KNOTS & CROSSES by Ian Rankin I've been buried under work for the last few weeks, but I've still found some time to do a fair am...

When I Left Los Angeles in the fall of 2000, the first thing I did was go and find myself a day job. I'd been working in comics for 6 o...

More than a year ago, I purchased the space for my own website, www.matthewdowsmith.com . At the time, it seemed like a good way to promote...

RADIOHEAD: The Best Of A number of my writing friends like to play music when they’re working. And for some reason, most of them listen to ...

At some point in nearly every interview I’ ve ever done, the interviewer will ask about my influences. It’s happened enough times that I h...

FLOATING DRAGON by Peter Straub Peter Straub has written two of my favorite books of all time. The first is probably his best know novel -...

I recently did an interview for a French publisher who asked me to introduce myself to the French audience. The only thing I could think to...