

Cool beans! Congratulations Hugh!

PEBKAC2 · Dec 2, 2012

This is great news. Congratulations!

Ergodic Mage · Dec 2, 2012

Hugh's success is well deserved. I look forward to reading more in the Wool series and his other writings.

jaksen · Dec 2, 2012

Hey, great! I love hearing news like this. Well, any sort of writer-is-successful makes my day.

WeaselFire · Dec 2, 2012

Honored to be in the same company (AW members...). And a little awed, as well as jealous.

Congrats!

Jeff

ishtar'sgate · Dec 3, 2012

Wow, very nice. Ridley Scott did Gladiator, American Gangster and this year, Prometheus.

Phaeal · Dec 3, 2012

Not to mention Alien and Blade Runner. Okay, they must be mentioned in this context.

Very cool.

juniper · Dec 3, 2012

Wow, that's terrific. Nice success story.

I'll add that book to my TBR pile.

Siri Kirpal · Dec 4, 2012

Sat Nam! (Literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

Wonderful!

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

Mclesh · Dec 4, 2012

Big congratulations, Hugh!

Al Stevens · Mar 11, 2013

Followup on Hugh's success story. From the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578340752088305668.html

Makes me proud to know him.

regdog · Mar 11, 2013

L. Y. · Mar 11, 2013

Congrats!

A Li Shan · Mar 11, 2013

Wowsers! That is awesome!

Ruth2 · Mar 11, 2013

Congratulations!!!!!

Lady MacBeth · Mar 11, 2013

Congratulations!

Al Stevens · Mar 11, 2013

The first in the Wool series is free to download. Generous of Hugh.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FC52L0/?tag=absowrit-20

Perks · Mar 13, 2013

Yep! This one's a biggie!

Snowstorm · Mar 13, 2013

Well far out! And congrats to Hugh!

aixsponsa · Mar 14, 2013

I thought I'd share, for those who'd like to see it, the "interview" with Hugh Howey on reddit.com, where users post questions for him to answer. Interesting stuff!

I Am Hugh Howey

aixsponsa · Mar 15, 2013

I have to say, now, that I feel as though I've went and put my foot in my mouth. When I posted that link, I hadn't yet come across the part where he bashes AW. Oops. I had no idea!

Old Hack · Mar 15, 2013

Don't worry: AW isn't for everyone, but just because Mr Howey doesn't like it here doesn't mean that it's not fab for others.

For anyone interested, this is what he said about AW:

What are the best and worst places to look for advice on indie publishing?

hughhowey:

That's a loaded question!
The best place is Kindle Boards Writers' Cafe.

The worst place is Absolute Write, but only because I've been permanently banned from that site, which means you can't find my advice there! (Ironically, I was banned for espousing a publishing philosophy that was derided as ridiculous and ended up playing out just as I predicted. The members jumped down my throat, treated me cruelly, and I was tossed out by a moderator who was the cruelest of them all. When a later member posted about this and linked to the thread in question, they too were given a "time out" and their posts were deleted. You want to be inspired to write some dystopian shit, hang out over there).

That's not how I remember his time here, and it's not backed up by the various notes kept in the mod-room, either. But you can make up your own mind by reading some of the longer threads Mr Howey contributed to, if you'd like.

Note that he's not been banned from AW: if he had been, his user-title would say "banned", or "sockpuppet", or one of our various "banned" categories.

I'm sorry for the derail, but I don't like to see people manipulating events to their advantage. Let's get back on-topic, shall we?

evilrooster · Mar 15, 2013

aixsponsa said:
I have to say, now, that I feel as though I've went and put my foot in my mouth. When I posted that link, I hadn't yet come across the part where he bashes AW. Oops. I had no idea!

It's a fact of internet life that not everyone is at home in every community, and people's interpretations of the same interactions may vary wildly. I'm sorry to hear that he has such a negative impression of AW, but it's a big internet. I'm glad to see that he has found places where he's more comfortable.

We're all grownups. We're capable of taking the good and interesting points from the interview and shrugging off the ones that we don't agree with.

Hugh Howey

MacAllister's Official Minion & Greeter

Tell it like it Is

Will crit for food.

Neophyte Writer

Caped Codder

Benefactor Member

living in the past

Whatever I did, I didn't do it.

Always curious.

Swan in Process

It's too hot

The Scavengers

Thread surfer and virtual bartender

Dr. Sniffles will see you now.

Tam, na Koncu Drevoreda

Out, damn'd spot! out, I say.

delicate #!&@*#! flower

Baby plot bunneh sniffs out a clue

This is not Kelly Kapoor Story Hour

This is not Kelly Kapoor Story Hour

Such a nasty woman

Wicked chicken