"I've never seen so much drunk zombies." - Akemi walking home after drinks at the Hilton last night. Well, not really Comic Con Day #2. Actually, the second half of Day #1 and part of Day #2 as the festivities are ongoing. Today = my Dark Matter signing. Where: The Dark Horse Booth (#2615) When: 4:00…
December 26, 2011: Author Marjorie M. Liu drops by to tell us about the new Hunter Kiss book and Astonishing X-Men! Snow Monkeys al…most…there! Mailbag!
Over the course of this blog's (recently spotty) Book of the Month Club, I've had the pleasure to discover many wonderfully talented writers - and make a few friends along the way. One such talented friend is author Marjorie M. Liu who dropped by the blog to discuss her book, The Iron Hunt, back in…
May 14, 2011: Author Marjorie M. Liu Answers Your Questions! Stargate: SG-1 Memories! I Field Your Stargate: Universe Queries and More!
Wow. Over the past few days, this blog has averaged a little over 15 000 daily views. And this without a single gratuitous cute dog picture! Well, so as to not tempt fate any further - Okay. With that out of the way, onto the business of this blog. Those of you who took part…
October 2, 2010: Your Affable Host! Tia Carrere! Marjorie M. Liu!
"Tia Carrere is in the production offices,"producer John G. Lenic informed me. And then added: "She's stunning." Seconds later, my Canadian agent, Carl, swung by, Tia in tow. And - damn! - John G. was right. She IS stunning. And absolutely delightful - which didn't really come as a surprise given that I'd heard nothing…
September 30, 2010: The Masked Superteam Answers Your Questions! Lou Anders! Matthew Sturges! James Maxey! Paul Cornell! Daryl Gregory! Gail Simone! Mark Chadbourn! Marjorie M. Liu! And yours truly!
It's finally here! Nine authors and their tireless editor answer your questions about the Masked superhero-themed anthology, comic books, and writing in general. We've got quite a team here. One could go so far as to call them a "super team". And it strikes me that members of this literary superteam have some pretty obvious comic…
September 17, 2010: Author Marjorie M. Liu drops by! More super-secret production pics! Doggy S.O.S.!
Marjorie M. Liu is a New York Times best-selling author, hot comic book writer, and - how awesome is this? - longtime Stargate fan (and T.J./Varro shipper if the rumors are to be believed). Her contribution to the Masked anthology, "Call Her Savage", is grand and thoroughly absorbing, an alternate history tale with one of…
September 16, 2010: More super-secret Stargate: Universe season two set pics! Stargate links!
Less than two weeks until the SGU second season premiere! That's Tuesday, September 28th at 9:00 p.m. on SyFy for those in the U.S., and Friday, October 1st at 10:00 p.m. (ET) on Space for those in Canada. Steve is madly working on that Superfantastic Stargate Trailer to End All Trailers - We're aiming to…
September 14, 2010: Actress Jennifer Spence Answers Your Questions! Masked!
I got a sneak peek at the Stargate: Universe season two trailer this afternoon and it's - well - is "crazysuperfantastic" a word? Steve has done an incredible job and I can't wait for you guys to check it out. I'm still aiming for the week prior to the SGU second season premiere (Tuesday, September…
August 2, 2010: Masked musings! Upcoming guests! A Stargate: Universe season 2 tease of things to come! Stargate: Atlantis behind the scenes! And sundry others!
When editor Lou Anders first approached me about the possibility of contributing a short story to his upcoming superhero-themed anthology, I was admittedly leery. Having spent my entire career scripting for television, the prospect of producing my first work of short fiction was - well - daunting. I considered Lou's offer, went back and forth…