On the Tumblr: Nickelcage
A few links of note: Don Winslow, Ed Brubaker, Ursula K. Le Guin and Julia Wertz
•Julia Wertz has a new page from The Infinite Wait up on her site, and it's amazing. Go read the whole thing. (Julia Wertz) • Talkin' Don Winslow's Savages prequel, The Kings of Cool. (Barnes & Noble's Random Notes) • My buddy Abel is listing his "4,000 Albums...
Stuff and nonsense: Promotion, writing update and “Occupy Riverdale”
• There's no way to link to this without seeming a bit self-congratulatory, but whatever: I got promoted. This is exciting and I'm very happy about it. And such great company! Really stoked to have Ski on our team and I really respect and admire Paul and Harold....
On the Tumblr: Evolver t-shirt from Go Ape
A few links of note: Martin Amis, Marvelman and the CFL
• The New York Times profiles author Martin Amis (The New York Times, via Largehearted Boy) • 10 bands that really ought to call it quits. (Flavorwire) I agree with most, if not all, of these. It's a mix of lead-singer-reforms-with-no-names and bands that have just...
What I’m reading: The Winter of Frankie Machine
Savages was the first Don Winlsow book I'd read, and it hooked me in a few pages. Violent, sexualized, powerful and chock-full of characters as three-dimensional as I'd ever read in crime fiction. I knew then that I'd want to read more -- which is when I bought The...
On the Tumblr: Fiona Staples’ wonderful Life with Archie #24 variant
I posted this a while back, but it bears repeating. She's an amazing artist.
A few links of note: Space art, Helen Keller, Tigers and audiobooks
• My buddy Sean T. Collins reviews Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller. (Sean T. Collins) • Joe Konrath talks audiobooks. (A Newbie's Guide to Publishing) • Dark Roasted Blend presents some rare and wonderful 1950s space art. (Dark Roasted Blend, via Boing...
We put out a record: Faulkner Detectives’ The Modern Handshake
The picture above - me holding a for-reals CD of music written and recorded by Faulkner Detectives, the band I'm in with Elizabeth Keenan-Penagos, Meg Wilhoite and Vanessa Lopez - still seems unreal, but it's true: we put out an EP via indie label Livid Records. You...
Rip it up and start again
The sinking feeling hit me yesterday, as I was in my local coffee shop trying to make sense of my novel outline. A month ago, things seemed to be moving at a nice clip. I'd written about 12,000 words - seven or eight chapters - and outlined the rest of the book. I...