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What Consumes You?

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I recently wrote about the effort many writers spend in pursuit of getting people to know they exist…how the race to create a “platform” or “brand” trumps actually writing for some. It’s a pretty simple formula: spend a lot of time totally connected to social media, being a personality who shares links to great writing […]

A Busy Weekend

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This weekend (Sunday), I’m speaking at Emerging Tech Conference Dallas. Sunday at 1:00, I’m talking about the Benefits of Sequential Content. If you’re in the area and looking for something to do this weekend, you can do much worse than coming to Grapevine and listening to all kinds of cool people talking about new media. […]

The Effort of It All

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When the effort involved in getting people to know your writing exists becomes almost as much as the writing itself (or more), is it really worth it? What have we lost when we constantly update Facebook and Twitter at every free moment instead of sitting or standing in silence, thinking? Is productivity killing your creativity? […]

The Busiest Month

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For some reason, May and  June always seem to be the busiest months for me as a writer. This June is no exception; in fact, it’s probably busier than most. I’m definitely earning the title “Juggling Writer” this month. Here’s what’s going on: Kickstarter I quickly mentioned the Kickstarter project for Hell Comes with Wood […]

Shawn Kupfer Has Gone Supercritical

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I’ve interviewed Shawn Kupfer before, asking questions about the first book in his near-future series, 47 Echo — and a bit about his writing process. This time around, we’re talking about Supercritical, the latest book in his series. No bloated intro, here…let’s get straight to the interview! The Interview Welcome back, Shawn! First up, the […]

Dandelion Seeds in the Wind

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I was born in Chicago and moved to Mundelein, Illinois when I was young. Mundelein isn’t far from Waukegan. Waukegan is where Ray Bradbury was born… Dandelion Wine While dyslexic, I loved to read. My favorite thing about school wasn’t recess or lunch or gym or any of my classes…my favorite thing was being allowed […]

The Cat Licker

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Over the weekend, my wife and I chatted with a friend about how what we’ve all wanted from our creative endeavors has changed over the years. While it was once an all-or-nothing race toward doing what would afford a living doing something creative, these days we all do what we want for the love of […]

William Shatner’s The Captains

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I’m a Star Trek fan by default. My earliest memories of the original series are from when I had chicken pox and spent a couple weeks being watched by my grandmother. My mom’s mom remarried, and the man she married was simply known to me as Pop — and there were few people on the […]

Chris Ware Interview

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I think the first Chris Ware comic work I saw was in Jab Comics Anthology (not to be confused with the adult comic), in the early 90s. (His little potato guy strips.) Some time after that, it was Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth and all that followed. Ware is one of those cartoonists […]

Women and Men (And Fiction)

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This morning on Twitter, Michael Magras asked what “Fiction for men,” is supposed to mean. It’s perhaps a bit of a rhetorical question, as well as a way of saying, “I read much more than what is deemed ‘fiction for men.’”(From what I’ve seen, Michael’s very well read and reads anything and everything!) I think […]