A little treat in the mail yesterday …

A little treat in the mail yesterday …

Posted inGeek Stuff, Works by Eric, Writing
I came home from work yesterday to find a package at my door. A box. A wonderful little box. I peeled it open, as you do with boxes -- a box can be labeled "Your Death Within" and you'd still open it; so would I -- and found inside a treat. A wonderful little treat. It was this: Yes, that is Geek Wisdom, brainchild of award-winning editor Stephen Segal and a book to which I am proud to say I contributed. I and a team of other writers wrote some really great geek stuff, brief essays on video games and…
WRITING: Nothing is ever truly done…

WRITING: Nothing is ever truly done…

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
... even when it's already in print. Over two years ago I did a series of posts called How I Got Published outlining the start-to-finish of how Jim McDevitt and I conceived of, wrote, and ultimately sold A Year of Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense. My hope was that those posts would help other writers understand what they might look forward to when their time comes. Consider this a follow-up on that series of posts. Readers of this blog may recall that not too long ago, I announced that A Year of Hitchcock is coming to paperback.…

Husbandly news in the, errr … news

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
Here is a little piece about the ol' Husband book that appeared in today's Birmingham News. Check it out. Heck, ReTweet it, too. In more exciting news, I'm just days away from wrapping up final edits on the first draft of a science fiction novel. It's an action-packed story set in a dystopian America of the near future. I still have a long way to go on it but hope to be feverishly writing the next draft by Memorial Day.

A few appearances from around the web

Posted inUncategorized, Works by Eric, Writing
Joe Valdez over at This Distracted Globe quoted me in his write-up of Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. Thanks, Joe. The quote comes from my review of the Criterion Collection DVD release, which you can read here. Purchase the (awesome) DVD here. Over on the Bibliophile Stalker blog, there is a review/overview of the issue of Weird Tales in which my "commendable piece," Whispers of the Old Hag, appeared. Thanks, Charles. The issue also has a listing at Locus Online. Speaking of listings, Pictureshowman.com lists A Year of Hitchcock with upcoming books on the History of Motion Pictures. Looks like we're…