I’m almost finished this round of edits for “Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero” and I am about to do a major new scene/rewrite of an existing one. One of the comments I received was, make sure you foreshadow this scene so it doesn’t seem like you’re just pulling stuff out of the air. Foreshadow a new scene? How the heck do I do that? Well, I am surprised to say it is easier than I expected. I won’t go into the exact scene (cause that would be spoiling it for later) but let me give you an example of how it can be done. Say you need to add a scene where the character solves a problem by overhearing some people […]

I am very pleased to announce that my short story, “From Rats to Ruins” has been published by Flying Island Press in Flagship Magazine’s Steampunk issue. You can find it here: http://flyingislandpress.com/flagship/steampunk-issue/

There have been times when my eyes have been truly opened. My trip to World Fantasy Convention 2011 was one of those times. I know I have spoken often about the importance of meeting people and networking, but that was reinforced for me over the past few days. For those of you who don’t know what WFC is, let me give you a bit of an idea. It is a professional writer’s convention that attracts writers, publishers, editors, artists and others from around the world. Note, I said professional convention. This is not a convention for costumes but one for spending time with others passionate about genre fiction. It was also a first for me in many ways. It was […]