Updates on Books

I've been dreading what Kirkus might say about my new novel. All my fears evaporated like a vampire at dawn when I read: "An engaging, over-the-top tale with much to say about how schools treat individuals and outsiders." First review's a rave. Please let this be a trend. Click here to read the ful...

I wrote an Avengers comic! Not only… It's the cover story! And it hits the shelves today. Check out The Avenger's: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #10. If you're looking for an adorable lil' story about what it's like for Ultron to take over your body for evil purposes, then this is the comic for you… It'...

A while back I was invited by the super cool theatre company The Debate Society to write a 15 second play. It'd be included in an anthology of other 15 second plays written by a bunch of really awesome writers. I've done a pretty good job at writing some pretty awful plays in my life, so the notion ...

So here's a totally new experience for me… Today, I'm going to go to Forbidden Planet in Union Square. I'm going to go up to the cashier and ask, "Do you have a copy of Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #7?" And the cashier is going to say something like, "Yeah, we, like, just got that issue in to...

One week before my first Spider-Man storyline hits the shelves (Oct 24, hint, hint), I'm super-psyched to announce the release of my first Avengers comic! Not only, but it looks like my story made the front cover! Woot-woot! (Check out the cool cover by Khoi Pham over to your left.) I whipped up a...

So. Back in 2006, I did a reading. I read a story from my first book of short stories called "the pool witch." It's a rambunctious story about three boys behaving very, very badly at a water park. In the audience was this children's book editor. We never talked or met each other that night. I never...

Thanks to the super-cool blog Super Punch for picking the cover for our Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man issue #7 as one of Marvel's best for October! I've never met Ty Templeton before, but I whole-heartedly agree that his cover for our comic is hands down amazing. Take that, Punisher! For a co...

It's an awesome day. Last year, I announced that I had started writing for Marvel Comics. At long last, I'm totally psyched to shout it out from the mountain top that my first Spider-Man storyline will officially be released this October in Marvel Universe ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #7. Today was Marvel's...

Did a children's book change your life? Do you have special childhood memories attached to a certain book? Check out this kick-ass event that's happening in my hometown. There is a wonderful exhibit coming to the Richmond Public Library in April that explores the role of children's books in our liv...

Video World was tucked off into a topiary-barricaded alcove of the Stony Point Shopping Centre, a swift five-minute Schwinn sojourn from my front door. No bigger than a boutique, this early-80's video store was infinitesimal in comparison to the cancerous sprawl of the Blockbuster Video chain that h...