News 'n' Views - July 2018

Howdy, howdy! I've got some pretty big news to share but FIRST...

How's your summer going? Mine's been all right--ok that's me being slightly dishonest. It's been pretty stressful and very unsummer-like. Things have been on the stressful side in terms of family and personal stuff that's had my head in a tizzy. Then I went and caught a nasty cold--summer colds are possibly the grossest things to happen to the human body. It's also been rainy and damp all week and I've felt like I've been in a permanent mental fog. So that's been... fun?

BUT I SAID I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND HERE IT IS:

I'll be writing the all-new BETTY & VERONICA series out later this year from Archie Comics! I've had a blast writing Vixens and I'm excited to continue writing for the two iconic characters--this time taking the girls into more uncharted territory--senior year of high school!

The news of the series broke at the New York Times. I know. Kind of a BFD and I'm still kind of in shock about it! You can read the full article about the milestone Archie #700 relaunch here. I also did a follow-up interview with SyFy Wire that you can read here! 

Here's a look at some promotional art by the amazing Marguerite Sauvage:

So yeah... I'm pretty excited and I hope you all dig it! And speaking of Betty & Veronica... Betty & Veronica: Vixens Vol. 1 is available in bookstores everywhere now! It collects the first arc/5 issues of Vixens. It's super weird to actually see my name on something in bookstores--but very, very cool.  

And one more writerly update before I go and down myself in Mucinex--my newest Razorcake article is live! In it I discuss my attempts at managing my anxiety by digital means. One of which is my own personal therapy of writing these articles every other month. They really help put things in perspective for me and I'm always honored when people reach out to tell me that they can connect with them. I'm super thankful to Razorcake for letting me sharing my stories.

That's all I got now! Time to bid you all achoo! ;)

Jamie

December - January Update

Hey now, so I uh guess there's a lot going on the world. Maybe we'll talk more on that later? For now, here's a quickie roundup of stuff I wrote from December '16 - January '17. 

Razorcake: 

In Sickness and in (Mental) Health

#AmReading: 

• The 5 Best Wine and Liquor Books of 2016

• 10 Bookish Stocking Stuffers Under $20

• 7 Exquisite Books for Art Lovers

• How Literature Can Help Us Understand The “Other”

• Guillermo Del Toro To Develop A ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Movie

• ‘Nancy Drew’ Reimagined In Noir Comic Series

• The Most Expensive Comic Book of 2016

• “Dead Bookstore” Gives New Life To Old Books

• 8 Magnificent Places To Visit For A Literary Vacation

• Author And Jazz Writer Nat Hentoff Dies At 91

• Celebrating The Centenary Of James Joyce’s ‘A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man’

• ‘Harry Potter’-Themed Restaurant Opens In Brooklyn

• 5 Reasons Experience Isn’t Necessary For Writing A Good Story

• 13 Books To Educate Children About Activism

• Comic Series ‘Y: The Last Man’ To Become FX TV Show

• 15 Iconic Books By Refugees In America

• Celebrating James Joyce’s 135th Birthday: 7 Blasphemous Works Of The 1920s

• 5 Touching Books Featuring Mentally Ill Mothers

Also, I'm going to start utilizing this blog a lot more. Even with just random anecdotes and short little musings on life. Gotta keep those typing fingers loosey goosey and always ready! Anyway, The Love Witch calls... 

See ya,

Jamie

October Update

Wow, ok so I've been failing miserably at this whole keeping my blog updated regularly thing. Not a surprise, I'm usually terrible at that. I find it much easier to lie in a vegetative state on my couch, internally screaming at myself to move to an upright position and write something--ANYTHING, DAMMIT--and then not writing anything but mentally punishing myself until I fall angrily asleep in an uncomfortable position on my couch. 

BUT MAYBE THAT WILL CHANGE RIGHT NOW!

Since my last update, I've actually started a bi-monthly webcolumn for Razorcake! It's about the topic I write about the best--my own weird brain! Check out the first article here.

(If you're wondering, I'm updating this as I'm currently procrastinating writing the second article right now.)

The Razorcake stuff gets pretty heavy, so I had to counter that some way. I've started writing humor pieces on my Medium account. They're mainly just for me, but hopefully you'll find them funny too.

Here's one where I get very political. Here's one where I try to give some romance advice. And this one I just published--the first of a series where I share my health and wellness routines.

Now, I'm going to attempt to finally finish a short story (one of a larger series) that I've been working on FOREVER. I'd like to get it done this week so I can submit it to a writing contest, so wish me luck!

Love you all!

Jamie