Guardians of the Galaxy is a Perfect “Popcorn Movie.” Here’s Why.

by Andrew | Aug 14, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Media, Movies, Science Fiction

It’s taken me a while to process my thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy. One big reason for that (besides finding the time to do it) is that this movie is a cinematic conundrum: GotG is a movie that works in spite of its flaws. If you’ve seen the movie, you may...

Power Under Pressure Nominated for a Chesley Award!

by Andrew | Jul 5, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Fiction, Steampunk, The Society of Steam

I’m totally thrilled to see that the cover for Power Under Pressure has been nominated for a Chesley award! (Heart so Smoke & Steam was nominated last year.) Justin Gerard’s work is amazing, and he was open to collaborating with Lou Anders and I on the...

The Cruel Book Summer

by Andrew | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Fiction, Media, Publishing, The Fool, Writing

I wanted to let everyone know about an exciting event that I’m going to be a part of tomorrow (Friday 6/13): it’s called the “Cruel Book Summer”, and it’ll be a virtual mini-convention on Facebook. A dozen Dark Fantasy, post-apocalyptic,...

Active Design Podcast Episode 11: Dahlia Schweitzer

5 Steps to Writing a Powerful Book Review

by Andrew | May 8, 2014 | Featured Articles, Media, Writing

If you haven’t written a web review before, don’t worry—there really is no wrong way to do it. Potential readers use your review to decide if a title is going to be their next favorite book, and to do that they need to know what you really think. It would be...