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.

At this point in my life? TRIPPING ON TOYS.

Actually, that's kind of been a likely one at most other points in my life as well.

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!

My personal best trick for getting my work out there has been to jump head first into any project with the names North or Malki ! attached!

No, but seriously, I mean that. Some might call it coattail riding, and that's not unfair. But networking is a very real part of any creative person's life, if you want to find avenues for getting your work seen. And having success in projects with bigger names than your own attached can translate into increased credibility for your own personal projects that you're promoting.

Just make sure that when you go into those projects in collaborative environments, that you bring something worthwhile to the project yourself. It's arguably even more important that you do your hardest work there, to prove your professionalism so you can maintain those relationships.