Dragon*Con and Other Stuff

So I’m sitting here, drinking coffee and listening to my favorite audiobook series, the new No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency book, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built. There’s something about the narrator’s voice (Lisette Lecat) that really draws me in, plus I love the quaint charm of Alexander McCall Smith’s Botswana. Love it. Anyways.
I spent [...]

Cover Flattage!

The winners of this week’s cover flats are…
Jessica Kennedy
Daelith
Hockeyvampiress
Jennifer Allen
Lori
Email me(at)markhenry(dot)us
NOT
mark(at)markhenry(dot)us that one will get you nowhere–and I’ll hook you up with the flat and somethin’ else swaggy.
Have a good weekend y’all.

A Reason to Twitter

If you don’t have a twitter account but love making fun of horribly offensive television, well now you have a reason to follow me and Tor editor Heather Osborn on Twitter.
Every Thursday we do a Twitter Commentary track of that week’s Toddlers and Tiaras. All you need to do to join in the fun is…
1. [...]

This May Come as Some Surprise…

…but there are times where I can be quite productive. Take this past weekend. Pal-o-mine/Douche Extraordinaire, Mario Acevedo, showed up at my house and demanded we write a screenplay together. While there’s nothing unusual about this occurrence–and, in fact, you might be saying to yourself, ‘Damn it, Mario told me I’m the only one [...]

Winners!

It’s my anniversary today, and though we celebrated last night, I’m planning a nice dinner so I’m going to have to hit the road to collect some fresh ingredients, so I’ll make this quick.
The winners of the cover flat contest are…
Qwill, Sandra Cormier, Angie Gipson, rpattzlawyer and Paige Hollenbaugh.
Congratulations people!
Now, email me(at)markhenry(dot)us with your address [...]

Damn.

I gotta tell you. I didn’t make it all the way through The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Not because it wasn’t a good book, for as far as I could tell it was perfectly well written, but because it weighed so heavy. What Peter Jackson’s done to it looks to be another beast [...]

Who Likes Cover Flats?

Checked the mail yesterday after being gone Friday and Saturday for the PNWA Writer’s Conference (a great time was had with my agent, writers and everybody) and what did I find?
Only this…

So lots of stuff changed in the mass-market paperback scaledown. But I’m all about the new tagline: The ghoul can’t help it. Pleases me [...]