I’ve been talking (and thinking) about a newsletter for the website for the past few months. The problem with that is, neither talking nor thinking about something actually gets it done. So, the other day, while riding the train home I started putting together the newsletter on my iPad. But, what to put into it? Obviously, updates on my own progress with my writing – people wouldn’t have subscribed if they didn’t want to know about my various projects, would they? But, it has to be more than a means to shill out my work. There has to be something special that subscribers will get that no one else can. So what did I come up with? Well, in fact, […]
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Changes
I don’t like to do change for change sake, but occasionally it becomes clear to me that what I am doing currently isn’t working. “What I am doing” could be anything from my writing schedule to the time I get up in the morning for work. There have been a few things that seem to be out of sync lately and I’m not exactly sure why. For example, I can’t seem to get ANY kinds of comments on any of my projects. That includes comments on my Wattpad work, reviews of my books, comments about podcast episodes or even my blog posts. Is that because I am so vanilla that people simply don’t have anything to comment on? I don’t […]
Read moreA New Look
After 5 years, I decided it was time to try something a little different with the site. This is just the basic theme; I will be doing additional work on it as I go. I like it though. It is clean and concise. What do you think of the site’s new appearance?
Read moreI Have a Story in a Second Anthology This Month
Writing is often about luck and I know I’m VERY lucky to have stories appearing in two anthologies this month. The first story allowed me to revisit a character I’ve written about before. This time is different. It is a brand-new character in a genre I’ve enjoyed reading but had never written before (I liked the character and enjoyed writing the story enough that I think I will be doing more of the same in book-form later on). So, without further ado, let me announce that Dirty Magick: Los Angeles (from Lucky Mojo Press, edited by Charlie Brown) will be available as an eBook next Friday (November 15th) and in paperback nearer the end of the month. I think the […]
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