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Now that I've had some time, I wanted to talk a bit more about the Japan Writers Conference. I'm not sure how I stumbled upon their website back in the spring, but I was extremely excited once I did. Even more excited when I saw they were accepting proposals for…
The PulpWork Christmas Special 2013 is now available for sale! This book contains four short stories, penned by myself, Joel Jenkins, Russ Anderson, and Josh Reynolds. My contribution to this is "The Wild Hunt," a story that features Asami, the kitsune changeling from The Myth Hunter and Dragon Kings of the Orient.…
Brad Horton has finished the inks for the SoulQuest cover, which you can see right on the left! There may still be some changes to the final version, mostly the positioning of the airship, but for the most part, this is how it will look. Brad emailed me this image today and…
Since I started my new job back in September, I've had a regular commute for the first time in five years. At my old job, my commute was usually a five minute walk or as much as half an hour when driving to my furthest school. Now my shortest commute…
A few things to touch on this time around. November means the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and, just as I do every year, I'm participating once more. In the eight years I've been doing NaNoWriMo, I've only ever finished one novel I began for it. The others…
Damn, those Avengers are pretty judgmental, aren't they? Well far be it for me to disagree with the combined might of Cap, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk. So yes, I have been writing. And the Avengers meme is an appropriate one, because what I am working on does indeed…
Today, I sent off the final short story I had agreed to write. I banged out quite a few of these since around July or so. I agreed to write three stories for Pro Se Productions, although I can't say much more about them than that until they've gone ahead…
As I've mentioned before, I'm a big proponent of digital media and especially of digital comics. But also as I've said before, the DRM restrictions that many publishers place on their comics have turned me off. I won't be making a return to Marvel and DC until they stop treating…
As I mentioned recently, my new job has a much longer commute, which gives me more time in the car and more time to listen to podcasts. Mostly I focus on comic book and film podcasts (special mention goes to my buddy Derrick Ferguson, co-host of Better in the Dark…
This is the third book in Van Allen Plexico's excellent Sentinels series of superhero novels, and the conclusion to The Grand Design trilogy. As a writer moves further and further into a series, some of the magic that was present at the beginning can begin to fade. The characters become overly familiar,…