Hey everyone! So this year, I’ll be attending DragonCon in Atlanta which is gonna be so, so awesome. And right now, DragonCon is accepting nominations for the second annual Dragon Award—a fan-based award to recognize excellence in all things Science Fiction and Fantasy. So, if you’re a fan and dig what I do, consider taking […]
One of the key parts of a good story is the use of detail: not exhaustive, generic detail, but the right handful of details to shine light on the heart of the story. Of course, in direct contradiction to that statement, that’s not exactly w…
This post contains indirect potential spoilers for Unnatural Causes, a book which is still in the editing process and thus some ways from submission, much less publication … which makes the odds of remembering an unspecified song reference, out of co…
I’ve been quiet for a while because, almost three weeks ago now, my desktop crashed with a dramatic bellyflop, leaving me to the tender mercies of my old laptop, (mostly) affectionately know as the Frankenlaptop. It is called the Frankenlaptop fo…
This piece of flash comes to you by the way of two sources. The first is Chuck Wendig’s Friday Flash Fiction Challenge. And here is what he says about that: Way this works is, below you will find two tables — X and Y! — and you will pick (or randomly draw) from those tables.… Continue reading Chuck Wendig’s #FlashFiction Challenge: Demons vs. Assassins
So…. I have done exactly what the title suggested. A fellow author brought to my attention this contest, over on the blog by author Mark Lawrence. I think it is a really neat idea, so what the hell, why not? I entered Pilgrimage to Skara (still available on Amazon, for those you still looking for … Continue reading Hat in the Ring