Yeah, that’s right, baby. I’m on FIRE! Metaphorically speaking, of course. 🙂 On Friday, I pushed publish on another title: another collection of five stories. But instead of shorts, I combined all of my novelettes and my one novella into …
Last night, I pushed publish on The Champion, the novella I wrote for Writers of the Future, Quarter 2. WotF rejected it; I know exactly why. The biggest issue was a very easy fix. And so, now it is out …
It’s been a while since I posted an excerpt for #SampleSunday. But seeing as Glimmer Vale hit the electronic shelves yesterday, this seemed an appropriate occasion to change that. So without further ado, here’s an amusing scene that I thoroughly …
Hi everyone. So I’ve been anxiously awaiting the cover art for Glimmer Vale, as I think I’ve mentioned before. I contracted with Lucky Bat Books for the art, and Cindie, who runs the show over there, hooked me up with …
As an MBA and a student of business, I really love Shark Tank. I love watching it, seeing the various business pitches and great ideas. I especially love watching how the Sharks react to the pitches, how they make their …
I just pushed “publish” on The Blob On The Rock, making it the 17th story I’ve epubbed so far. It got an HM from Writers Of the Future, but didn’t get picked up by pro magazine markets (I heard back …
I finished another short story tonight. First one since the move, and since my bicycle injury. It came in at 3,100 words and took 2.42 hours to write. That comes out to 1284 words/hour. Which is slower than normal for …
Dean and Kris have talked and posted a lot about life rolls, and how to deal with them. The main point they made was sometimes life hits you and you just have to deal with it before you can get …
Publisher’s Weekly sent me this today via their subscribers email list. I am appalled. I’m not appalled because I don’t like the President. Frankly, I don’t care that some people in PW like him a lot or not, and I …
I’m writing this from the Residents Inn in Topeka, Kansas. Last Friday (11 May 2012) evening, I departed my old (temporary) abode in Ballston Spa, NY in favor of my new home in San Diego. Yeah, I know. Poor me, …