In the tradition of Cheryl Anne Gardner’s What a Pod Peep Reads, here’s what I’ve been reading:

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The trajectory of underground comics is somewhat similar to that of self-publishing - something that no one took seriously, and now is given art exhibitions. From an interview with Dan Clowes:
Early in your career, did you find that [...]

I like this post I wrote at the Self-Publishing Review regarding Laura Miller’s post on Salon - her theory is that the onslaught of self-published books being released out into the wild will lead to “slush fatigue” and it will be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.  Does she think that self-published books [...]

Winning a Gold IPPY award recently for my novel is sort of a strange feeling.  In a way, it’s like the acceptance of a publisher, and I’ve spent a fair amount of time arguing that the acceptance of a publisher doesn’t mean that your book is good or bad  - or else all traditionally published [...]

There’s a fascinating post by author Daniel Pinchbeck at Reality Sandwich about new independent media. He’s currently my favorite writer in any medium - non-fiction or fiction - for his willingness to take on far-out ideas with some well-reasoned sobriety. He manages to be both eloquent and concise. All in all, his writing [...]