3-28-09

Last week, Melissa received advance copies of her Everything Photography Book and it's a beautiful volume....not only is it extremely helpful to photographers, both seasoned and those just starting out, but it's also a great showcase for her wonderful work.

If you want to see a preview of the interior check out: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Everything-Photography-Book/Melissa-Martin-Ellis/e/9781598695755/?itm=2

Yesterday, I heard from Wes Britton who had interviewed me about the Justice Machine (and other things) for The Dave White Show (referenced in the blog before this one).

The interview apparently elicited a surprisingly good response, email wise and Dave plans to read some of them on the next show, this coming Tuesday.

To quote from Wes: "So if you'd like to hear your name invoked again, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel..."
 

(Word of warning--If my name is invoked too often, particularly while you're looking into a bathroom mirror, I tend to appear right behind you).

If any member of this site authored any of the complimentary emails, thanks very much.

I appreciate it!

On the subject of appreciation...

I've mentioned our (meaning Melissa and I) Newport Roundtable writer's workshops in other blogs...we moderate two of them a week. This past Thursday, award-winning horror novelist Doug Clegg and author Elizabeth Bell Carroll sat in on the group and offered their remarkable insights and critiques.

They provided the type of the incisive feedback that aspiring writers pay several hundred dollars to receive at writer's conferences--and then rarely is the setting so intimate.

Even I received something of value from the discussion. For the better part of 15 years, I didn't think much about the process of writing--I just sat down and did it. I usually had such tight deadlines, I couldn't afford to analyze what I was doing. I focused more on making my daily word count quota.

It was pleasant to have the opportunity to get a different perspective on writing and I thank both Doug and Elizabeth for their time, energy and effort. It was very kind of them.

And speaking of my own work...apparently my refusal to fade away into the haze of has-been anonymity is frustrating to some...I get the impression they think I should graciously sink beneath the waves and pretend I never wrote all o' them books or created that series.

Apparently they also want me to graciously pretend that I've been treated anything but graciously.

So, you know...the press releases, the radio interviews, the podcasts, the graphic novels, the book signings...it just doesn't seem like I'm spreading myself into the shadows like I'm expected I should.

Now I'm offering up another ingredient to be stirred into their simmering Resentment Stew...

There's been some interesting developments in regards to a graphic novel property of mine--

Nosferatu: Plague of Terror.

I'll be posting more news about that when it's appropriate. But at the moment, suffice it to say a brand-new deluxe edition of the graphic novel itself is scheduled for a summer release.

Pretty scary stuff if I say so myself.

And I do.