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I suppose it started with a name. Zombre. Conjuring up images of Clint Eastwood’s mysterious stranger, but as a zombie who hunts other zombies, it was compelling. J. Madmartigan came up with the name, and provided some initial concept art. But concept art for what, exactly, we didn’t know. I had written both comic books
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Just released last night; Crossed Genres volume 28 – Superheroes issue, including my Gato Loco story “Hard Ride to Yuma.” Inspired by Arizona’s recent immigration laws, it gave me the chance to do a little side story with one of my favorite characters. It also marks a different breakthrough — this is the first Cobalt
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It seems like only yesterday that the Wily Writers website went live, seducing the internet with speculative fiction audio podcasts. My story “Ink Calls to Ink,” about the Steadfast Tin Soldier, Goldilocks, and the Three Bears on the streets of an alternative modern London was one of the first stories posted. It ended up inspiring
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I’m sitting in a coffeehouse across the street from my apartment, glad that I took the day off sick from work. Glad not just because I needed some recovery time to fight off a cold, but because I’ve just lost a battle to hold back the tears. Yeah. Sobbing in public is one thing. Sobbing
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I’ve been on a bit of a reading jag lately. These things happen, as from time to time I need to fill up the tank. I’m a big fan of anthologies and single-author short fiction collections in particular. Something about the bite-sized nature makes them easier to digest. I finished (and reviewed) Chuck Wendig’s Irregular
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It’s rare for me to come to an author having read his writing about writing but not his actual fiction work. But that was the case with Chuck Wendig. This compact collection Irregular Creatures is like a heart-shaped box full of mysterious chocolate delights. And like that chocolate box, not every story is going to
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The life of a writer/small-publisher. Not exactly like that of James Bond. Although this past week did see some parallels: Collaborating with co-conspirators (coffee and donuts on Tuesday with fellow authors including Rosemary Jones and Erik Scott de Bie) Sharing tales with a “Handler” and assistant (sushi and cocktails on Wednesday with editor-extreme Jennifer Brozek
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There is a print market which I quiet enjoy that I dearly want to get a story submitted for this month. The focus of what they’re looking for is pretty dang narrow, which is usually good for me. The deadline is coming up at the end of the month, and I’ve known about this since,
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There are so many awesome conventions I’d love to go to this year. World Con in San Diego (Neil freaking Gaiman, people!), or Renovation in Reno, or World Horror Con (Joe Hill and one of my influences Joe Lansdale). But I won’t be going to those. Not unless some kind of miracle happens. As a
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I love strong women. That’s no secret. I’ll take a competent woman adventurer over a damsel in distress any day. I also love anthologies. Anthologies, as I’m certain someone has said before me, are like a box of chocolates. I picked up Beauty Has Her Way from Dark Quest Books as an informed reader. I
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Tales from the Ragged Edge 