This is me. This is my soapbox. Any questions? Yesterday, while I sat with another author selling books at Evansville Pop Con, we overheard some very disturbing things. No less than five times, we heard parents tell their kids that they didn't need to spend their money on books. Granted, I'm not going to sell …
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And Then They Coffin Hopped!
Good evening and welcome to the 2013 Coffin Hop. On this little tour of all places dark and scary, you will meet a horde of authors and artists who represent the horror field. By clicking the pic beside this little bit of text, you will be transported to the main site and from there, the …
Is He Dead Yet?
No, I'm not... But I do feel like it lately. Seriously though, things have been busy here in my dead world trying to finish off a few projects. I have the novel Southern Devils to wrap up the last few chapters on in the next few weeks, a story set in the zombie infested "Happily …
The Journey II: Out From the Shell
Growing up, I hated to talk in public. I still do, but I'm more comfortable with it now. Before I started writing for real, I really just liked to stay locked in my shell and go through life quietly. Most of this I believe is due to my really bad self-esteem issues. This part of …
The 2012 That Was and My 10 Favorite Books of the Year!
2012 kicked ass. Simple and awesome, it was one of the best years a person could ask for. The writing really started to get somewhere this year and there were some great things going on along with it. Over the course of the year, I had stories come out in six anthologies as well as …
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The Wheel Keeps Turning
Sitting in the darkened theater with my two sons watching "Skyfall", something hit me. A major portion of the storyline for the movie is how much the world has moved on and that age will eventually catch up with all of us in the end. Since my mind is prone to wandering, it started to really …
Halloween is Near, So Let Us Coffin Hop!
Here we are again kiddies, the baddest of bad, the scariest of scary, the Coffin Hop 2012. Last year I wrote several posts about authors I dig that you should be digging too. In my "10 Questions" feature I have from time to time, John Everson , Nate Southard, and Jeff Strand entered the arena …
Hoosier Horror Hop…Final Thoughts
Sorry folks, I am a day late with my final post to the Hoosier Horror Blog Hop. First, I would like to thank Red Tash for putting this little piece of Indiana together. Now everyone knows we do more than watch basketball or grow corn, we write about what lurks under the bed at night. …
The Hoosier Horror Hop is Here!
Happy Halloween boils and ghouls, I will be your host for my part of a trip through the dark underbelly of the Hoosier state. Here a crop of horror authors have banded together to scare you and we hope you'll enjoy your hay ride through our neck of the woods. To get the locations for …
On-Line Reading and Interview
Evening kiddies, I just wanted to give a quick little bit of info. Last night I recorded a reading and discussion about my views on the horror genre with Austin Moss at whattheglasscontains.com. It went very well and had an unexpected twist. I began by reading my flash fiction piece "The Conversation" (from Pill Hill …
Our Darkest Fears 