Well despite the promise I made to myself late in September that I would update this journal on a more regular basis, i have somehow managed to ignore it for over a month. My only excuse is that it's been a hell of a busy, and eventful month. Well it's time to rectify that situation....

The Writing Life The last time I posted here I was in New ( Read more... )

Over at RevolutionSF.com, my good friend Rick Klaw has managed to cajole a bunch of writers to share their thoughts on various comic book series which have yet to see print. The series, entitled UnCanny Un-Collections will run over six days this week. I submitted a few entries on (surprise, surprise) James Bond, Star Trek and The Dalek ChroniclesMy ( Read more... )

I mentioned this in passing on my Twitter account the other day, but as it was officially announced today, I thought I'd post a few more details.


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Last Saturday I did a signing at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Round Rock to promote JAMES BOND: The history of the illustrated 007. I've done a handful of signings before, but this one was just that little bit special ( Read more... )

I've mentioned before that I've pretty much actively stopped pitching to the magazine market due to the reduced number of opportunities.

I still pitch the occasional article idea to magazines I have done work for in the past, for instance I have an article in an upcoming Back Issue, but the main focus of my writing these days is comics, the web, ( Read more... )

Even though I've been lucky enough to have articles published in over twenty different magazines, it's not a market I actively pursue anymore.

Why?

This is why...

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Many of you may have already received this from me in email, but I thought it might also be fun to post it up here in case I've missed anyone who would like to contribute.

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As part of Hermes Press' upcoming volume of Time Tunnel comic reprints I am working on an accompanying feature article on "Time Travel TV," and wondered if some of you ( Read more... )

Apparently I'm a "Featured Author" on the excellent Library Thing site today.


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OK, a challenge to my fellow geeks - For an upcoming book proposal I need to compile a list of comics super-heroes who are either based in Texas, or were from Texas originally.

Any suggestions folks?

People have been asking me for a while who the artist on CARS will be. At last I can answer the question.

Wielding the pencils, and bringing my scripts to life, will be Spanish artist, Albert Carreres. As a taster here's a couple of his concept sketches for potential cover designs for issue #1.


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