Author. Writer. Editor. Fool.
So you might remember that I co-authored a book. It’s called A Year of Hitchcock and it is wonderful. Did you buy a copy? If you did not, you should. I would be pleased if you did. Thank you. Carry on. Thanks. Pardon?
… Stuff Every Husband Should Know, to be published by Quirk Books, publishers of the huge smash Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. So that’s neat. I start work on it … well, I’m working on it right now, actually. Busting arse, dontcha know? Very tight deadline, so I’ll be busy in the comings days. I WILL ALSO NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS BOOK. I will explain more in the next day or so. Could net you a free copy, so hey hey hey, pay attention! More info to follow.
Last month I announced that work on the second volume of my self-published comic anthologies was underway. I’m happy to bring you a bit of a tease: the opening page of a story done with Rick Lundeen called Voice of the Universe. We’re quite proud of it. Take a look: Click image for full-sized As with the first volume, I’ll be penning a diverse collection of stories in multiple genres and multiple styles, all of them brought to life by a talented array of artists. Some artists from the first will be returning, and a number of new names will also be taking part. It will be very exciting to bring this all together again and I look forward to previewing more stuff in the…
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A while back I posted about an old music collaboration with my buddy Tim. Now here’s more from Tim. And it’s great. Tim is neck deep in a fantastic music project right now, and it’s pretty damn amazing. The best stuff he’s ever done, actually, and he’s done a LOT of music over the years. It’s called Bok, it’s catchy and dynamic and dancy and trippy and more, you can find the website over here, and you really should go download some of those in-progress tunes. Follow Bok on Facebook, too, while you’re at it. It’s good stuff and I’m eager to hear the finished album.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned it here, what with being busy as hell on writing projects and all, but in early January my desktop PC keeled over in a flaming ball of computer death, shards of shrapnel flying around the living room like a Tom Hanks/Stephen Spielberg production. This was unfortunate for many reasons, one of the biggest (for me) being that I was right in the middle of a major music project. My first X-Sweet record in three years, specifically, and hopefully the best I’ve done so far. I’ve been writing a lot of music lately. Not the sprawling guitar soundscapes I love to do, but traditional songs with, like, singing and stuff. And I’d like to keep doing it. But I don’t record…
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