May 17, 2004 Monday May 17, 2004

Fan-Art Extravaganza! entry, Let's start with the Fan Art. It's been piling up, not because it comes in fast or in huge chunks, but because I'm a lazy, no-account bum unworthy of the goodies you send me. So start here, with a nice drawing of Schlock with someone else's less-popular… Read more

June 21, 2004 Monday June 21, 2004

On The Road, AGAIN. entry, Monday morning I fly to The Hague. That sentence is deceptive. Monday morning I get on the plane. Tuesday morning in Amsterdam I get off of a different plane, after having spent 12 hours in the air and two laid over in JFK. Anyway, I'm… Read more

CONduit XVII: Day Three Wednesday May 30, 2007

Day Three began early -- I arrived at the hotel by 8:15am in order to lay claim to a table. With my territory staked out, I was able to relax for an hour or so before the convention-goers began awakening and wandering about in the customary Day-Three Morning Stupor. The… Read more

Fannish Musings Friday September 25, 2009

True story: there was this girl at a convention I attended recently, and the show ran out of tickets to the big signing before she got hers. Her last words before collapsing in tears were "I guess I'm not a good enough fan..." It never occurred to me that bad… Read more

December 19, 2002 Thursday December 19, 2002

And now, for a tale from the Ghost of Christmas Present: On Tuesday, December 17th, I boarded an airplane bound for San Jose, CA. It's a short flight, and that means I did not bother to pack a paperback book. I opted instead to do a little drawing, fiddle with… Read more

February 16, 2004 Monday February 16, 2004

Veni, Vidi, Vegas entry, I'm back at home now. It's nice. I did a two-day trip to Boston, flying out on Wednesday and flying back Thursday afternoon, and then Sandra and I piled the kids in the minivan and went to Vegas for the weekend. I came, I saw, I… Read more

Heroes the TV Series Saturday September 9, 2006

Last night I watched the premiere episode of Heroes, with the help of an iTunes promotion, and a friend who had an extra coupon. It looks like it's going to be a good series. It also looks like it is going to cover a lot of the same ground that… Read more

November 25, 2003 Tuesday November 25, 2003

Will Make Jokes For Food entry, I may have mentioned Eric D. Snider at some point in the past. Ten years ago he founded "The Garrens" (a comedy troupe that I ran sound for) and then went on to write some of the funniest editorial columns I've ever read, some… Read more

Pre-Order Your Tub of Happiness Today! Thursday September 20, 2007

At long last, the first five-hundred and seven days of Schlock Mercenary are coming to a dead-tree near you. Pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness are now open. This 240-page volume features every strip and footnote from June 12th of 2000 through November 11th of 2001, and includes… Read more

Sending Plutonium to Pluto Tuesday January 17, 2006

I'm excited about NASA's "New Horizons" launch. We still have so much to learn about the universe we live in, and we know next to nothing about objects like Pluto that lie out in the Kuiper belt. There's controversy surrounding the launch, because some folks think that putting plutonium on… Read more

Pre-Orders Redux: Now With More Pictures! Friday October 17, 2014

Per Wednesday's post, pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel and for the 2015 Schlock Mercenary Monthly Calendar are now open. We also have slipcases for books six through eleven, and we reprinted the slipcases for books one through five. UPDATE: We've sold out of sketched books, but the sketch option… Read more

Wednesday October 5, 2011

LTUE Commissions Monday February 20, 2006

Here's a gallery of the commissions I did at LTUE. But before we start with the pictures, here's a photo: That's me, hard at work. I'm drawing a commissioned long-legged pseudo-hominid for a role-playing game. You can see my phone, my iPod, some battery-powered speakers, and my laptop all keeping… Read more

Monday August 31, 2015

Picking up the Phone Tuesday September 11, 2007

I was upstairs looking out the window at the flags on display wondering what September 11th meant to me. Today it means courage in the face of the unknown, and I remember the firefighters, police officers, and other emergency services personnel who selflessly gave their lives on this day six… Read more

May 13, 2002 Monday May 13, 2002

I wasn't expecting to be able to update things much, but here I am, updating things. Man, what a cool, global thing this interwhatsit is. In case you missed Saturday's entry, the new home of the Official Alternative Schlock Mercenary Forum is over in theNightStar Zoo. I've linked to the… Read more

Dress Code, and my awesome new suit Sunday April 21, 2013

In an upcoming Mary Robinette Kowal book whose manuscript I had the opportunity to read, the characters visit a clothier. They do not buy clothing off the rack. They get measured, and then make their way around the shop examining fabric and the pieces on display. Then, essentially, they ask… Read more

Plot Twists... how do they DO that? Monday June 16, 2008

This week's episode of Writing Excuses features Michael Stackpole alongside me, Dan, and Brandon, and we cover plot twists. This one was huge fun to record, and is packed with good information. Mike has a fantastic presence of voice, and also happens to know what he's talking about. If you… Read more

Kickstarter Prep: It's Time to Shoot a Video Saturday April 11, 2015

Most successful projects have a video, and mine have been no exception to this rule. For me, however, unless a project is about making videos I have no desire to watch a video about the project. Words and pictures are plenty. This is one of those cases where I have… Read more

February 21, 2005 Monday February 21, 2005

LTUE XXIII Con Report entry, The "Life, The Universe, and Everything" symposium was a blast. My convention report can be found embedded in my Live Journal. For historical convenience, I'm linking to the appropriate pages here. These links will spawn a new window, again, for your convenience: Day Zero: LARPing… Read more