Ever wonder what it's like to play with other people's characters? From novel versions of popular movies to licensed original fiction featuring franchise characters from film, TV or even video games, media-related work-for-hire novels are the new 21st century pulp fiction ( Read more... )

A reader just asked me if I would update the technology in my first novel CONTROL FREAK if I were to release it as an eBook. I’ve given this a lot of thought. I thought about it back when the second edition was released in 2002. (Fuck me, was that really almost 10 years ago?) I went around and around with myself about it but ultimately decided not ( Read more... )

Since I'll be fucking off for the next few days, here's a little flash to tide you over. Flash fiction, that is ( Read more... )

I'll be moderating an upcoming MWA panel on novelizations and media tie ins in June. Deets below:

Further Adventures: On Writing Novelizations and Media Tie-InEver wonder what it's like to play with other people's characters? From novel versions of popular movies to licensed original fiction featuring franchise characters from film, TV or even ( Read more... )

Tomorrow afternoon I'll be participating in a library event sponsored by the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society, along with fellow authors Morgan St. James, Michael Mallory, Gary Phillips , and M.M. Gornell.

"Writing For the Thrill of It"

Saturday, April 23rd, 3:00 pm
Palms-Rancho Park Library
Ray Bradbury Room, Second Floor.

More info here.

According to this blogger, the novelization for the new movie Red Riding Hood leaves out the ending and asks readers to visit a website after the film's release to download the final pages ( Read more... )

I’ve been thinking a lot about ePublishing / self-publishing and the impact it’s having on me both as a writer and a reader. I was suddenly gobsmacked by something that had never occurred to me until just now and I wanted to float it out there and see what other people think ( Read more... )

Starring Dean Winchester:

Dean considered himself to be pretty open minded, but what happened next was probably up there in the top ten weirdest things he’d ever done with a naked woman. Well sort of naked. Sort of a woman. Anyway it was pretty damn weird.

Some random silly dialog that may or may not make it into the final draft of my Supernatural tie-in. That first line is from Xochi Cazadora, the foxy Mexican huntress who teams up with the Winchester boys to fight Aztec demons ( Read more... )

Social networking isn’t optional for writers these days. No point bitching about that. But I’ve been noticing something odd lately on both Twitter and Facebook and I wonder if it’s a more recent development or if it’s been there all along and I just didn’t care enough to notice ( Read more... )