CRAIG SILVERMAN

I didn’t plan it this way, but I have work in the recent issues of both Writer’s Digest and Reader’s Digest (Canada). So October is all about the Digests, yo. The only hitch is that neither piece is online as of now. So you need to get the print editions. (Or buy the digital edition of WD!) For Writer’s Digest, …

I’m still recovering from last week’s festivities and surprises. This recovery process included sleeping for 12 hours last night, which is almost unheard of for me, and spending most of yesterday afternoon and evening lying on a couch and trying to avoid anything resembling work. Last week was the MagNet/PWAC conference, the National Magazine Awards, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. …

Well, this has been a rewarding week. On Tuesday, for the second year in a row, I was nominated for a National Magazine Award. Then, yesterday, I discovered that my second book is nominated for Canada’s best non-fiction crime book. The CBC has a story about the Crime Writers of Canada’s annual Arthur Ellis Awards: Crime Writers of Canada, the …

I’ve been pretty quiet about my second book, but it’s time to start talking. Over the last couple of years, I’ve been working with Michael “Mafiaboy” Calce to write a book about his story. The resulting work is Mafiaboy: How I Cracked the Internet and Why It’s Still Broken. Here’s the book’s website, which was just launched. It will hit …