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As many know, I had been toiling away on my latest book for a little less than a year. Well, the book was finally released into the wild early this year (Jan 2nd). Published by renowned technology publisher O’Reilly Media and co-authored by Jeff Siarto (http://www.siarto.com), Head First Web Design is the latest [...]
Neil Gaiman – easily one of the best storytellers of our age – has a really interesting piece in the New York Times on ghost stories.
Check it out here (apologies for not posting the actual link, but it is quite long)
For more of his stuff, I would personally recommend the 1602 story he penned for [...]
My literary agent (David Fugate by name) rocks. He works extremely hard for me, gets me the best possible deal, and always always earns his 15%. Apparently, he’s decided to forge out on his own (he had worked for Waterside Productions) and found his own agency…called LaunchBooks (http://launchbooks.com/). The site is only a placeholder right [...]
Well, my publisher, Sybex Inc (http://www.sybex.com) is going to be acquired by Wiley (http://www.wiley.com). Wiley is the second largest computer book publisher in the world – as well as publishing thousands of other books on a multitude of topics. I’ve still got mixed feelings about this. I’ve always been really happy about the way I’ve [...]
In the wake of Ursula K. Le Guin’s vocal annoyance (nay, outright anger) with the Sci-Fi Channel’s Earthsea miniseries (which was a bloody joke in my humble opinion), I wandered over to her site (http://www.ursulakleguin.com) in search of a more in-depth perspective – which I got.
While I was there, I stumbled across a rejection letter [...]
I think there are two great things about being a published writer: (1) walking into Borders, Barnes & Noble, or any of your local bookstores that has a computer books section, and seeing your book sitting there on the shelves. (2) Getting packages from your publisher. The first one is pretty self evident – fame, [...]
