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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
Dragon•Thief has an official publication date from DAW. It will be hitting stores in April 2015.