On the basis of trailers, I don't have high hopes for John Carter, the movie adaptation of E.R. Burroughs' Mars adventures. Some thoughts on why I love the Barsoom books and how this movie appears to fall short. [Continue]

What is the relationship between author, artist, publisher and book cover? Getting the right look for a book is not all that straightforward. This post explains how some of this stuff works, sometimes. [Continue]

 Been kind of filling in the foundation here so this platform can leap through many hoops in the coming weeks and months.  A big Thank You to the marvelously talented Ed Beard, Jr., for permission to use his fantastic dragon artwork (his are the [Continue]