From 2003 through 2007 I wrote occasionally for BenBella Books' "Smart Pop" series -- books of essays about various aspects of pop culture.
These were a lot of fun, and the pay wasn't bad. I keep telling myself I'd do better to concentrate on fiction, but when someone offers me money to write about Buffy or Star Trek, how can I resist?
Eventually, though, they ran out of topics that interested me, and I told them to stop inviting me, at least for now.
So here are the ones I wrote for during that five-year period, with the title of my essays for each. Click on the appropriate image if you'd like to buy one...
"Matchmaking on the Hellmouth"
"The Heirs of Sawney Beane"
"A Consideration of Certain Aspects of Vogon Poetry"
"Just Who Were Those Martians, Anyway?"
"A World at War"
"On the Origins of Evil"
"Why Dumbledore Had to Die"
"Previous Issues"
"Growing Up Mutant"
"Lost Secrets of Pre-War Human Technology"
"Chinks in the Armor"
"Peter Parker's Penance"
"I'm in Love with My Car"
"Finding the Hero"
Also:
An anthology about Wonder Woman was planned, but never published. I wrote an essay for it entitled "Diana Who?" that has only appeared in Mind Candy (see right-hand column)
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