Noblemania

This blog launched on 2/19/08 . Every February 19, I share what I feel have been the strongest posts of the previous 12 months . This...

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In December 2016, I had the pleasure of speaking at various schools in the Saginaw, Michigan area. This was orchestrated by the principal o...

When researching Bill Finger for what became Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman , the first two people I found who had no...

Review of The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra from Publishers Weekly (1/16/17) : "Aranda's vibrant mixed-media artwork...

Review of The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra from Booklist (2/1/17):   "plenty of lively touches" "an amusing take ...

Bill Finger died 43 yea rs ago today. I did n't know about him at the time . T his is why:

In 1997, I moved to Los Angeles to try to sell three screenplays I'd written. In late 1999, I moved back east with three unsold screenp...

Review of The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra from School Library Journal (1/1/17) :   a January 2017 Popular Pick "a play...

Thank you, Junior Library Guild, for acknowledging our little myth ! I am honored .   More info here .

While doing an author visit at Renaissance Public School Academy in Mount Pleasant, MI, I came upon a project I feel is worth discussing, f...

My school presentation includes both Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman and Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman , whi...

On 12/1/16, I Googled. The traditional way...but also in person. I had the honor of being invited to speak there as part of their Talks at ...

Well, not quite. But ONE UK author, Jonathan Emmett, did follow our lead and share a particularly critical review. Here's hoping...

On 11/18/16, a day after returning from Vietnam , I had the honor of participating in the 39th annual National Press Club Book Fair and Aut...

After a wonderful week in north Vietnam , I relocated to south Vietnam for a wonderful half-week. Just as United Nations International Scho...