Oh, The Places I’ll Be
Posted in UncategorizedHey! It’s March! How the hell did that happen? Well, if it’s March then it means I’ve got things going on. CONDORCON – 3/9/12 I’ll be at Condor 20 (or XX, which might be what got...
View ArticleFireside Magazine Is A Big Deal – Here’s Why
Posted in UncategorizedLast night, Fireside Magazine, which published a short story of mine last year, successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign to fund their entire next year of issues. Fireside...
View ArticleMoney, Money, Money
Posted in UncategorizedEvery few days… hours, sometimes, over on them thar Twitter feeds the discussion about writerly pay pops up. It seems to swirl around two major camps. “Do it for art!” “Do it for...
View ArticleIn Which I Try Not To Spoil A Game But Probably Do, Anyway
Posted in UncategorizedGot Bioshock Infinite the other day. I finished it last night. I am not a fast gamer. Brevity of the experience aside, it’s got me thinking about stories in games, as...
View ArticleOn Managing Creative Folks
Posted in UncategorizedA few days ago an article appeared in the Harvard Business Review by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic titled Seven Rules for Managing Creative People. In the article he suggests that...
View ArticleI Think It’s Time For Some Free Books
Posted in UncategorizedMan, I been waking up to Internet kerfuffles all month. Been in a pissy, ranty mood and, you know what? I’m tired. All this shouting and RAWR and BLERGH and stuff. So I’m...
View ArticleHere, Have Some Puppies
Posted in UncategorizedBoy, yesterday sucked monkey balls, didn’t it? We all know why, so I won’t go into it. I’m tired of big, televised tragedy. My thoughts are with the people of Boston, the injured...
View ArticleA Festival of Bookishness
Posted in UncategorizedThe L.A. Times Festival of Books is upon us! Like a ravening beast it wails and snarls across the land, consuming all in its cavernous depths! Wait. No, that’s different....
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The Magic Fez of Picking Random Things Out Of Has Spoken!
Posted in UncategorizedWell, it doesn’t really speak. More controls my thoughts with its dark and dangerous dreams, filling my head with ideas both wondrous and foul… or is it fowl? I recall seeing a...
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Noir At The Bar L.A. #… 11? I think?
Posted in Uncategorized It’s that time again! Noir At The Bar L.A. is comin’ at ya like a money shot in a 3D porn film. This time we’ve got a gang of out-of-towners. Seth Harwood (Jack Wakes Up,...
View ArticleWe Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
Posted in UncategorizedInteresting post by Tobias Buckell today on survivorship bias, the idea that a lot of people are only looking at the successes in publishing and not heeding the lessons of the...
View ArticleTriggers For Experiences
Posted in UncategorizedI ran into this passage from Brian Eno recently and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. “Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as...
View ArticleIn Case You’re Going To San Diego Comic-Con
Posted in UncategorizedI will be on a panel Thursday, July 18th and afterward will be signing books. So if you’re there on Thursday pop on by. KEEP ‘EM AT THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS Thursday, July 18...
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Noir At The Bar L.A. – The Bastille Day Edition
Posted in UncategorizedNoir At The Bar comin’, yo! Sunday, July 14th at 8:00pm at The Mandrake on La Cienega. Aside from having a killer line-up of Sara Gran (CLAIRE DeWITT & THE BOHEMIAN HIGHWAY),...
View ArticleAn Update to My SDCC Schedule
Posted in UncategorizedGot a little update on my SDCC schedule. Hope to see some of you out there. KEEP ‘EM AT THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS Thursday, July 18 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Keep ‘Em at the Edge of Their...
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On The Line – Guest Post By Chris F Holm
Posted in UncategorizedToday marks the release of Chris F Holm’s latest book in his excellent Collector series, THE BIG REAP, about Sam Thornton a fallen man who’s been recruited (if that’s the word...
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A Boiling Sea of Blue, Gorilla Vengeance
Posted in UncategorizedYep. I wrote that line. In a book. God help me. This book, in fact. KHAN OF MARS, a ridiculous and action-packed tale of gorilla Professor Khan in the 1930′s pulp setting of...
View ArticleI Feel Pretty
Posted in UncategorizedUnless you haven’t been paying attention, or don’t want to pay attention, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of women authors, actresses, politicians, etc. get asked questions...
View ArticleKHAN OF MARS! AUDIO BOOKS! OBLIQUE STRATEGIES!
Posted in UncategorizedI really should have had this up this morning, but if it’s one thing I suck at it’s self-promotion. That and freeing myself of digestive parasites, but you don’t really need to...
View ArticlePut It On Your Calendars – Noir At The Bar L.A. #13
Posted in UncategorizedWe’re back! The thirteenth(!!!) Noir At The Bar L.A. is all set to happen in a few weeks on Sunday, September 29th at The Mandrake Bar on La Cienega. For those of you new to...
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