Fan page? I dare say man, what is this shite?

I have a Facebook fan page.

This signals the end of the world.

Dusting off the old stuff: my first review

So I was searching for A Thousand Faces content and I discovered this site which reviewed A Thousand Faces #2, which featured my first published work, "For What Purpose." And the review itself, while brief, was scathing.

"For What Purpose is the generic superhero monologue every fan’s already read."

And while the reviewer was pretty negative on the issue as a whole, I felt a little shorted in that I got a whole sentence to sum up my story. Although, I have to admit, she was right. If you don't believe me, click on the above link to read the story.

I'm now looking forward to scathing reviews for "The Nature of the Job." Oh, professional writing! The adventures you hold!

A Thousand Faces #6: Fall 2008

If you haven't checked out A Thousand Faces: The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction, then this is your chance now. Issue #6 debuts online this week, and I have a story published within its pages. "The Nature of the Job" is a little story I worked on early last year, and passed it to Frank Byrns, the editor of ATF. He'd published a story of mine in issue #2, so I crossed my fingers and sent him a piece that was slightly longer than what submission guidelines called for. Thankfully, he's a prince, and said he'd fit it in a future issue. The future is this week, and my second official published story hits the internet (although, I make money if you buy a paperback copy...y'know, just sayin). Give it a look, hope you find it enjoyable.

Introductions

Hi everyone, I'm Christopher. Let's get into a little bit about who I am, what I do, and what I want to do.

First off, I'm a published writer. My shorts have appeared in A Thousand Faces quarterly journal, which publishes superhuman fiction. I don't try to write any genre in particular, but lately I've been focusing my work more and more on superheroes and comic books in general. I've got a couple of projects in the works, but you know, daily "reality" has to come first. Reality like kids and work and trying to go to sleep at night. I do artwork here and there, but nothing sequential. My god, how anyone can make a living off of sequential art, man, props to those guys. Those are the hardest working men in comics, let me tell you. Writing, well, it's easy to me, so I guess I can't really make generalizations, but I'd rather do the writing than the drawing, lemme tell ya. I make coffee for a living and write for a hobby at the moment, but I'd like to change that. Who wouldn't?

(well, I dunno. Working in coffee means huge discounts on coffee; be envious)

What I want to do with this blog is a bunch of things. I like to offer my opinion (a LOT) so I want to use this as a review blog about comic books. I don't buy everything, so if you want me to review Scott Pilgrim or something independent like that, well, if it doesn't catch my interest enough to warrant spending money, I ain't buying it. I'm mostly purchasing DC Comics stuff, so that's what you'll be seeing here. What I also want to do here is highlight my work and the works of others, so if I find something interesting I'll provide links. Lots of links. I'll also show off a little bit here and there. I like to do that more than I like to give my opinion. :)

First and foremost, I'm all about getting my name out there. Second, I'm all about giving you a piece of my mind, dammit. And thirdly, I'm all about entertaining. So expect that, expect fun, expect the unexpected.

Let's get it on!