Authors… Un-published: what happens when your publisher goes out of business. 12 Feb 201723 Feb 2017 About a year ago, I announced on this blog that Samhain Publishing, the company that published four of my books between 2013 and 2016, was about to go out of…
Authors… Why Study History? Reflecting on the Importance of the Past. 29 Jan 201729 Jan 2017 Al Mackey, the Civil War historian who runs the excellent Student of the American Civil War blog, has today put up a very thoughtful and incisive piece on a book…
Authors The Revolution (on my blog) lives! Overthrowing the boring author website. 23 May 201623 May 2016 Three years ago today, on May 23, 2013, I made a simple but profound and consequential decision. This site, SeanMunger.com, existed before that time, but on that day--it was only…
Authors… The Mystery of Shakespeare’s death 10 Apr 201610 Apr 2016 This month (April 2016) is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. In this interesting article on The View from Sari's World blog, Sari delves into the circumstances of the…
Authors… My 10 favorite articles of 2015 (Part I): Melville, NYC 1916, GoodFellas and Parsifal. 29 Dec 201528 Feb 2016 At the end of the year I like to look back. In each of the last two years, my final three articles of the year have counted down what I…
Authors… Celebrating Leigh Brackett: A journey from pulp SF to Star Wars. 16 Oct 201518 Jul 2016 One evening not long ago on my Twitter account I got on a kick of posting images of old covers from pulp science fiction magazines--the sort of "golden age SF"…
Authors… Long live the Revolution: I’m still breaking the rules two years on. 22 May 201524 May 2015 This website should not exist. At least, it shouldn't exist in its present form. I'm doing it all wrong. As you may know, I'm an author, and I've written a…
Authors… The RWR authors’ opinions controversy: How to be (and how not to be) another boring author. 10 Mar 201510 Mar 2015 Last weekend, something controversial happened in the author blogosphere. The Romance Writers Report, the journal/newsletter of the Romance Writers Association, published an article giving tips for social media use among…
Authors… Amongst the ruins of Isca Augusta you may just find Adrian Goldsworthy. 15 Sep 201415 Sep 2014 My friend Robert Horvat has scored another amazing interview with a historian! This time it's Adrian Goldsworthy, who writes about the Roman world. Terrific interview, and once again I'm envious!
Authors… A zombie giveaway: win author Samie Sands’ new book “Lockdown”! 18 Jun 201418 Jun 2014 Guest Post by Samie Sands, author of Lockdown Lockdown Giveaway Samie Sands, author of the brand new zombie book Lockdown, is offering you the chance to win a free, signed paperback…
Authors… Blog Hop: the writing process! 9 Jun 20147 Jun 2014 I was invited by the Planetary Defense Command blog--their tag line is "defending the planet from bad science fiction"--to participate in a blog hop around the theme, the writing process.…
Authors… Death to the boring author website: long live the Revolution! 23 May 201410 Feb 2015 One year ago this weekend, something happened to this website. I doubt very many of you noticed it because I know for a fact that almost no one who is…
Authors… My awesome horror weekend: the World Horror Convention & Bram Stoker Awards. [pics!] 11 May 201411 May 2014 This weekend I spent some time at the World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon, and attended the Bram Stoker Awards banquet last night. This was my first horror convention, my…
Academics… How and Why Printed Books Will Survive 4 May 20144 May 2014 Love of books and the knowledge they contain is one of the reasons this website exists, so in that vein I bring you a great article from the Bully Pulpit…
Authors… I’m signing books at the World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon next week! 2 May 20142 May 2014 I'm kind of a recluse, so unless you happen to be in my class or hang around my campus, you're not likely to see me in the flesh. Thus it's…
