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• Looking for a publishing job?
  If you’re looking for a job with a novel publisher or nonfiction publisher, I’d highly recommend checking out BookJobs.  Right now, ~200 jobs and internships are available across the US, including a few telecommuting positions. Unfortunately, it’s not that useful for jobs with comics publishers.  I’ll have more thoughts about how to get comic book jobs [...] […]
• Page 1 is colored!
  What do you think? […]
• An embarrassing blunder!
  I named both my products (the writing advice website and the comic book series) Superhero Nation.  I’d like readers to be able to Google one and not get confused with the other, so I’ll rename one.  Probably the comic, because changing this website’s URL would break of all of our incoming links.  Ick. So now I’m [...] […]
• I’m an assistant editor!
  I have joined the editorial staff of a comic book publisher. My coworkers are very friendly, our series are excellent and it feels like a very good fit. Hopefully, your SN reading experience will not change very much. As before, I’d like to help you write the best superhero stories you can. Please regard my suggestions merely [...] […]
• A note on characters using their senses
  If John is your point-of-view character, you usually don’t need to say something like “John saw Randy drop-kick his sister” or “John heard Randy mock his sister.” Usually it’s sufficient to say “Randy drop-kicked his sister” because we can infer that the POV saw it.  I would only recommend getting into the details of who [...] […]
• Ready to query? Get an e-mail address just for your writing work
  When you send out queries asking agents or editors to look at your work, it may help to have an e-mail address devoted to your writing career. 1.  It reduces the odds that you’ll lose crucial e-mails. Don’t let an agent’s request to see your manuscript get lost in a torrent of spam! 2. It’ll be [...] […]
• Sign for my comic book mailing list!
  Hello. I’d appreciate if you’d take 3-5 minutes to sign up for my mailing list, if you haven’t already done so. Everyone on the list gets a chance to win a free, signed copy of SN #1 when it comes out. Also, having many interested readers will hopefully help me get published. [...] […]