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Author Archives: Steven
Farewell to BookExpo and BookCon
The publishing industry was stunned last week when convention organizer Reed Exhibitions announced that, effective immediately, it was putting an end to its annual trade-show gathering called BookExpo, as well as Expo’s spin-off event, BookCon. It was the coronavirus that … Continue reading
Posted in Book Festivals, Conventions
Tagged book expo america, book festivals, bookcon
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Happy Red Planet Day 2020!
According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, Red Planet Day “honors the launch of the spacecraft Mariner 4, a robotic interplanetary probe on 28th November 1964 by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In the eight months it was on its … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Illustrated Classics, Princess of Mars, Publishing, Science Fiction
Tagged a princess of mars, dejah thoris, edgar rice burroughs, holidays, illustrated classics, john carter, mariner 4, mars, red planet day, science fiction
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Happy Local Comic Shop Day 2020!
Hey, comic fans! Today is Local Comic Shop Day. It’s an annual appreciation “conceived and implemented by ComicsPRO comic book specialty retailers to call attention to locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, celebrating their unique and vital role in being … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Digital Comics, Events
Tagged chronicles of the sea dragon, heartstopper, heroines and heroes, local comic shop day, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, saga of pandora zwieback annual, the saga of pandora zwieback #0, troubleshooters incorporated
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Happy Love Your Red Hair Day 2020!
As the old saying goes, you learn something new every day. According to the National Day Calendar, today is National Love Your Red Hair Day, an annual event created in 2015 by Adrienne and Stephanie Vendetti, cofounders of the beauty site … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Holidays, Lorelei, Publishing
Tagged holidays, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, national love your red hair day, succubus fiction
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It’s National Novel Writing Month 2020!
Fall is in full swing, and with it comes that annual November event called National Novel Writing Month. To explain what it is, I’ll let this quote from the organization’s website provide you with some background: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Publishing, Writing Reference Books
Tagged national novel writing month, richard c. white, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, world building, writers reference, writing reference
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It’s Time for Our Favorite Holiday!
Stay safe, stay well, and have the happiest of Quarantineoweens!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Now On Sale!
Halloween is just three days away, and so the timing couldn’t be better for fans of the Spooky Season than right now for the release of our latest SWC Horror Bite: Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow! The tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Halloween, Publishing
Tagged e-books, halloween, headless horseman, horror classics, ichabod crane, swc horror bites, the legend of sleepy hollow, washington irving
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DriveThru’s 2020 Halloween Sale Is On!
It’s time to celebrate the Spooky season—with e-books and digital comics! E-book distributors DriveThru Comics and DriveThru Fiction—along with sister site DriveThru RPG—are currently running their annual Halloween sale, during which you can purchase thousands of horror-themed digital books and comics at special … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Book Distributors, Comic Distributors, Digital Comics, e-books, e-tailers, Halloween
Tagged digital comic books, drivethru comics, e-books, e-tailers, halloween
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The Formidables 7 Now On Sale!
Hey, comic fans! The seventh (and penultimate) issue of The Formidables—the eight-part superhero series that I’ve been involved with as editor—is now on sale at online comics distributor IndyPlanet. Created by writer/artist Chris Malgrain (who also created the series Sideral: The Last Earthman, … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books
Tagged chris malgrain, comic books, indyplanet, oniric comics, the formidables
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