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Things I Learned While Cleaning Out My Office
Some of you may know I have a problem with clutter. Some of you may know I have a similar problem with keeping up with my paperwork and filing, which directly affects the clutter thing ( Read more... ) -
Taking Publication into One's Own Hands
Lately there's been a veritable flurry of articles and conversations about the newly reconceptualized idea of self-publishing. I suppose at this point I should make a couple of distinctions. I'm not referring here to vanity publishing, using such purveyors as the quite reputable iUniverse or the substantially less reputable PublishAmerica. Vanity ( Read more... ) -
2010 Bram Stoker Award Nominees
I'm proud to be in with this bunch of fine writers. Congrats and best of luck to all the nominees in each category.
Superior Achievement in a NOVELHORNS by Joe Hill (William Morrow ( Read more... ) -
2009 Stoker Nominees
These are the folks who should try to get to World Horror Convention in Brighton this year. Congratulations to all of them.
Superior Achievement in a Novel- AUDREY'S DOOR by Sarah Langan (Harper)
- PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)
- QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)
- CURSED by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
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Every Day Holds Wonders to be Seen...
Lately I've had a tune running through my head.
Yes, I know. Those who know me will tell you I always have a song playing in my head. It's part of hanging around with Mark that he'll hum the same tune for three or four days straight, inflicting his taste in music, or at least the tastes of his unconscious -- not to mention his dubious vocal talents ( Read more... ) -
Novel Ways of Doing Things
On March 31st of this year, I finished my third novel.
Okay. That's not exactly right. To be completely truthful, it's the third novel I’ve written in my lifetime. But it’s the first one that a) I've fully completed, and b) I am allowing others to see because it might not be crap. If we're sticking to those criteria, it's the very first ever.
Let me ( Read more... ) -
Internet Reading in Second Life
So, I did it. After having seen it on Second Life and CSI and some G4 show, I decided to give it a try. I signed up for a Second Life account in January. It took me a while to stop asking questions and feeling like an idiot newbie, but I didn't feel too concerned about that. We're all idiot newbies at something or other. Right?
It didn't take ( Read more... )
