This originally appeared on my old blog, The Bastardized Version. Recently, especially after yesterday’s post where we narrowly averted a self-publishing kerfuffle, I’ve been thinking about why artists keep striving despite the odds and I went back to read it. And, I must say, I was actually moved by something…

File this post under: FANTASY. And, per comments, TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING So, going by the title of this post, I can say right away that if you’re still unpublished you probably have a dayjob and there’s a good possibility that you have health benefits. So you got that going for you…

Kansas City, Kansas City here I come… So, thanks to the illustrious (and illustrative) John Picacio, artist extraordinaire, gentleman, and lover of fine scotch, I managed to get on the schedule at ConQuest in Kansas City. I think he put in a good word for me. If not, well, thanks…

There’s all stripes of writing advice out there and, surprisingly, almost all of it is good. As a writer, much of the journey is discovering what works for you and what doesn’t. The only way to come to understand what works for you is through completion. If you’re not finishing things, then…

It’s with extreme happiness that I tell you that THE INCORRUPTIBLES, my first foray into fantasy, has sold to Gollancz in the UK. Gollancz, an imprint of Orion Books, is the premiere fantasy and science fiction publisher over there, across the pond. I’ve been sitting (uncomfortably) on the news for…

Very quickly, I played hooky from work (writing) this morning and caught the 10am showing of EVIL DEAD, the remake of the Raimi classic. It’s a interesting mash-up of both EVIL DEAD and EVIL DEAD 2, with a few homages to both films. I won’t ruin any of that for…

    I’m inordinately proud of this poster. Made in reference to this poster.

GIVING REVIEWS I wrote a review the other day on Treasure Island, The Musical, and my Statcounter app tells me it’s been viewed a few times by someone who might’ve been upset by the review. I felt bad about that for a while, really, that my opinion might have upset…

I am an infrequent blogger because, I think, deep down, I’m apathetic about most current events. I’m getting older, and crotchety. I don’t have cable so all my television is through Netflix. And the cultural things I get excited/incensed about are mostly on the Internet, which is sad, really. Since…

I’m told that The Horn Book magazine is the most prestigious journal on literature for kids. So this review for THE TWELVE-FINGERED BOY made me happy – “It’s a monster of a world” for fifteen-year-old Shreve Cannon, incarcerated in Casimir Pulaski Juvenile Detention Center for Boys: “not quite prison. Not…