Kickin' Out Some Updates

Lexi Alexander sparring with Pat Johnson. (Photo courtesy Ms. Alexander.)

Some random links, likes, rumors, and half-baked truths for you (all three of you who still check this blog, despite the lack of regular posts):

I wrote a short piece for the Amazon Kindle UK site called "Once More, With Feeling," which is all about writing novel sequels, to mark the publication of my first sequel, Hell & Gone.

Speaking of Hell & Gone: Cullen Gallagher at Pulp Serenade called the second Charlie Hardie novel "another homerun for Philadelphia's mad hatter of crime fiction." Which makes me really happy, because I don't even wear hats! (My head is way too large.) And the Geeks of Doom say that H&G is "one hell of a fun ride!"

Last week I talked about Birds of Prey, my monthly DC Comics series, with the fine ladies over at the 3 Chicks Review Comics podcast. (Though only 2 of the chicks were present.)

Also last week: I made my IDW Comics debut with Infestation 2 #1, which kicks off a new Lovecraftian crossover series. The Geeks of Doom encourage you to "GET THIS NOW!!!"

Likes: Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive; Showtime's Shameless; Fun.'s "We Are Young" (and its slo-mo mayhem video); Peter Farris' debut novel Last Call for the Living; Sazeracs at Philly's The Farmer's Cabinet; cashews.

Dislikes: January.

Looking forward to: The Complete Slayers by Paul Cain (Centipede Press): Upgunned by David J. Schow; Dead Harvest by Chris F. Holm.

And some harmless teasing: Over on Twitter, I've been dropping hints about a forthcoming collaboration with director Lexi Alexander (Green Street Hooligans, Punisher War Zone). And Lexi has been dropping some hint-tweets, too. So what is it we're doing, exactly? Well, I can't spill all quite yet. But I can encourage to watch both of our Twitter feeds (@swierczy and @lexialex) in the coming week for more hints.