This coming Saturday, April 25th, I will be attending the ninth annual Ohioana Book Festival in Columbus. There will be the book fair and panels at the Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. First thing, at 10:15, I will be on a panel “From Another Read more…
Today is the last day of the con, and last day to catch me and my books. I’ll be doing a signing in Author Alley today at 1:00pm.
I’m back at Cleveland ConCoction today. . .My official schedule today: Saturday 2:00 Mixing Genres with Sandra Gurvis, Brian Hagan, Sarah Hans Saturday 4:00 Building Toward the Ultimate Literary Climax with Sandra Gurvis, Ty Schwamberger, Adrian J. Matthews, Christine Benedict Saturday 9:00 Humor in Sci-Fi/Fantasy with Brian Hagan, Marcus V. Read more…
Today’s the day! I’ll be showing up at the con sometime between three and four. Here’s my list of officially scheduled events today: Friday 6:00 – Author Showcase with Megan Engelhardt, Ty Schwamberger and Mary Turzillo Friday 7:00 – World Creation in Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Steampunk with Geoffrey Landis, Marcus V. Calvert, and Read more…
Back in the mid-1980s I read the one line that had the most profound impact on my career as a writer. It was from Vonnegut by way of Gardner Dozois, quoted in his contribution to the book Writing and Selling Science Fiction put out by SFWA in 1977. (Back when Read more…
I will be the Writer GOH at the local Cleveland Concoction. The con is March 13th though the 15th. If you register before March 3rd, you have the chance to sign up for a VIP Brunch with me on Sunday morning. Hope to see you all there.
I just ran across this article on Facebook about how to tell if you’re in a high fantasy novel, which is very reminiscent of the Evil Overlord List that’s been around since the inception of the Internet. It’s worth a read, including the comments which largely continue with the theme. Read more…
It’s done. When the creative class itself packs their bags and calls it quits, it’s over. This is where we end. Any tyrant now knows that they can suppress any artistic expression they don’t like just by making some threats. The temptation is to retaliate. Make fun of North Korea Read more…
I’ve just recently started catching up with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Netflix, and I started thinking about how well Marvel has done with its properties since Iron Man came out all the way back in 2008. A lot has been said already about the “shared universe” idea, and how “revolutionarily” Read more…
A couple of months ago I suggested that Guardians of the Galaxy deserved to be this generation’s Star Wars. In a similar vein, I think Interstellar wants to be this generation’s 2001. And, unlike some other movies I could name, Interstellar comes a lot closer to the mark. In large Read more…