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When it comes to writing, Paul Chapman isn’t driven by plot or characters, so much as ideas. A good premise is what turns him on. “I like to ask questions like ‘what if we taught ants how to love?’ and go from there,” he says. Perhaps this love of premise is what makes Chapman so [...]
I met Rachel Pandich at HeroesCon 2012, when she and fellow Womanthology panel members agreed to sit down for a podcast with my colleagues and I over at Word of the Nerd. Having already spent an hour in [...]
When Eisner Award-winning writer Jim McCann was 16-years-old, his father thought of a clever way to steer him away from comics and toward more grown-up pursuits: he promised to match Jim dollar for dollar toward the purchase of a new car. “He assumed I’d sell my comics,” says McCann, a hint of incredulous glee in [...]
Recently I visted former Geek of the Week, Randy Chertkow in Chicago for his big birthday bash, RandyCon. Having the good fortune to arrive early and spend a couple of days with Randy, doing all the things Randy loves – namely eating and ….well, eating – I found myself [...]
A few years before Brian Katcher saw his first YA novel published, he and I performed together in a community theater production in Columbia, Missouri. Ever the nice, funny and charming guy, I remember fondly his on-stage antics in the [...]
Geri was probably the first person we did not personally know who reached out to us via our newly launched goodgirlsgonegeek.com. She shares in our appreciation of Supernatural and The Lost Boys. Geri even has a story about meeting Corey Haim (RIP). We were in new geek friend love.
Geri thinks she can pinpoint the [...]
A quick update before we begin. This interview was held the summer before James responded to a question on Reddit with a short story called Rome Sweet Rome that has since earned him a deal with Warner Brothers. We decided to leave the interview below as is, rather [...]
