New York Times bestselling author, comics writer, and historian. Author of STAR WARS, STAR TREK, and BATMAN novels. May the Bat-Force Live Long and Prosper!https://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3ml7k3aewxk2fTwenty years ago when the KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC comics were just starting, I was invited to be comics guest of honor by MidSouthCon, my hometown convention in Memphis — but it was long before the days I had a banner. So I just printed out Brian Ching's production designs for the characters!06 May 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7k3aewxk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3ml23xde7vc2jMy DIE STANDING novel is one of many ebooks in the Star Trek ebook sale for this month. Live long and conquer! https://www.startrekbookclub.com/29332/star-trek-book-deals-for-may-2026/04 May 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml23xde7vc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkzwvyci4k2nMay the Fourth be with you! I spoke with Polygon for a just-posted article about writing the first meeting of Kanan and Hera from REBELS in my novel A NEW DAWN. https://www.polygon.com/star-wars-love-stories-romance-star-wars-novels/04 May 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzwvyci4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkz2eqdbjs2xM101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, tonight. Amazing what you can see from your backyard if you have telescopic vision and can keep your eyes open staring at the same spot for four hours straight.04 May 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz2eqdbjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkw3pwz6rk2hOn this Free Comic Book Day, my BATMAN: REVOLUTION novel got its first cosplayer as NickEccentric portrayed our Norman Pinkus version of the Riddler, as drawn by @joequinones.bsky.social!03 May 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkw3pwz6rk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkw27yy37k23A fun peculiarity picked up today. According to postal records, for every issue of DOCTOR STRANGE in 1982, Marvel printed an average of 652 sample copies and another sum for office use; the staffers' copies came out of these batches, and were often stamped as seen. Clearly someone rebelled!03 May 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkw27yy37k23https://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkvbnrwb6s2zNot signing anywhere today for #FreeComicBookDay but you can definitely tell it’s happening — at least outside Powerhouse Comics in Appleton, Wis.!02 May 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvbnrwb6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mktmeglnak2pI bought my first telescope as an impressionable kid who bought into the Comet Halley hype; I was as much a bust at pointing the device as the comet was as a spectacle. I’m glad to have made it to the smart telescope age, where tonight I can confirm that the Moon is where we left it the other day.02 May 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktmeglnak2phttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkiudnxlw22iSad news about Gerry Conway, who famously crossed over between comics and TV writing and wrote a lot of wonderful comics. His PARALLEL LIVES graphic novel remains one of my favorite Spider-Man stories. He'll be missed. https://variety.com/2026/film/obituaries-people-news/gerry-conway-dead-marvel-comics-writer-punisher-creator-1236731660/27 Apr 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiudnxlw22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkgikzgawc2vIf you can't wait for STRANGE NEW WORLDS Season 4's version of Cowboy Captain Pike, there's a book that'll tide you over!26 Apr 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgikzgawc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mkdkdmxfps26The @originsgamefair.bsky.social Origins Game Fair event schedule is now LIVE — and as author guest of honor I will be presenting THREE of my presentations, all on the Short North Ballroom Stage. All of them are FREE to attend! Here are the event numbers in the Tabletop reservation system... /125 Apr 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdkdmxfps26https://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mjzwqvg6wk27Wearing purple in memory of #Prince, who departed 4 the Afterworld 10 years ago today. The world has never been the same. When I wrote my first novel based on BATMAN (1989), I shepherded the dedication through proofreading 2 make sure we spelled it the way he liked. He is missed more than ever.21 Apr 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzwqvg6wk27https://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mjyde4d2ws2bStartled to read that HEATHERS’ widest release in 1989 was apparently 54 theaters. Truly a Blockbuster Video phenomenon.21 Apr 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyde4d2ws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mjn53qeafk2aI'm honored to have been announced as Author Guest of Honor at Origins Game Fair @originsgamefair.bsky.social, held June 17-21 in Columbus, Ohio! It's my first time there. I'll be doing several of my slideshow talks as well as signing. See you this June! #starwars #startrek #batman #originsgamefair16 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjn53qeafk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mjfuphdqd223Very sorry to read of the passing of Sid Krofft — his and his brother's TV shows were part of most every Generation X kid's childhood. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sid-krofft-dead-hr-pufnstuf-1236720419/13 Apr 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfuphdqd223https://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mjdduc4p6s2iThey keep finding new ways to make tax time inconvenient.12 Apr 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdduc4p6s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mj6lu6zoic2vOne thing I discovered during Artemis is that Kerbal Space Program, abandoned by its manufacturer, still works on my computer. I’d left those crews hanging around in space for years!11 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6lu6zoic2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mizlcglzxs2xJust prepaid for my bags on my upcoming American flights, as I suspect they won't want to be left out. Now's the time... [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizlcglzxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mizkcduizc2dA fascinating new podcast about THE DAY AFTER with director @nicholasmeyer.bsky.social, which touches on both the production side and its impact. The TV movie — which Meyer reveals was once a two-parter! — was one of several programs that made me such a sunny kid to be around in high school. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizkcduizc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mizcgyd36c2bHere's Robert Petkoff, performer of seven of my Star Trek audiobooks, talking about the franchise and voiceover work in general! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizcgyd36c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mirc74aah22nThe rare television experience I never saw coming — and the reason Riker was at the center of my first Trek works. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirc74aah22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mipbpa4kmk2vBefore Thursday’s ice storm, I’d have guessed a “picaroon” was Jean-Luc’s favorite cookie, not a tool I’d need to own. But it’s helped, as has having watched TRAIN DREAMS, which wasn’t kidding about falling branches. This one came down so hard it drove itself vertically a foot into the ground!04 Apr 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipbpa4kmk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mik2yhscm22pThe big maple did not collapse onto my office in the ice storm, but a good chunk of it decided to hit the road. More than a century old and seventy feet tall, it thankfully missed the power lines. Ice cover was more than an inch thick in places. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik2yhscm22phttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mijlokucz22zPower already gone in the Wisconsin ice storm. The trees coming down in the forest make it sound like hunting season. Hope the big maple over my office makes it. This one could last a while…02 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijlokucz22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mi7zisju6c2qEnergy very high here at the end of @C2E2 — MARTIAN author Andy Weir has the top movie in the world in PROJECT HAIL MARY, and he’s signing right across the aisle from us!29 Mar 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7zisju6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mi7iw64fy22jWhere’s John Jackson Miller? At C2E2, of course — though here I’m behind the camera. Find me at Table 4 in the Writers Block all day today. Andy Weir from Martian/Hail Mary fame will be signing across from us at 3:15!29 Mar 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7iw64fy22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mi4ulfo4d22c“People train runs out of Stubbville…” but the express to great entertainment runs through #C2E2 today! Find me at Table 4 in the Writers Block and at my “Rule the Galaxy Together: Writing in a Shared Universe” presentation at 11:30 a.m. in room S405A. Don’t get left standing in the parking lot!28 Mar 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4ulfo4d22chttps://bsky.app/profile/farawaypress.com/post/3mi2fi4grjs2bUnderway again — this time at #C2E2 in Chicago! Find me all three days at table 4 in the Writers Block. We’re right across from Anderson’s Books, where PROJECT HAIL MARY author Andy Weir will be signing Sunday. Many, many more authors! #c2e227 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:pblq6yd5v4tujn2a4ndx774n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2fi4grjs2b