Two quick bits of fun news! First, this Wednesday, December 7, I'll be returning to The Story Hour, a weekly livestream of speculative fiction short story readings where I'll be reading alongside author Rebecca Gomez Farrell. You can watch live via Zoom or Facebook (7pm Pacific Time, 10 pm for my fellow East Coasters), so … Continue reading Story Reading & Story Release!
The blog lives!
It's been a hot minute (or year) since I've updated this thing. (blows off the dust) (coughs) This is getting to be an unfortunate habit. So what's new? On the fantasy end of the writer 'verse, I'm very pleased to say that my story "A Conspiracy of Cartographers" is now up at GigaNotoSaurus! Opera composers! … Continue reading The blog lives!
Short update on equally short stories!
First, my story "Ceiling Snakes and Slithering Saints" is now up at Mysterion! Inspired in large part by these two images---a rattlesnake named Buzz and some trusses pulling away from a church ceiling: Second, the Kickstarter for In Somnio: A Collection of Modern Gothic Horror is now live. Please consider supporting this awesome project and … Continue reading Short update on equally short stories!
Miscellaneous Updatery
Oh, right, I have a blog. Hi, blog. So what's been happening since I've been gone? For starters, two shiny short story sales! My fantasy story "Ceiling Snakes and Slithering Saints" will be appearing in Mysterion later this month. Thrilled to be making my second appearance there. And just announced, my story "Self Storage" is … Continue reading Miscellaneous Updatery
Writing Isn’t Always Writing
Like many writers, I have a daily word count tracker. This month so far, I'm at -1,174 words. Yes, negative wordage. But that's not a bad thing. It can be too easy to get hung up on the idea that you must be constantly cranking out new words, and that anything short of meeting a … Continue reading Writing Isn’t Always Writing
The 2020 Writerly Recap
It's been a while since I've done one of these end-of-the-year round up posts on here. In fact, it's been . . . *checks date of last writerly recap* Ok, so maybe only 6 years. But after 2020, it sure as hell feels like 84. Despite the steaming pile of donkey balls that has been … Continue reading The 2020 Writerly Recap
Story up at Mysterion
I'm very happy to announce that my story "This Is the Way the Prayer Ends" is now up at Mysterion! This story began life as a one-act play. I don't remember the exact impetus for changing it to prose. It might have been me thinking about how the production costs to mount the play would … Continue reading Story up at Mysterion
Literary Juggling Acts
As both a writer and a reader, I used to be a one-story-at-a-time kind of person. But in the last few years, I've discovered something awesome: I know how to juggle! For much of my writing life, I always felt like I had to finish my current project before I could move on to the … Continue reading Literary Juggling Acts
Virtual Philcon 2020
Next weekend I'll be participating in Virtual Philcon 2020. While there's a lot to miss about in-person cons, one plus side of Philcon being online this year: you can attend for free! (Though if you're willing and able, they do ask for a donation in lieu of membership fees.) Here's my schedule: ReadingFriday, November 20, … Continue reading Virtual Philcon 2020
Since I’ve been gone…
Is this thing on? *blows dust off blog* *coughs uncontrollably* Yeah, so it's been a while. W'sup? Me, I've spent the last . . . *checks date of last post* *falls out of chair* *picks self back up* Three years, huh? Okay, since October 2017 . . . I wrote only a small handful of … Continue reading Since I’ve been gone…
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