Four days ago, I typed the words, "The End" (or "To Be Continued" depending on what happens next) on my first novel, Southern Devils. What started out as a short story with a very sordid past, finally became the book I hoped it would. Right now, I'm taking a few days to catch up on …
Continue reading The Journey II: Mission Completed (sort of…)
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 …
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 …
"Coming to a drive-in near you this summer, three college students on the last night of spring break, will find out the road to Hell is paved with good intentions...and blood." Ah, the good old days of the movie trailer. Believe me, there was really a time when the preview didn't tell you the whole movie …
In the last few weeks, the focus on everything has been shifting. I spent the last two years getting my name out, writing for anthologies, and releasing that first solo work on the general public. The time has come for a new part of my journey into the writing world. Last year I chronicled …
Continue reading The Journey II: Stages and White Chocolate M&M’s
Evening creepers and peepers! Tonight I bring you the future and love. In Surreal Grotesque issue 9, the 'Twisted Love' issue, my story "The Becoming" makes its appearance. It is a special treat for that someone you love this Valentine's Day. Granted it is not the world you know, but a bleak future where humans live …
Sometimes inspiration can come from the strangest places. Hiking around a local wetland area for instance can give you such nice symbols like the one pictured here. From the wooden bridge I found this on, I looked out, observed the dragonflies buzzing about, and I stared at the murky water below. That my friends is …
The beginning of 2013 starts with a death close to me and my work. In the last few days, David Naughton-Shires announced he was closing KnightWatch Press. Like most small presses in the current climate, it became to much of a draw on his personal finances. David and crew recently published four of my 100 word …
Continue reading Goodbye KnightWatch Press, We’ll Miss You. UPDATED!!!!!
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 …
Continue reading The 2012 That Was and My 10 Favorite Books of the Year!
2012 is rapidly coming to a close and this year has been a year of loss, sorrow, and victory. For all the tears that have fallen recently, there have been triumphs during the past twelve months that can still bring a smile to my face. 2011 only began to get my feet wet with my …
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