Monthly Archives: September 2015

Mission and Vision

  A writer is a business owner and should act like one.  With the recent growth of my team (the addition of Daniel Braithwaite in publicity), I took the opportunity to think about the core purpose of my business.  That thinking … Continue reading

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Salt Lake Comic Con

I’ve gotten out of the habit of writing con reports, because I go to too many cons to really do that.  I mean, I can write detailed con reports or I can write books, you know? But I want to … Continue reading

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Publicity!

We’ve got a new team member around here.  Daniel Braithwaite has joined us as Director of Publicity.  If you’re a school principal, book reviewer, or library director, you may hear from him; if you’re a con goer at one of … Continue reading

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Salt Lake Comic Con, Here I Come!

Salt Lake Comic Con is one of my favorite cons, and I say that as a guy who goes to a fair number of them.  It’s a huge event, the organizers treat writers like the attraction they are, the green room … Continue reading

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A Moment of Great Restraint

At Rose City Comic Con yesterday, I witnessed a moment that was typical, funny, appalling, and inspiring at the same time.  It looked like this: Ramón Terrell, who stood next to me for two days selling books this weekend, was … Continue reading

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Rose City Comic Con

I’m on the road, heading to Portland.  Rose City Comic Con starts tomorrow, and I’ll be selling and signing books along with many friends, including painter Jeff Sturgeon and novelist Larry Correia. Tonight I’ll be in a coffeehouse, selling books … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: Running from the Night

Ramón Terrell’s Running from the Night starts with a murder. Jelani, California transplant to Vancouver, stop-motion actor, and martial artist, is out jogging and stumbles across a killing. Not just a killing, as it happens.  A vampire feeding. It turns … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: Ripped

Angie Lofthouse is one of my favorite authors. She’s one of my favorite local authors in that she tells science fiction stories that are both deeply Mormon and at the same time profoundly idiosyncratic (I am thinking in particular here … Continue reading

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Bookshelf: Shattered Shields

In light of the recent (ongoing?) guffaw-faw over the Hugo Awards, I was a little surprised and immensely pleased to pick up Shattered Shields and see the list of authors it includes. Without assigning people to sides, and at the risk … Continue reading

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Mailing List!

So I want to ramp up my mailing list.  This comes from my being really dissatisfied with social media as a way of sharing information.  Facebook, in particular, monkeys around with my feed and your feed, and I hate it. … Continue reading

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