On Writing: Good Days, Bad Days

On Writing: Good Days, Bad Days

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
Sometimes writing sucks. On some days every stroke of your pen or clack of your keyboard results in what can only charitably be described as crap. Crap. It happens. And on other days magic spills out of your keyboard, and even the roughest of rough drafts are close to final. Again, it happens. After a week or more of the former, today I am enjoying the latter. That's not to say that every word I'm spinning is gold -- it's up to my editor on my current project to make that call -- it's to say that decent words are…
PREVIEW: Comic anthology, volume 2

PREVIEW: Comic anthology, volume 2

Posted inComics & Graphic Novels, Works by Eric
A few weeks back I revealed the first preview page for my upcoming comic anthology, the second volume of Pitched. Well guess what, kids? Here's another preview for you. Those of you who read "The Bugs Are All Right" in the first one might recognize the characters and artist... Click image for full-sized Click image for full-sized Big thanks to Lee Flowers for coming on board and doing the lettering. He designed that logo, too. I think it looks great. Once again you're going to see a pretty diverse selection of stories and artists. The two previews I've posted so…

Sound advice for aspiring writers

Posted inWriting
A fellow Eric brought these links to my attention and I thought they were well worth sharing. There is a wealth of advice here, and while not all of it will be applicable to you, if your aim is to write you'll want to read these and take 90 percent of 'em to heart. The Guardian first gives us Ten Rules For Writing Fiction, as offered by noteworthies like Neil Gaiman and Elmore Leonard. They followed it up with Ten More Rules, bringing folks like Michael Moorcock and ian Rankin into the fray. The vast majority of this advice is…
The Hitchcock podcast returns!

The Hitchcock podcast returns!

Posted inAlfred Hitchcock, Films
Hey, remember a little something called the Year of Hitchcock Podcast? Well, it's back. Technical difficulties and life issues forced a break, but it's back and ready to roll. We'll be airing roughly every other week for the time being -- if there are blips in the schedule, there are blips in the schedule -- and will at the very least clear out the shows we already have recorded (14 in all). From there? We'll see. So for now go subscribe, fire it up on iTunes, tell some friends, spread the word, yada yada yada. Or don't. I don't care…
Stuff Every Husband Should Know

Whoooaaa, we’re halfway there

Posted inWorks by Eric, Writing
A little more than halfway, actually. Stuff Every Husband Should Know is chugging along nicely. We are past the halfway mark. The last few evenings have seen chapters such as How to Grocery Shop in Less Than 30 Minutes and How to Make Family Time (Even If You Work A Lot) submitted to my editor. He has yet to curse my name and call me a fool, so I guess it's going okay. To give you a sense of what this book will be like, check out Stuff Every Man Should Know, also by Quirk Books. Husband will be part…