Clockwork Angels is a steampunk fantasy adventure—and an innovative multimedia feast! Based on a story and lyrics by legendary drummer Neil Peart, Clockwork Angels became the worldwide bestselling concept album by Rush and was developed into a New York Times bestselling and award-winning novel by Kevin J. Anderson. Anderson and Peart, working with comics artist Nick Robles, brought the epic tale to a visual canvas, a six-issue graphic novel published by BOOM! Studios. Clockwork Angels: The Comic Scripts pulls aside the creative curtain, showing the original scripts, panel by panel, interactions between author and artist, as well as all the...
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For my entire writing career, my stories have been inspired by the music of Rush. And I'm not the only one. After the publication of my "Drumbeats" and CLOCKWORK ANGELS with Neil Peart, many other writers have approached me to talk about Rush. It certainly made sense that we could find plenty of well-known writers interested in writing original stories inspired by Rush songs—enough to fill an entire anthology. Canadian author John McFetridge first approached ECW Press (publisher of CLOCKWORK ANGELS) with the idea, and they liked it; shortly afterward, they brought me on board to co-edit with John.  We...
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This is our sixth year of the Superstars Writing Seminar, and it is absolutely the most incredible event we've ever put together.  19 total speakers, and a range of topics—two tracks in the afternoons!—that will really up your game as a professional author. There's still time to sign up at http://www.superstarswriting.com.   THURSDAY  8:00  Welcome, opening remarks 8:30–9:30  The Popcorn Theory of Success—Kevin J. Anderson 9:30–10:30  Publishing Economics—Eric Flint 10:30–11:30  Editing panel—What Are Editors After?  Toni Weisskopf, Lisa Mangum, Kris Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson 11:30–1:00  NETWORKING LUNCH 1:00–2:00 A (Main Hall) Copyright, Trademark, and IP—Scott Boone B (Breakout Room) The...
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Over the past two years I've released four Dan Shamble, Zombie PI novels, and also  seven standalone short cases that were published in various anthologies and magazines—and that's enough for a book! WordFire Press will be releasing WORKING STIFF, The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie PI, in a few months. But wait, there's more! (said in the voice of that guy on the TV commercials, telling you all about gadgets you never knew you HAD to have!)   Barry Hoffman at Gauntlet Press is also doing a special limited edition of WORKING STIFF. The Gauntlet Press hardcover edition of WORKING...
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