This Saturday, May 8th 2010, I will be appearing at San Francisco's own Borderlands Books in my guise as Mira Grant to celebrate the release of Mira's first novel, Feed [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy]. Feed is a science fiction dystopian novel of political zombie terror, best described as "Night of the Living Dead meets The West Wing and ( Read more... )

So I have managed to come home from DucKon (which was an absolute blast, and more about it later) with twelve chapbooks remaining in my possession. I am thus putting them up for sale here, because that's what I do. The details ( Read more... )

Right now, I have something I've never had before. No, not a Maine Coon kitten. No, not a publishing contract. No, not plans for a proper poacher's stew. I mean, I have all these things, but they're not what's bothering me ( Read more... )

My life is currently a whirlwind of checklists and short-term tasks. "You don't seem to be having many wild adventures recently," someone said to me not all that long ago. "Oh, I'm having plenty of wild adventures," I said. "I just don't have time to write any of them down." Between website updates, revisions, business trips, kitten preparation ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #85: Christmas in Seattle 2008, Part III.

Second, the footnotes:

Technically, you could argue that this strip is actually 'Christmas in Portland,' since the only panel that doesn't necessarily take place in Oregon is the first one. Since I was in the company of Vixy and Tony (who is bizarrely not ( Read more... )

10. Today is the first day of Wondercon, San Francisco's own entry in the wonderful world of the comic book convention! I'm actually planning to attend all three days this year, much as it pains me to admit that I'm spending an entire weekend commuting back into the city where I store my day job; the distribution of the X-Men and media panels ( Read more... )

Dear Wild Republic ( Read more... )

He burst onto the sci-fi scene ( Read more... )

* Lilly does not fit in my sock drawer, but oh, she thinks she does.

* One episode of Dexter + dinner + one episode of NCIS = primary (not detail) inking on two panels, final pencils (no inking) on a third. Anyone who ever asks me again why I sell my strips for $40 a pop is getting laughed at ( Read more... )

First, the strip:

With Friends Like These... #76: Princess Problems.

Second, the footnotes:

Today's strip was inspired by The Stepsister Scheme by Jim Hines, a fun romp through the 'true stories' behind the fairy tales. Seriously, it's an awesome book. Also, can I just note that I'm disturbed at the fact that my cartoon-self is still ( Read more... )