For those who may find themselves in the vicinity of Missoula, Montana over Memorial Day weekend (May 22-25), the full schedule of events for MisCon 29: The Wasteland has been posted online. If you plan on attending, or are considering doing so, check it out. As always, these things should be considered tentative, as unforeseen circumstances and conflicts […]
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Sitting down after my return from MisCon in Missoula, Montana, where I spent four days participating in a variety of panels, writing critiques, and general mischief with convention goers from far and wide. I’m fairly certain most made the trek to see literary guest of honor George something-or-other Martin. I guess he’s written a couple
Lunch with Robert Jordan In my first appearance at Comic-Con as a published author, I found myself on a discussion panel about writing fight scenes, headlined by none other than the legendary author of The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan. I’d seen R.J. on a panel the year before, so I knew the man had quite
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The Magical World of Disney This one speaks for itself, does it not?
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A Run-in with Christopher Paolini In late 2003, the biggest story in publishing was the runaway success of Christopher Paolini’s debut fantasy novel, Eragon. In fact, I feel my own book deal was made possible, at least in part, by Eragon’s enormous popularity. I say this because, in November of that year, my agent brought Eragon to
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Sneak Preview of 300 In the summer of 2006, hype was already building around the pending spring release of the film version of 300, based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name. Director Zack Snyder was on hand with Miller and actors Gerard Butler and David Wenham to promote the film with an exclusive trailer,
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The Ghirardelli “Earthquake” Location, location, location. One of the best aspects of the San Diego Comic-Con is its proximity to the city’s historic Gaslamp District, a downtown area of restaurants, bars, and shopping as entertaining as the Las Vegas strip (minus the slot machines and pornographic flyers). My favorite hangout there is the Ghirardelli Ice
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One of the perks of being an author is the opportunity to prostitute—er, I mean, promote—your work at various conferences throughout the world. Over the past five or six years, I’ve attended events as close to home as the L.A. Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus, and as far away as Worldcon in
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One of the most useful steps I took in the road to getting published was to attend writers conferences. It’s something I recommend to all up-and-coming writers who are having trouble getting their work to that next level. Since not all writers conferences are created equally, here’s a review from one that a friend of mine recently
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Even in Los Angeles, it’s not every day that most of us get to sit down and watch a film with the guy who created it. Rarer still would be to do so with the writer/director who now lays claim to the two highest-grossing films (in terms of total dollars) of all time. So when the opportunity
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