TwentySevenLetters

That sounds like a disappointing, but not terribly surprising experience. I'd love to have a hand in writing a video game, but the friends of mine who've worked in the video game industry have never had very encouraging things to say about it.

That said, if the opportunity came, I'd certainly consider it, especially if it was from a reputable indie company.

Same here--I was a a comics show when I ran into David, and he had a stack of the illustrations with him that he was delightedly showing to any of the contributors who happened by, and that's when I found out I'd been paired with Dorothy Gambrell--so awesome!

Well, for more fiction, you can find my story "The Woman Who Could Smell the Future" in issue 70 of the audio literary magazine Bound Off. (http://boundoff.com/).

I also write comics, most of which can be found at http://TwentySevenLetters.com, though my most recent work, a series of short pieces using formal structures (think Comics Poetry) can be found at http://TwoForNo.net. The artist on "Two for No" is the wonderful Xeric-Award-winner, Tymothi Godek, whom I've wanted to work with for years.

And I also have a textbook, "Comics: A Modern History of a Global Art Form" forthcoming from Thames & Hudson next year, co-written with Dan Mazur.

And I collected a brand new rejection slip for one of my short stories LIVE in the course of this AMA!

As to authors afraid to show their work, that's a really hard one to answer. For me, and a lot of writers I know, the desire to write is largely about the desire to be in the spotlight and show off. So of course we want to show people our stuff.

But I guess I would suggest starting with a small supportive community of young writers. I've been fortunate to be a part of a number of good creative writing workshops through my schooling, and small writers' groups now. Being around other people who are sharing their work can help, so long as they're largely at your same level of development, so you don't feel overshadowed by them.

Oh man, I wrote for Whispered Apologies, and that was one of my favorite things ever! If Ryan ever does bring it back, I'd be e-mailing him daily to ask if I could write for it again.

Actually, the first time I even met Ryan, when I was seated next to him at a con, I pretty much spent the whole morning plotting how to convince him to let me write for Whispered Apologies. But that worked out!