I finished another story this week, and I always find it strange how difficult it is to switch from one work to the next. I had this problem when I finished my novel, after spending three years writing that story and living […]
About a month ago, I submitted a story for consideration in an anthology a friend is editing and publishing. The collection is called “The Science Fiction Tarot”. Stories weren’t supposed to be about the tarot, but the authors were to come up […]
Yesterday was the official launch party for Legacy, the one-shot anthology I mentioned in this post a few weeks ago. It was a small affair held at our usual Saturday morning meeting place. The attendees consisted mostly of those who had contributed […]
A little less than a year ago, I finished writing my first novel. I then spent several months editing it, including completely re-writing the ending. I was, and am, very proud of this book, but what it really needs right now is […]
Patience is not a thing that comes naturally to me. As a kid and as a teenager (and even as an adult if I’m honest) I would try things, and if I wasn’t passably capable at them right away, I’d just tell […]
The launch of Legacy, containing my first published story, has been a humbling thing. My story is only 6 pages in the entire book, and it’s not something I had to go through a submission and selection process for, so I certainly […]
I mentioned in this post that I had signed my first contract. My story, “Sword of Songs” is now published and purchasable in the book on Amazon, here! I’m very excited to see my work in print for the first time. This […]
*I’ll be posting some websites here. These are not paid promotions, just things that have helped me in my writing and I offer them freely because I love them. Writing is a unique kind of solitude. I sit by myself […]
A few days after that fateful poem, with my brain still full of thoughts of “Should I write?” and “Do I have anything to say?” and “Am I making excuses?”, I decided to re-read Stephen King’s On Writing. I had read it […]
There I was in my early 20’s, failing to write a novel that insisted on rattling around in my brain, and doubting that I had the ability to really be a writer. Sometimes I would make another attempt at it, but self-doubt […]