[Book Nerd Art] Cabbages & Kings by O. Henry

Posted on August 18, 2014 by maedez

The cover of Cabbages & Kings by O. Henry, 1904:

Cover of Cabbages & Kings by O. Henry, 1904

Wednesday Author Interview: Meet Kevin Scott

Posted on August 17, 2014 by maedez

Marcia Meara of Bookin’ It interviewed my long-time friend, sometime collaborator, creative sounding board, and ASPL contributor, KM Scott, about his graphic novel series, Legends of Steragos. Check it out, and be inspired!

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Legends of Steragos by KM Scott

Today, Bookin’ It welcomes Kevin Scott, a graphic novel author who currently lives and works in Bundang, South Korea.

Hi, Kevin! So nice to have you here today. You are the first author I’ve interviewed who writes graphic novels. Can you tell us a bit about how you became a writer. When did you decide that’s what you wanted to be, and what steps did you take to prepare for a writing career?

KS: I loved watching movies and TV when I was a kid, and really enjoyed hearing a good story. One day, when I was 9, my dad dragged me to see Ghostbusters. I was scared at first. Horror movies freaked me out, and anything with ‘ghost’ in the title was sure to scare me. Two hours later, I walked out of the theater a changed kid. The movie absolutely thrilled…

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Shopping for the Bookworm: Charles Bukowski Birthday Edition

Posted on August 16, 2014 by maedez

Charles Bukowski Poster by Bean Land. $10.00

Charles Bukowski T-Shirt by Bruns Illustration. $25.00

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Oh, Spambots! You’re So Funny!

Posted on August 14, 2014 by maedez

A Small Press Life is being hit hard by spambots this week (99% of which is caught by the spam filter, fortunately). These are my 3 faves from today, and my responses to them:

Hello,My name is Job and I’m a professional fraenelce writer with 3 years of experience. ( (Nice to meet you, Job. Perhaps you could give me some tips on fraenelcing?)
Boom shlakaaka boom boom, problem solved. (Boom boom, indeed.)
I much prefer inrfamotive articles like this to that high brow literature. (I think you are on the wrong site, dude. 90% of what I write about is high brow literature, although I try to be as inrfamotive as possible).