Tag Archives: Books

Michael Wiese Holiday Discounts

 As some of you may know, my book Creating Graphic Novels will be published next year by Michael Wiese Productions. I was very pleased that they became my publisher for it, because I have always been impressed by their catalog … Continue reading

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The Creature Reviews My Weekend

So Saturday, I was out all day, and the Creature wanted an explanation. I told him that in the morning I had my screenwriters group, like I often do. So he accepted that. Then I explained that in the afternoon, … Continue reading

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Final Cover for CREATING GRAPHIC NOVELS

Got word from my publisher late last week that the final cover design for my book (formerly known as Paper Movies) has now been approved — and I can start showing it off to folks. The actual publication date hasn’t been … Continue reading

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Moving Forward with Paper Movies

After a lot of work in revising the nature of my sample chapter of Paper Movies, I finally got news from a publisher last week that they are interested in the non-fiction project and want to publish it. Yay! All … Continue reading

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Friday At WonderCon 2013

I drove down early in order to get into a good parking spot. As it happened, I did get a good spot near the building, right beside a set of stairs. The unfortunate part was that it was nowhere near … Continue reading

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Personal Archeology

I recently came to the decision to give up the storage unit I’ve been renting, basically because I can’t afford it at present. After finally getting current on my payments to the storage company, I began the process of moving … Continue reading

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Project Backup

After reading a discussion on LiveJournal about problems that site has been having, and how many people are now backing up their posts there by duplicating them elsewhere, I think I will start a reposting project of my own entries. … Continue reading

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About Research – Who Knows What?

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I started reading a new fantasy this week and within a couple of pages found myself being irritated. Please don’t take what follows as a review of the whole, because it is not. I mean to … Continue reading

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Tolkien Snobbery

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I was roaming around a social website this last week, one that services writers, and was looking at one writer’s profile. Under the heading “Favorite Books” she began with “Tolkien’s Trilogy” — and then the rest … Continue reading

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Reading of Dragons

(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I like dragons. I collect dragons, but only if they are interesting looking – I’m not particularly fond of overly cutesy ones (although a do have a couple that might fit this category) or that are … Continue reading

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