The films of Gasper Noé typically leave me cold. I watch them, I recognize that a director of great skill has created the movie, but the content leaves me unmoved. I'm by no means a Noé connoisseur. He's produced a lot of work, but I have seen four of his films now: Irrévisible, Enter the…
IN OTHER WORDS: Zig Zag Claybourne on If You Can’t Love the Words You Want, Love the Words You’re With
In one thousand words I’m gonna tell you why you love writing. I had no idea I’d ever get divorced. I loved my wife. We’d not only been lovers during that relationship from day one onward, we’d been friends. We were the kind of couple who’d spontaneously reach out to hold hands for no reason.…
Baby Steps Back Into the World
Let me preface all this to say something important. Thank god it was not cancer. Despite all that I've been through, I count myself lucky. In February, I had a triple mandibulectomy resection due to an aggressive, but benign, cyst. Approximately 80% of my mandible was removed and replaced with a length of my fibula…
Unpopular Opinions: Horror Movie Edition
It's Halloween, the greatest holiday, and today I wanted to unleash my ornery side by sharing horror movies that I think are much better than most people will admit. I expect most people who read this list to shake their head and mumble "Jason, Jason, Jason..." All I have to say to that is that…
IN OTHER WORDS: E.D.E. Bell on Hand-selling at Events
Last week I put out a call for guest posts from people who have something genre-related and creative to share. It didn't take long for someone to step up. If you'd like to promote something send me an email via my contact form. -- Jason One of my favorite things to do as an author…
Accepting Guest Bloggers
I'm constantly promoting myself. My books. My editing. My publishing company. I'm sure it's a real chore to sift through. So I'd like to give back a little by making my little space in the corner of the internet available to others for sneaky self-promotion. If you have a book, movie, comic, Kickstarter, or whatever…
The Disappointment of Idols
Let me preface this post with the comment that I'm not looking to answer any questions or suggest actions regarding the subject. I'm just recounting a personal experience and how it affected me. Back in my formative college years, I was a budding science fiction & fantasy fan. I would skip studies (and, occasionally, classes)…
Some thoughts on fund drives versus sales drives
Today over at Apex Books we launched a sales drive. If you like amazing books by authors like Maurice Broaddus, Ren Warom, Brian Keene, Rudolfo Serna, Cody T. Luff, and more, then this is the sales drive for you. There is an even an anthology I co-edited that's available in a 2019 Big Bundle. Yes,…
And we’re back!
How's your 2019 been? Mine...could be better. Perhaps I'll overshare some of the personal health stuff that I've dealt with the whole year. But right now, I'm all about happier things! For instance, a mini-relaunch of my personal website! The aesthetic is the same but the design is different/better/fresher. You'll find that I've updated my…
Do Not Go Quietly Kickstarter
And so it begins. Lesley Conner and I are running a Kickstarter to fund the anthology DO NOT GO QUIETLY (edited by me and Lesley). I've often struggled with how best to resist and push back against some of the problematic movements I see in our social and political environments. I'm not an effective pundit…
A Writer's Vanity 