I’ve been keeping some sort of web presence since I was first published, back in 1993. Being a computer geek outside my work as a novelist, I’ve gotten into the habit of rolling my own site. So I’ve lived through the era of hand-coded html and animated gifs. I’ve struggled Read more…
Say you’re a publisher. Say you’ve been profitable in the past but have been sliding into financial difficulties. Let’s even say that you’ve had a few past issues with lawsuits over breach-of-contract. Then, let’s just posit that some blogger does some research and finds all sorts of shenanigans: There is Read more…
This Saturday, September 13, I will be at the Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library’s 2nd annual Author Expo from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Willoughby Hills Community Center in Willoughby Hills. This Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm I will be at the Meet the Authors event at the fifth Read more…
This Wednesday (Sept. 10) I will have the pleasure of being interviewed for the Geeks Out After Dark podcast starting around 8:30 pm. You’ll be able to attend live (and send questions) via Google Hangouts. Or you can download the podcast when they put it up on their site and iTunes. Read more…
I will be talking at the Coventry branch of the Heights Libraries in Cleveland Heights this coming Wednesday September 3rd from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. I’ll be talking about writing, setting fantasies in Cleveland, and reading from my latest book, Dragon•Princess. All are welcome, though the library is asking Read more…
Some disconnected but related ideas that are circling around my head. Robin Williams died. He was a great comic. But I’ve always really, really liked him as a dramatic actor. He will always be known for his manic energy and the improvisation, but when he was given the chance to Read more…
You probably know this by now. Guardians of the Galaxy is a good movie. A very good movie. It’s good enough that almost all the critique I’ve seen of it amounts to someone saying “Well this part of it wasn’t quite as fantastic as I hoped it would be so Read more…
I saw a couple of nice shout-outs come across my Google feed recently. (They kept the RSS service for searches, but deep-sixed Google Reader, go fig) The first is on Reinalyn M. Terrado’s blog where she puts me in the company of Barry N. Malzberg (Which is pretty high praise Read more…
On-line appearance update: This coming Wednesday, July 30th, I’ve been invited to run a chat on Worldbuilding on the SavvyAuthors.com website. How does an author seamlessly present the audience with a complex unfamiliar world and make it seem real? We will cover how to create a consistent fictional world, and Read more…
Dragon•Thief has an official publication date from DAW. It will be hitting stores in April 2015.