To reopen use of this blog with a bang, I decided to take the liberty of showing just what exalted company in which I find myself. That company is, of course, creators of silly personifications of death.
The short list, vol. 1 in no particular order*:
Me! for my Little Reaper Dude in the multiple-rejection-winning Eat the Comet.
Tatsuya Ishida, for Sinfest comics like this one.
Christopher Moore, for A Dirty Job.
Neil Gaiman, for Death of the Endless, American Gods, and co-writing Good Omens, among other things, I'm sure.
Terry Pratchett, for Death and Death of Rats, as well as co-writing Good Omens.
Lisa Snellings-Clark of Slaughterhouse Studios, for her Grim Ratter.
The folks at Despair.com for my favorite t-shirt.
Everyone behind Dead Like Me.
*If I missed someone who belongs on the list, comment and let me know!
02 September, 2008
20 September, 2007
R.I.P. part deux
Good-bye, Karolyn. I've only ever lit one cigarette in my life, and I'll never forget that it was yours. I hope you found some peace. Learn to surf for me, okay?
17 September, 2007
R.I.P.
Madeleine L'Engle: Your work touched my life. You are the reason I know that baby unicorns drink moonbeams. I hope the answers are as amazing as you imagined they could be.
Jim Rigney (Robert Jordan): It's rare that I'm this sorry to be right. A year ago, I told my friend Drew that I wasn't going to start reading the Wheel of Time series because your health was so poor, I was afraid you wouldn't live to finish it. I just learned that you died yesterday. I hope your faith was well-placed. If your wife finishes it as popular speculation seems to think, I'll read your work.
Jim Rigney (Robert Jordan): It's rare that I'm this sorry to be right. A year ago, I told my friend Drew that I wasn't going to start reading the Wheel of Time series because your health was so poor, I was afraid you wouldn't live to finish it. I just learned that you died yesterday. I hope your faith was well-placed. If your wife finishes it as popular speculation seems to think, I'll read your work.
08 September, 2007
The first one
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
PO Box 3447
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Sept. 4, 2007
Dear Ms. Harris:
Thank you for submitting "Eat the Comet," but I'm going to pass on it. This tale didn't grab my interest, I'm afraid. Good luck to you with this one, and thanks again for sending it our way.
Sincerely,
John Joseph Adams
Assistant Editor
***
My mom just told me I was morbid because I said I was going to frame this letter and hang it up. Funny thing is, I'm not bummed about it at all. Yeah, it'd be great if they'd bought it, but I really had no expectation that they would. I read that they take about 1% of the material they publish from new writers. New goal is to have another packet together to send out to somewhere else by Friday.
PO Box 3447
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Sept. 4, 2007
Dear Ms. Harris:
Thank you for submitting "Eat the Comet," but I'm going to pass on it. This tale didn't grab my interest, I'm afraid. Good luck to you with this one, and thanks again for sending it our way.
Sincerely,
John Joseph Adams
Assistant Editor
***
My mom just told me I was morbid because I said I was going to frame this letter and hang it up. Funny thing is, I'm not bummed about it at all. Yeah, it'd be great if they'd bought it, but I really had no expectation that they would. I read that they take about 1% of the material they publish from new writers. New goal is to have another packet together to send out to somewhere else by Friday.
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