As you may or may not know, on the 4th of July I had my first story published. It is a short story titled “Apprentice” and published by the new e-press/audio press Flying Island Press. It isn’t the first story I’ve sold. That will be coming out in the August 2010 issues of Sorcerous Signals (free e-magazine) and Mystic Signals (print – available on Amazon.com). Both of these stories represent firsts for me. First sale and first to see publication. They also represent a LOT of work; I’ve been writing for several years to get to this point. It feels really good to be able to share these accomplishments with you and I am enjoying the feeling. It would be […]
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GalaxyBillies – Episode 13
With this episode, GalaxyBillies is now at the 2/3 point to completion and things are really starting to move. The Galactic Council Fleet finds Earth, MegaDan makes plans, a relationship develops and The Corporation gets involved in things. Several new characters in this episode. For those of you interested, you can become one of the Kinfolk, just like Thomas Reed and Jimmy Ray Farmer. Send an email to: kinfolk at irreverentmuse dot com and tell me you want to join the Kinfolk. I’ll set you up with your own hillbilly name and post it on this site. I’m also starting to receive entries for the Easter Egg hunt. If you want to get involved send an email to: galaxybillies at irreverentmuse dot […]
Read moreFlying Island Press Launches “Flagship”
Hello everyone. As I have mentioned in both my blog and on “Get Published”, I have a story coming out. It is my second short story sale and my first ever published story so I am very excited. Below you will find the press release. I strongly encourage you to check out Flagship for a number of reasons: The magazine is super affordable. $1.99 for either the e-format version or the audio version. $2.99 for both. We need to get behind efforts like this. Flying Island Press has been awesome to work with. For all you fledgling writers out there, these guys are super supportive and very helpful. Zach Ricks, Managing Editor for the press told me that they plan […]
Read moreWrite Like it Matters
A common complaint from wannabe writers is “I don’t have time to write”or “I wish I had time to write”. They go on to talk at length about how busy their lives are. Sound familiar? Are you/were you one of those people? OK, time for me to climb on my soapbox for a change. It’s easy to fall back on the “life is too busy” excuse but the truth is, if writing is important to you, you will make the time. How do I know? Well, let me see… If you are a parent and your children are busy in sports, Scouts, Guides, Dance or a myriad of other activities, you know that your schedule adjusts to their activity. If […]
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