Since school ended, my main goal has been to sit down and work on the outline for the original novel. And every day since then, other things have taken precedence. I have had to proofread galleys, address new Crazy 8 business, visit doctors (both scheduled and unscheduled), run errands, take yoga classes (trying out a […]
Ah, summer break. Normally, I have all manner of writing to do, short and long works, which have been stockpiled for this ten-week stretch. This summer, that is not the case. Instead, I have drafted my Sword & Sorcery story for the next Thrilling Adventure Yarns and it is off to Aaron Rosenberg for editing. […]
My eighth year at St. Vincent Pallotti has drawn to a close, and overall, it was a satisfactory year. As always, I delight in the honors freshmen, enjoying easing them into the school culture. I had two sections, as usual, and each had a very distinct personality. They arrived better prepared for high school than […]
I’m trying something new, an attempt at more regular blogging, forcing myself to get into the habit so I can communicate more regularly with friends and fans. This past week was interesting as we wrapped up at the academic year. Monday, of course, was Memorial Day, which saw me toiling away at the desk, but […]
I will be back at Trek Long Island this weekend, joining a coterie of fellow authors in addition to an impressive line-up of media guests, We open at 6 on Friday and traffic willing, I’ll be there. On Saturday, you can find me at my table, or on the following panels: 10:00-10:50 am, Pale B […]
The world Peter David leaves behind is a webbed one. Like Spider-Man, whom he wrote for several years, Peter spun a web trapping unsuspecting people, until we all found how connected we were to one another. Social media is filled, since news broke of his dying in his sleep Saturday night, with stories and anecdotes, […]
The sale of Diamond Comic Distributors this week is another seismic shift in the comic book industry. I have already seen a former DC Comics colleague, Rich Johnson, announce his firing. Two other good frieds remain employed—for now. It reminded me of my brief time working closely alongside Diamond while I was on staff at […]
I was at Farpoint this weekend and awoke Sunday to discover the news I had expected. The world lost KC Carlson on Saturday night. KC died from a combination of cancer and Alzheimer’s so my first thought was that he was finally no longer in pain and was at peace. The second thought was that […]
Farpoint celebrates its 32nd anniversary with a con running this weekend. It is once again at the DoubleTree Hotel in Pikesville, MD and, of course, I will be on hand. Given my high school commitments, I couldn’t be on Friday programming but will be there to help set up the Crazy 8 Press table. On […]
2024 was a year without a major project on my To Do list. Part of that was because no one was asking for a major project and also, I had mentally reserved the summer to write something for myself. But, I think I put too much pressure on myself to do something grand this past […]