FIRST GLIMPSE! Next self-published comic is in progress

FIRST GLIMPSE! Next self-published comic is in progress

Posted inComics & Graphic Novels, Works by Eric
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…
Back to writing new music

Back to writing new music

Posted inMusic, Works by Eric
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…
Pitched Vol 1

Comic anthology Vol. 2 is underway

Posted inComics & Graphic Novels, Works by Eric, Writing
So you might remember that I wrote a comic anthology, which I self-published last year and which you can buy here (hint, hint). Well, I'm pleased to say that work is progressing on a second anthology of comic stories, some with new artists and some with folks you saw in the first volume. The stories will be all-new (save for one that will include some familiar faces), and will once again span multiple genres. We'll have Buck Rogers-influenced space opera, Gothic horror in the spirit of classic EC Comics, a Lovecraftian morality play, and a crime story, among others. I…

Second Draft: Can’t wait to get started!

Posted inWorks by Eric, Writing
For six weeks I've been sitting on the finished first draft of a dystopian science fiction novel. I had a goal of finishing it by last New Year's Eve, met the goal, and then set it aside. The idea was to take a break so that when I returned to it for rewrites, I'd be doing so with fresh eyes and renewed energy for the project. And right now, I'm chomping at the bit for a return. I'm not sure why, exactly. I have a lot of work to do on the second draft. A LOT of work. I'm talking…
The first music I ever “released” — it’s back!

The first music I ever “released” — it’s back!

Posted inMusic, Works by Eric
It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since I first did this little tape. It was the summer of 1994. I had just gotten my trust TASCAM Porta 7, a four-track tape recorder that allowed talented people record demos and such, and allowed people like me to ruin the definition of "music." Which is exactly what I did for the last few months of 1994, the time period from which this "music" springs*. I "sampled" (read: stole) chunks of music from elsewhere, slowed it down or played it backwards, laid other stuff on top of it, and generally just…