I’m keeping my head down, trying to stay organized and on track.  Hard to do with the election going on.  I keep wanting to watch the news instead of work!  In the meantime, though, there’s a new article at Comic Book Resources about Issue #4 of … [Read more...]

I think, quite often, that the best part of what I do as a writer cannot be limited just to the storytelling, but to the wonderful, awesome people I get to meet and spend time with.  So it is, with regret, that I left a day early, though it was necessary in order to get some … [Read more...]

Can I confess that as a young child, this was one of the scariest things I ever saw?  I loved the movie E.T—and Michael Jackson—and my parents bought this thinking I would just go crazy over it.  And I did go crazy—in fear! I don’t know … [Read more...]

And I don’t say that often about cities, but Calgary is cool, from the tips of it concrete toes to the top of its skyscraper’ed head.  It’s early here, and I’m sitting in the lobby—checking email, and then getting in some work for a couple … [Read more...]

The next Hunter Kiss book is titled DARKNESS CALLS and will be released on June 30, 2009.  The ninth Dirk & Steele novel also has a title—THE FIRE KING—and will hit shelves a month later, in August 2009. Finally, PBW has an excellent post on outlining. … [Read more...]

I’ll be attending the World Fantasy Convention next week.  There’s a signing on Friday, Halloween, from 8-11 PM, but in what seems like an odd exclusion of local readers, only convention-goers are allowed to attend the signing.  I think that’s bizarre. … [Read more...]

I woke up this morning, sat down at the computer, and began my day with Destiny Child’s Bootylicious. From there, I hit Janet Jackson’s Nasty, and by the end of that, I was totally ready for two hours of Survivor: Greatest Hits.  Trust me, the combination … [Read more...]

I think this is the most beautiful story. “In a ritual repeated nearly every weekend for the past decade here in Colombia�s war-weary Caribbean hinterland, Luis Soriano gathered his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, in front of his home on a recent Saturday … [Read more...]

(taken from my desk this afternoon...sneaky walnut hunter) … [Read more...]

The other day, asked:  “If a writer has an idea for a comic book series (or graphic novels), are you aware if Marvel is open to such submissions?” I didn’t know the answer (though I had a pretty good guess), and so I checked with Marvel Comics Editorial … [Read more...]