June 23rd, 2020 I’m a writer. I’m a straight, white male. Every time I come up with a new character, he starts off as a straight, white male. Even if I imagine her as a red-haired young woman, on the inside she is a straight, white male. For her to be anything else takes work.Continue reading “SWM”
Tag Archives: Writing
New Directions
May 25th, 2020 What kind of doofus would release a book about connecting to one another at a time when we’re so far apart? This kind of doofus. A doofus who could absolutely use some of your knowledge and wisdom. As any writer does, I spend time reading about sales and the “art” of selling,Continue reading “New Directions”
One More Thank You, How To Read A Comic Book, It’s Release Day & My Birthday!
May 1st, 2020 “For the first 35 years of my life, I was a bit player. …When the time came, I knew I had to be more.” – Dolores Abernathy, this week’s episode of Westworld It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to. 😂 If you don’t want to watch 7 delightful minutesContinue reading “One More Thank You, How To Read A Comic Book, It’s Release Day & My Birthday!”
It’s Here
April 17th, 2020 IT’S HERE. The Weirdos are here. The book is glossy and bright and dark and beautiful. The release date hasn’t changed: May 1st, 2020. The first shipment will be sent out the first week of May to donors. I can’t thank you enough for everything (but damn will try). If you areContinue reading “It’s Here”
No Foolin’
April 1st, 2020 Dang it. I had all of this planned before tonight happened, before I lost my job of almost thirteen years; but I still want to do this, and I’m gonna, damn it. To address what happened simply, though: I will never be able to express how grateful I am, for so manyContinue reading “No Foolin’”
Fin
March 30th, 2020 It’s done. The book is locked. It’ll be here soon. May 1st, 2020, to be exact. This is the cover. I am so happy it’s finished. So happy.
Excellent Adventure
March 28th, 2020 I finished the special Collector’s Edition behind-the-scenes pages of my book today, and it required me to go through all the material it took to get here. As you can see, it took no less than NINE notebooks, SIX years and THOUSANDS of pages to get to this 128-page graphic novel now.Continue reading “Excellent Adventure”
Thank You.
March 17th, 2020 Weird world. I was waiting until I could write something thoughtful and meaningful about everything that has happened over the last few days, and then I realized that waiting for anything is stupid, so here we are. First of all: thank you. I say thank you a lot, and I mean itContinue reading “Thank You.”
Give A F***.
March 15th, 2020 “This is a story about our struggles, and our suffering — and this is a story about how our connections to one another is the way we weather them.” That’s the last line of my description for The Weirdos. Today is the last day you can pre-order my book or donate toContinue reading “Give A F***.”
We Did It.
March 14th, 2020 WE DID IT. ❤ (I am celebrating and dancing and screaming in my head, and I’ll have so much stuff to say later, but we still have work to do!) WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: You can still donate! PLEASE still donate, if you can. In fact, the only way I canContinue reading “We Did It.”
The Den 