admin | December 31, 2009
Remember, everyone: New Year’s Day is Shave Day! Starting January 1, be sure to follow Thaumatrope magazine on Twitter for my brand spanking new Twitter serial, Shave! Shave will appear as new chapters once or twice daily throughout the month, and you’re gonna love it. So if you’re not already a tweeter, take a few [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
Okay, it’s time. If you’re not on Twitter already, please take a half-hour between now and New Year’s Day and get yourself signed up. I know, I know: Isn’t Twitter a silly waste of time? What can anyone possibly have to say in 140 characters that’s important enough to read? What do you care what [...]
admin | December 29, 2009
One of my father-in-law’s favorite jokes is to say that someone who’s wealthy has “piles.” He’s not talking about the ailment known as piles, but “piles” of money, of course. Well, I’ve got piles, too, but of a different sort. I’ve got piles of paperwork in my writing office. Junk paper has a way of [...]
admin | December 28, 2009
Today is Wendy and my “meetiversary,” the anniversary of our first face-to-face meeting. We celebrated as we always do, by having a pizza at the bar where we met…The Orchard in Geistown. It was a hell of a snowy night, but we didn’t let that keep us from enjoying the evening. In fact, the snow [...]
admin | December 27, 2009
Yes, it’s true. The new Sherlock Holmes movie is awesome. It’s a ton of fun from start to finish, a great action movie/buddy picture/comedy/steampunk film. Robert Downey, Jr. did a fantastic job creating a memorable new version of Holmes, and Jude Law did the same for Watson. According to my wife, the Holmes expert, the [...]
admin | December 26, 2009
I’ve just passed the halfway point in my current major writing project, a graphic novel I started in early November. Times like this are a cause for celebration in my little universe. Marking the occasional waypoint helps motivate me to keep cooking along on lengthy projects. On the one hand, I still have half a [...]
admin | December 25, 2009
So we’ve gotten through Christmas, right? All the holiday preparations are finished, most of the get-togethers have wrapped. I even managed to keep writing hard through the holiday, firing full-bore on the current graphic novel script. So now what? Now it’s time to clear the decks of tasking and issues that have piled up over [...]
admin | December 24, 2009
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are two of the few occasions during the year when publishing-related communications mostly shut down for me. I’ve gotten the last burst of messages, and now all’s quiet. Everyone’s celebrating the holiday in one way or another. I know that’s a good thing, relaxation and family are positives…but I admit, [...]
admin | December 23, 2009
Today, I worked extra-hard and reached excellent productivity levels across the board. For some reason, I just seemed to have a lot of energy and determination. Who knows why. I certainly didn’t get any extra sleep or load up on caffeine. Can’t blame the Christmas spirit, either, because it’s in short (nonexistent) supply with me [...]
admin | December 22, 2009
Today just shot away from me like a kid’s helium balloon zipping into the sky. I worked extra hard to get as much done as possible, and I did accomplish a lot…but the day still got away from me. I didn’t get everything on my list wrapped up, and now I’m wondering if I can [...]
The Fictioneer will be appearing at World Fantasy 36, set for October 28-31, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio.
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