Comics have always been storyboards.

Storytelling isn't an Escher staircase.

Granted, a long book can be as daunting as a hard one. I nearly reached for 'Game of Thrones' until I saw the bookshelf sagging under the burden of those other volumes.

I could put a sudoku at the end of every chapter and you'd have to solve it to progress through the story, but that doesn't address what would make people want to interact.

Interactive storytelling emphasizes a personal connection with the characters. It is a powerful tool that can draw you so deeply into the world of a story that you lose sight of it as a story. You think you are there - at least, if it is done right.

If your agent or publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because they're picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus.

In good writing, the contemplative and the exciting happen at the same time.

Six years old, and I already knew that my natural home was the world inside the head.

It (the swimsuit issue) is important for the first quarter for sure and important for the year. March (ad sales) is a little bit soft ? flat year-over-year. Our growth this year will come from second to fourth quarters.

That's something I ain't going to forget. I've seen dead people before. The parents didn't bother me. But the kid bothered me.