Sam Costello: Writer, Editor, Web Consultant
I am a writer, editor, and web consultant who works with marketing companies, web development and IT agencies, magazines, websites, and other organizations. I help clients develop and refine messages, ideas, and businesses through precise, creative writing, accurate grammar, and cutting edge web consulting.
I am available for freelance projects in any of these areas, and also in writing or editing fiction, comics, and graphic novels. That said, for marketing/SEO/marketing writing projects, I rarely work directly with clients, instead preferring to subcontract to agencies. I may exceptions from time to time, though.
My clients include:
- About.com
- Schwadesign
- FrameMedia
- Rue Morgue
- Basics Group
- Conrad Lane Designs
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My services include:
- Writing for the Web
- Web Consulting
- Web Marketing: SEO and Email
- Journalism
- Editing
- Blogging
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Latest News
Archive for August, 2008
August 29, 2008 at 2:21 am
· Filed in Fiction
I haven’t done as good a job as I might have keeping up with listing the clients I’m working with these days, so here’s a summary post. I’ve been doing a ton of work with Schwadesign – which is great, because they’re awesome and their clients are awesome – for the following clients:
August 26, 2008 at 2:20 am
· Filed in 52 Books/52 Weeks
Funny, profane, repetitive, shocking, heartbreaking. All of what I remembered this collection to be. While it bogs down under repetition of themes and purposeless stories about drinking or being cranky, “Animal Crackers in my Soup” is one of my favorite short stories, a great horror tale, and a strong shot of sadness.
Buy Tales of Ordinary Madness at Amazon
Book: 39/52
August 23, 2008 at 2:20 am
· Filed in News
Just a little hint of things to come: Sometime before the end of 2008, I’m going to be redesigning this site and turning it into something more useful and better looking. This site has served me well for a few years, but it’s time to upgrade. I know the look I’m going to have, I just need to customize it and upgrade my content. Not sure when I’ll complete it, but it’ll be better and maybe even worth the wait.
August 19, 2008 at 2:19 am
· Filed in 52 Books/52 Weeks
The third volume of these brutal slice-of-life comics from Japan circa 1969-72. Nothing like the popular image of manga, and full of frank and shocking sex and violence. Very few other comics creators approach short comics this way – like literary fiction. This is the last planned collection; I hope we get more.
Buy Good-Bye at Amazon
Book: 38/52
August 16, 2008 at 2:18 am
· Filed in Comics, Non-Fiction
I mentioned back in June that I’d put some book and comics submissions out into the world. No word on some yet, a few rejections on others. Still, the dude abides.
As of now, I’ve got a short comic script in with the editor of an established publisher and am about to start sending out a second set of book proposals (same book) and a comic miniseries proposal, with art by the truly awesome Shane Oakley, to various publishers.
Wish me even more luck!
August 14, 2008 at 2:17 am
· Filed in 52 Books/52 Weeks
A terrific high-concept – five friends wake up after a night of hard partying to find a sixth friend who they all remember, but was never there before – undermined by a weird plot about secret government weapons and a heroine who is entirely unlikeable and unredeemed. Too bad; I wanted to love it.
Buy Faker at Amazon
Book: 37/52
August 10, 2008 at 2:15 am
· Filed in 52 Books/52 Weeks
A bruising collection of short stories that will ring unpleasantly true for anyone who’s lived very long in rural New England. Though some of the stories are a little slow, the best ones punch you in the face and then curse at you with a Maine accent. Which is a good thing.
Buy Why the Devil Chose New England for his Work at Amazon
Book: 36/52
August 6, 2008 at 2:14 am
· Filed in 52 Books/52 Weeks
An artbook by one of the leading comics artists of this generation. The book is highlighted by the appearance of comics he did in Japan that have never been published elsewhere. His essays are also fascinating, but it seems unfair that he can be a great artist and a good writer simultaneously.
Buy Pulphope at Amazon
Book: 35/52
August 3, 2008 at 4:14 pm
· Filed in 52 Books/52 Weeks
A collection of strips Stevens did for the Boston Phoenix alt.weekly. Stevens captures just the right moment sand expressions. The images are nearly poetic and his heavily crosshatched style beautiful. If you lived in Boston in your 20s (as I did), this book may be more poignant than is comfortable. Truly excellent.
Buy Whatever at Amazon
Book: 34/52
