I thought I’d take a break from my usual content to share with you the novella I’ve been working on. Fantasy was my first love. Much of my teens took place with my nose in a doorstopper by Terry Goodkind or Terry Brooks. Indeed my first foray into writing long fiction was a clichéd high … Continue reading Work in Progress: GENERICA
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Writing Update (Winter 2020)
I will be turning 30 tomorrow, entering a decade of my life that I still can’t comprehend. Ten years ago, I resolved that I would be published by my thirtieth birthday. Technically, this is true. A few years back, I published a piece of flash fiction on Bizarro Central, but when I made this promise … Continue reading Writing Update (Winter 2020)
Writing Update (Fall ’19) + Hiatus
Writing Update A lot has happened since my last writing update. If you recall, I had begun my first foray into horror, a novel-inside-a-novel entitled The Autobiography of M. Well, I finished the first draft. It was not all I wanted it to be, but still had promise that several more drafts could bring out. … Continue reading Writing Update (Fall ’19) + Hiatus
Writing Update (Summer 2019)
As I recover from a nasty cold, I thought I would take a break from my usual content to give my readers an update on my own writing—the question I'm asked most these days. I took several months off from long fiction to write short stories, a relatively unexplored medium for me. (Though novels take … Continue reading Writing Update (Summer 2019)
A Guide to Neurotic Editing
All last month and into this one, I’ve been editing like mad. Eraserhead Press (the largest bizarro publisher out there) is starting one of their yearly open submissions, putting the pinch on what is otherwise a leisurely task. Meanwhile, I’m struggling to rewrite a novel I wrote years ago that just won’t cooperate. This week … Continue reading A Guide to Neurotic Editing