Category Archives: Publishing

Spider-Man/Gambit: The Lost Novel

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Steven

Some of you folks out there already know that I’ve written for licensed properties. For those of you who don’t, here’s a quick rundown: the novels X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy and Final Destination: Dead Man’s Hand; short stories for … Continue reading →

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My Big, Fat Comics Debut

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Steven

How do you break into comics? It’s a question that fledgling writers and artists have been asking since Superman smashed up that automobile on the cover of Action Comics #1, back in 1938. The general response these days is that … Continue reading →

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Stan Lee’s What, Now?

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Steven

A non-’Warp topic for today, but don’t worry—my involvement will become clear enough (otherwise why would I be discussing it?). A few months ago, I saw this solicitation for a new miniseries from Archie Comics: “How it all Began!” – … Continue reading →

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A Blast From the Past

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Steven

Well, here’s something I hadn’t seen in a store in a long time: the first-ever edition of Lorelei: Building the Perfect Beast, Vol. 1, released by The ’Warp in the summer of 2005. And yet there it was, just the … Continue reading →

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The Publisher/Author Relationship

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Steven

A Guest Post by James Roy Daley When a publisher publishes an author’s short story, novella, or novel they are entering into a relationship. I suspect that all publishers that have been around the block understand this. I also have … Continue reading →

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Back to Business

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Steven

Happy New Year! Hope you folks had a restful holiday season these past few weeks, and thanks for joining us for what we hope will be an exciting 2012 (end-of-the-world prophecies notwithstanding). While you were unwrapping presents, eating until you … Continue reading →

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Panspotting

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Steven

As a small-press publisher, the biggest struggle is in getting attention for your products. Without the kind of advertising budgets possessed by the major houses, and with most mainstream industry magazines and Web sites ignoring those of us who aren’t … Continue reading →

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Happy Banned Books Week!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Steven

Ever read Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? How about To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, or Brave New World by Aldous Huxley? … Continue reading →

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Pandora Zwieback and the Blustery Day

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Steven

Brooklyn Book Festival 2011! An outdoor event apparently held this year in a wind tunnel, which often required you to grab hold of the open-air tent surrounding your booth and pray you didn’t get carried off to Oz as you … Continue reading →

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The Secret Origin of Sebastienne Mazarin (Part 1)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Steven

Back on August 24th you were introduced to Pandora Zwieback 1.0—the original, non-Goth version of Pan that I created for an unfinished screenplay in 1984. But how about her mentor, Sebastienne “Annie” Mazarin, 400-year-old shape-shifter and professional monster hunter—where did … Continue reading →

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