The Horse and the Carrot

Found this on my computer. Not sure who I wrote it for, or whether I published it on a blog…

Judging a cover by its book

Making a cover is a tricky thing. Because no one really knows what works. Not really anyway. I’m certain there…

Sometimes it can be hard to connect the dots of how society operates. Why do things happen in our society?…

Like I said: a lot of friends with book releases last week. Today we have another SF Noir (my fav…

I’ve never actually tracked the books I read in a year – because that simply sounds like a little too…

I had this guitar. Kari bought it for me a couple of years ago but I never played it (didn’t…

(Steve here: Part 2 can be found here) To recap: discussing how to network at conventions (or really anywhere), specifically…

One of my first conventions was at the Montreal Worldcon in 2009. This shouldn’t have been my first as it…

OMG, OMG, OMG…a giveaway! Beginning now and ending December 4th, enter to win a copy of my book Cursed: Black…

I recently attended When Words Collide, “a festival for readers, writers, artists and publishers of commercial and literary fiction, including…