Nate Southard is brutal. His writing is tight and visceral. In the short time I've been exposed to his work, I've devoured almost everything he's published. He's brought us the cruelty of Just Like Hell, a view from the end of the world in This Little Light of Mine, and the will to survive the …
Continue reading On “Lights Out” and Interview with Nate Southard!
I already have a full-time (plus some) job. I put in a ton of hours and sometimes when I get home, the muse is toast and it takes a great deal of rum to awaken it again. Every so often, by the time that happens, I'm asleep and my dreams freak me out. The muse …
Ok, seven zombie authors walk into a bar. Once they've sat down, they discuss the idea of a blog tour. Thinking the six of them have a good thing going, they eat the seventh one. Today I'm handing the wheel off to one of those six guys, because I really don't want to be feasted upon. …
Continue reading Hop on the Bus for the Summer of Zombie Tour!!!!!!!!!!
This evening while at my son's baseball game, I received an e-mail from Tony G. at Undead Press. The e-mail asked if the story I submitted and pulled from Cavalcade of Terror was still available. He was wanting it for a new horror anthology. I politely declined and I left it at that, trying to …
Continue reading Words of Warning: Undead Press Returns From the Grave
Social media can be great to get the word out about stuff and to connect with others. Before this Internet thing, reconnecting with old friends, classmates, or new people was more difficult. Now we have Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and tons of other services under the sun where can communicate with others (I take that back, …
First off, I would like to congratulate the three winners from the blog contest. The winner of the signed Undead Tales 2 book was Beth Lunkenheimer and the two winners that will appear in some upcoming projects were Ashley Smith and Mark Duvall. I've already filled Mark in on his role and he is very excited …
Hello all you ghouls out there! Tonight we open the casket on the subject of being the new guy in the room, the one just now striking out on their own, and the one who will make mistakes. Nobody who starts writing is a pro from the start. It takes time and it takes some …
Ok, I'm going to take a moment to wax poetic about The Avengers. Marvel Studios did an incredible job bringing their superhero franchises together in one big kick ass movie. It helped they had this planned all along with each movie adding something toward the whole (if you stayed after the credits that is...). The …
I sit here working on some short stuff and preparing to take the next step into a larger world. Soon, I will begin the editing process and rewrites on In Memoriam, my first novella and really a labor of love. Part 1 set the stage with the current stage the novella is in, but tonight …
I started out the year with some modest goals while I tried to build on the beginning success of last year. 2011 was my first full year of writing and I finished the year with 10 stories in 8 anthologies. My goal was 5, so I thought I did ok. Raising the bar higher for …
Continue reading The Year So Far…(and a pretty good one to boot!)
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