I always lament the lack of emphasis in American schools on foreign language skills. I enjoyed a very good public education, and it has allowed me to go far (and others even farther), but there were still many things lacking, like computer education and foreign languages. Language classes weren’t even an option for students until [...]
NY ComicCon Author Roundtable
Okay, I mentioned this during my ComicCon Day II posting, but it took a while for the video folks to get it ready. There was an SF Author Roundtable at ComicCon where nine other authors and I all got to talk for… about five minutes each. Maybe. Admittedly, I am a loudmouth, so I might [...]
Why I Stopped Blogging Politics
Haven’t gotten much writing done in the last two days, despite a looming deadline on The Desert Spear. Part of this is because I am recovering from a cold, and Dani had a 103 fever for two days and I’ve been pulling extra daddy-time that’s left me exhausted.
Part, but not all.
I’ve had a few chances [...]
ComicCon Miscellany
So I still had some miscellaneous pictures from ComicCon lying around, mostly ones that people sent to me after I had started posting, and a few that were cut from the first series of blogs due to my own laziness or stupidity.
Enjoy!
Here’s a shot of all the speakers on the author panel, as well as [...]
Petri Dish
The 77,000 people under one roof at NY Comic Con last week formed a human petri dish to challenge even the strongest immune system, especially for me, since I was gladhanding all over the showroom floor. I had hand sanitizer with me (like any new parent), but I didn’t want to go all Howard Hughes [...]
NY ComicCon Video Interview
I did a quick video interview on the first day of ComicCon for RandomHouse uber-blog Suvudu. They broke the interview into some short YouTube videos you can watch here.
As usual, the interview is full of “ums” and “uhs” to the point where I sound slightly emo. If you’re into drinking games, you’ll get totally wasted [...]
NY ComicCon, Day 3
Day three of ComicCon was kids day, and generally more relaxed, though still a zoo by any sane person’s standards. I was nursing something of a hangover after going to the Del Rey open bar party Saturday night, but I had an appointment to tape a radio interview at 11:30, so I hauled myself out [...]
NY ComicCon, Day 2
If the first day of ComicCon was surreal, the second was an acid trip down a chocolate river on a marshmallow boat with gumdrop mushrooms growing along the shore. Andy Warhol once said that everyone would get fifteen minutes of fame, and if this was mine, it was about a thousand times more than I [...]
Views
Before I get to my second NY ComicCon post, I just wanted to throw up a quickie to note that I have a new interview posted on Aidan Moher’s blog A Dribble of Ink. Unlike most interviews, where I am sent a list of questions, answer them, and that’s it, Aidan and I went back [...]
NY ComicCon Day 1
Apologies for the delay in posting about this incredible weekend, but the joy and the anxiety and the exhaustion set in and I needed a day to recuperate. The next few posts will also be picture-heavy, so I was up rather late last night resizing pictures for the web.
Overall, it was an incredible weekend. As [...]