The miles-deep wonder of The Fellowship of the Ring

I’m presently rereading The Fellowship of the Ring. I mentioned this to my Facebook peeps earlier in the week, mostly because I wanted to slag on the...

Some fun brainstorming about Marion Ravenwood, Indy's better half

Here's a spur-of-the-moment pitch, just for fun: MARION is an animated series and comic book series that document the adventures of Marion Ravenwood i...

Unlearning A Decade of Doubt

What if you realized one day, like a thunderclap, that a major failure you’d experienced a decade ago—one that had broken your heart for nearly every...

Thank you, Blanche

I learned one of the most important lessons about writing dialogue and character by watching The Golden Girls.
The lesson: A character should b...

Will You Play Dotty’s Game?

“You never studied.”
More than a week ago, I received a strange package from Los Angeles.
The return address label declared the box was sh...

Interview with Alan Moore, 1999

“During my brief journalism career, I freelanced for Wizard, a magazine
that covered the comics industry. I had the great fortune to interview...

A Lesson from Richard Simmons

I finished listening to Missing Richard Simmons yesterday. It was pretty good. Check it out.
Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I interviewed...

All Attitude.

Pass the Chips

My new personal mantra when it comes to writing:
Potato chips, not pearls.
Meaning: Nearly everything I write will be consumed quickly and...

Resistance Radio

WOW! A special package was delivered to my home last night, sent from an ALTERNATE 1960s. In this alt-world, the fascists won the war, and America ain...

'I, Me, Mine' Journalism

So. Three paragraphs into this 2,500-word feature story about an icon in the video games biz, and the reporter injects himself into the story. A brief...

Sleep

Over on his blog today, Warren Ellis was talking about how Britain was going off British Summer Time and back on Greenwich Mean Time.
"Greenwich...

Would You Read It?

From Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, an exchange between protagonist Gil Pender (an unpublished writer) and Ernest Hemingway:

PENDER: Wo...

Or

I've been mainlining news headlines / topics of the 2000s lately, for a freelance creative project. I'm reminded again and again by how violent and da...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

It's been around 10 years since I opened this guy; I think it's about time for a re-read. Do you own a copy? Want to dive back in with me?

Anticipating Curiosity

Ross Floate sez: "When we build things for people, I always ask, 'How could someone screw this up for shits and giggles?' People tend to think I’m jok...

Kirby

Comics creator Wally Wood asked icon Jack Kirby for a self-portrait, for Wood's 1966 underground comic witzend #1. This is what Kirby sent.
Disc...

The House of Now

I just finished reading Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, a finely-researched and -written book about the rise of The House of Ideas, and its fall, and...

The Stanley

My ladyfriend and I visited the Stanley Hotel recently, the historic Colorado resort that inspired Stephen King to write The Shining all those decades...

Secret

Here's a secret I've never shared with anybody. This isn't a big deal, so I don't mind spilling it. I just realized I've never articulated it to anyon...

Help Kickstart Storium, the New Online Storytelling Game

I think a lot about creative writing, guys. I love and live the craft, and want others to, too. The world needs great storytellers. The world is a bet...

This Is Me When The Coffee's Ready

Get A Sneak Peek: John Swords III

John Swords III, field commander for THE 33, is kind of a badass. He's got some badass combat duds, too. You'll see 'em in Episode 2, on sale Feb. 28....

The World Has The 33

I'm delighted to announce that the premiere episode of The 33 — Pramantha, Part 1 — is now out in the wild, and ready to be consumed by your eyes and...

Be Compassionate

Nobody's got it figured out. Everybody's doing the best they can.

This Is What We Want

In the end, this is really all we writers want from you. ALL THE TIME.
Source: Clairetonic

Here Is Wisdom.

Bees

Two Chips

Dude’s wife drinks a bottle of wine. Tries to tell a joke. Dude records & and animates it. It’s pretty brilliant.

Next-Gen Console Reviews from Polygon

Polygon isn't a perfect online publication, but it's often thoughtful and deliberate in its coverage of video games entertainment. Story for story, it...

I'd Give Damned-Near Anything to Write for This Franchise

I do love it so.

Dear Lord, Can't I Use the Bathroom In Peace?

I Think I Took the Brown Acid

This is all kinds of wonderful madness. 

Cathedrals and Garden Sheds

"I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed....

Is Second Screen Content Actually "Transmedia"?

Laith Graham, an Australian buddy who's followed my career since my 7th Son podcast days, asked me this transmedia-related question on Facebook. I tho...

This Is My Life

Chipotle's recently-hacked Twitter account perfectly articulates my own ongoing personal struggle.

Podcast: StoryForward, Episode 35 -- Christian Fonnesbech

Hey everyone! You’re really gonna like this episode a lot, trust us! In it, Steve chats with Christian Fonnesbech, the Transmedia Director for the upc...

Podcast: StoryForward, Episode 34 -- Listener Q&A

It’s our special Mailbag episode! Steve and J.C. answer your questions, and boy were there some doozies!

J.C. Talks Transmedia With Jay Ferguson From "Guidestones"

I recently had the great fortune to be interviewed by Jay Ferguson, creator of the Emmy award-winning transmedia experience Guidestones. ​In these thr...

Podcast: StoryForward, Episode 33 -- The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

This week’s guests are the creative team behind The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Bernie Su, Margaret Dunlap, Jenni Powell, and Jay Bushman.