...I still have a mild panic attack every time I turn in a new assignment.

(Okay, sometimes not all that mild.)

NEW CLIENT!

Looks like I'm going to be writing biographies of comic-book artists for the next edition of the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Should be fun.

NEW FAVE!

I've been reading a lot of Lewis Trondheim's autobiographical comics lately. Why didn't anyone tell me about this guy ten years ago?

OLD FAVE!

I'm also re-reading the Swamp Thing run by ( Read more... )

Hey, it's another big batch of article links!

Sushi-cide: Secret ballot kills hopes for bluefin tuna protections

Green Tech: Protect an Acre of Rainforest When You Sign Up for eBay's Green Team Challenge

Desmond Tutu Kicks Off Anti-Polio Campaign in Africa

Bugs off: Habitat loss killing Europe's butterflies, beetles and dragonflies

Green Tech: Can a ( Read more... )

Alas, the New Yorker rejected a batch of my cartoons today.

But I'm not upset. It took me years to work up the courage to submit any cartoons to them in the first place. At least I sent them out. And now I'm almost ready to send out batch # 2. All I need is a few minutes with a photocopier.

And, now I get to send the first batch to a different ( Read more... )

Sorry for not posting here at all lately, but man am I overwhelmed. This week alone I've got assignments from 11 different clients -- and some of those clients have multiple ongoing jobs ( Read more... )

U.S. Law Bans Genetic Discrimination

Eight Unusual Ways to Improve Your Soft Skills

Hope you enjoy them!

Looks like another busy month!

• 3 humorous horror stories for as-yet-unannounced project
• 16-20 Extinction Blog stories
• 12 Green Tech articles
• 2 career articles
• 4 technology articles

Wow, I haven't posted much here lately, have I? I guess that's because I'm busy, but it's also because I hate to talk about myself. (Kind of defeats the purpose of blogging, doesn't it?)

Anyway, with the year half-over, I'm starting to think about where I want to take my writing in the second half of Oh-Eight. Along those lines, here are some goals ( Read more... )

• Article # 1: final edits
  
• Article # 2: initial interviews
• Articles 3-6: write outlines
• Articles 7-9: this week's "Green Tech" columns for RiverWired
• Articles 10-13: this week's "Extinction Blog" entries for Plenty Magazine

• J. Edgar Hoover wasn't really a cross-dresser. It's an urban myth!
  
• (He was, however, quite likely secretly gay, but too uptight to act on it.)
• A waited-for phone call (especially from a client) never arrives.
• Amy's Organic chili packs a wallop.
• I didn't know how to spell "wallop" until I tried to type it.