Austin, Texas, United States
Professional freelance reviewer, geek maven, and optimistic curmudgeon, Richard “Rick” Klaw recently edited the anthologies The Apes of Wrath (Tachyon Publications) and Rayguns Over Texas (FACT). For the past 15 years, he has provided countless reviews, essays, and fiction for a variety of publications: The Austin Chronicle, Blastr, Moving Pictures Magazine, San Antonio Current, Kirkus Reviews, SF Signal, The Horn, Geek Dad, SF Site, Science Fiction Weekly, RevolutionSF, Nova Express, Electric Velocipede, The San Antonio Business Journal, and others. His essays and fiction have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Conversations With Texas Writers (University of Texas Press), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Greenwood Press), King Kong Is Back! (Smart Pop), Farscape Forever (Smart Pop), Steampunk (Tachyon Publications), Cross Plains Universe (MonkeyBrain/FACT), and The Steampunk Bible (Abrams). Many of his writings were collected in Geek Confidential: Echoes from the 21st Century (MonkeyBrain). Klaw co-founded the influential Mojo Press, one of the first publishers dedicated to both graphic novels and prose books for the general bookstore market, and co-edited (with Joe R. Lansdale) the groundbreaking original anthology of short fiction in graphic form, Weird Business. He also served as the initial fiction editor for RevolutionSF. He can often be found pontificating on Twitter (@rickklaw) and at his award-winning blog The Geek Curmudgeon. In addition to other consulting and marketing activities, Klaw currently manages and develops content for the social media presence of Tachyon Publications. He lives in Austin, Texas with his patient wife, a perpetually confused dog, and an impressive collection of books.
Oversee all publicity activities including marketing, promotion, and social media. Manage a team of 3 publicists. Advise publisher and editing staff. Edit all Joe R. Lansdale and Bruce Sterling titles.
Develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy by establishing and maintaining an engaging presence on various social media outlets. Provide additional marketing support as needed. I edit all Joe R. Lansdale titles and other editorial activities as needed.
Develops features and promotional opportunities. Contributes a blog The Geek Curmudgeon. Supports editorial staff for a genre website with 45,000 unique visits each month.
Selected and acquired classic and new fiction. Developed new talent. Liaised between multiple publishers and RevolutionSF staff. Represented RevolutionSF at WorldCon 2001 in Montreal. Published works by Michael Moorcock, Joe R. Lansdale, Norman Partridge, Steve Aylett, Chris Nakashima-Brown, Bruce Sterling, Jeff VanderMeer, and others.
Produce original features by assignment for the monthly magazine produced for USAA Insurance members.
Freelance marketing consultant for the Humble Scholastic Audio Books Bundle
Freelance marketing consultant for the Humble Star Wars Dark Horse Bundle