About ten years ago, after a couple of bad jobs and something of an emotional meltdown, I took a little more than a year off to work on my writing. The result was about a score of short stories of varying quality (a couple of them received honorable mention in their respective years of [...]
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I just returned from Comic-Con, where I worked at the SLG Publishing booth. Most of the time, I ferry books around — helping to set up for signings and keeping the store stocked. I do a few portfolio reviews and talk to aspiring comic book creators as well. I have to admit to having divided [...] For the past few months I have been working on revising my novel Sliver of Light, at the request of an editor, to be more suitable for a young adult audience. She gave me some excellent tips for how to do this, and I did a little supplemental research by taking a look at some [...] On the advice of an editor, I am revising Sliver of Light to be a young adult novel. From the beginning, people have commented it might be better situated in YA because of its protagonist and relatively short length (it’s about 80,000 words), but I was unsure how to tailor it for that audience. Fortunately, [...] |
My Opium Den
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
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