(Not quite) a year with Hitchcock

(Not quite) a year with Hitchcock

Posted inAlfred Hitchcock, Films, Works by Eric
When Jim and I set out in late 2005 to watch every Hitchcock film in a year and write about them all, we didn't give much thought to whether it had been done before. It just seemed like an exciting project to try, so we did it -- an early and incomplete draft ran as a series of popular weekly features on DVDinmyPants.com before we pulled it offline to concentrate on the book -- and it was a lot of work, and we persevered, and it became a book. A happy ending to our story. It wasn't until much later that…
Whence Comes, Liberty!

Whence Comes, Liberty!

Posted inComics & Graphic Novels, Works by Eric
Artist Marcus Kelligrew is providing some exciting art for a traditional superhero story set to appear in my upcoming comic anthology. He's got such a dynamic style, reminiscent of the action-packed Marvel comics of the 1970s, that I just had to do a story with him. The result was "Whence Comes, Liberty!", a superhero origin story. We've got American soldiers getting amazing powers, cyborg nazis, and loads of action. Below are two panels from the story. They're not yet inked. When they do, expect them to explode off the page even more than they already do. The anthology remains on…

Hilariously bad ways to submit your manuscript

Posted inWriting
This was given to me by Stephen Segal of the awesome Weird Tales and I had to share it. If you've ever submitted a story or manuscript to a publisher or magazine, you want to read It Came From The Slush Pile. Trust me. Just read it. It's funny as hell, but you'll learn something, too. The only gimmick worth having is good writing.

Inspiring readers is awesome

Posted inAlfred Hitchcock, Writing
Jim McDevitt, my co-author on A Year of Hitchcock, occasionally posts to the Hitchcock Wiki's message board. One of the other posters there is now taking a journey through Hitchcock's career just as we did. Even better, he is using our book as a guide. How great is that? It's wonderfully gratifying to know that your work is being read, used and enjoyed by someone. It's even BETTER to know that you've inspired them to take the same journey. Check out his viewing and reading experience in this thread.
“Shackles” – an anthology preview

“Shackles” – an anthology preview

Posted inComics & Graphic Novels, Works by Eric
The following is a rough layout for a story in my upcoming comic anthology. The story is called "Shackles" and it is set in London circa 1778. The art is incomplete, obviously, but gives you a sense for what we're doing. Click here for a version large enough to read. We took an interesting approach on this one. I penned a conversation and provided the text to independent comic creator and musician Stanley Lieber, creator of Massive Fictions, among others. (Some of you might recall that I remixed some of his music.) No stage direction, no art direction, just some…