Author Archives: Steven

Smashwords’ End of Year 2022 Ebook Sale Is Underway!

Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords (and its parent company, Draft2Digital) launches its annual End of Year Sale, during which you can purchase thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs from December 15 to January 1, 2023—and … Continue reading

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Teach Your Kids to Game the SWC Way!

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and among the presents being delivered by Santa will no doubt be a plethora of roleplaying games purchased by parents hoping to introduce their children to the joys of RPGing. And it … Continue reading

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Talking Comics Editing with J.D. Calderon

Hey, comic and fiction fans! This coming Sunday night, December 18th, I’ll be making a return appearance to J.D. Calderon’s YouTube interview series Indy Comics Explained, on the latest installment of his ongoing panel-chat series “Talking Comics on a Sunday … Continue reading

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Happy Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day 2022!

Hey, book lovers! Today marks the twelfth annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day.  Founded in 2010 by author Jessica Milchman, the event, held on the first Saturday in December, “is about instilling a love of bookstores in children so … Continue reading

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Happy Red Planet Day 2022!

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

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DriveThru’s 2022 Black Friday Sale Is Underway!

The Christmas shopping season has officially kicked into overdrive this weekend, with the arrival of Black Friday here in the United States and Cyber Monday coming in three days. Black Friday is an annual retail event, when stores discount prices … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving 2022!

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Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Supernatural Superheroes Found in the Wild

Every now and then, I like to drop by comic shops in the New York City area to see what’s on the shelves, and to paw through the boxes of discounted back issues in search of titles from the 1980s … Continue reading

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Happy Love Your Red Hair Day 2022!

Redheads unite! Today is National Love Your Red Hair Day, so get out there and celebrate! According to the National Day Calendar, this annual event was created in 2015 by Adrienne and Stephanie Vendetti, cofounders of the beauty site How to … Continue reading

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The Legend of Calamity Jane Kickstarter: Successfully Funded!

Good news, Wild West fans! It looked a little shaky at one point during its run, but in the end animation fans united to successfully fund Piko Interactive’s The Legend of Calamity Jane: Box-Set DVD and Comic Kickstarter campaign, which will … Continue reading

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