Archive for January, 2008

John Zakour - interview

Friday, January 18th, 2008

John Zakour is the writer of the Zachary Nixon Johnson series of books. The series was initially co-written with writing partner, Lawrence Ganem. Now Zakour is writing the Zach Johnson series of books on his own. After the publication of his latest book, The Blue-Haired Bombshell, I asked Zakour if ...

Go and Visit

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

John Zakour emailed me the other day. He is the writer on a comic book that is being displayed (at least the first 8 pages) at a website. I am copying his email here: Starting Monday the 7th I'll be part of DC's comic Zuda. (www.zuda.com) This is kind of ...

On Alicia Grey Progress and Status

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Well, I keep promising to work through my thoughts and write an entry that explains what is going on with Alicia Grey. So... without further ado, he it comes: I really like this story idea. I like it so much, in fact, that I feel it is of the utmost importance ...

Fortunately and Unfortunately

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Plotting a story is (possibly) one of the harder elements to coming up with the bones behind the idea of the story. Sure, coming up with the plot statement: a statement of less than twenty-five words that defines where the story is going. However, one method used in teaching children how ...

On Alicia Grey and My Goals for 2008

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Well, December 31st, 2007 came and went. I did not finish the 90,000 word goal. It got to a point where I knew, in advance, that I would not hit that number and yet, I didn't bother about it. Things happen, minds change, and I realized that to get what ...