Category: Writing

  • “One Last Harvest” at The Confabulator Cafe and the Sale Continues

    My latest Confabulator Cafe short story is now available. Most of my stories have at least a hint of darkness. This one does not. It’s something a bit different. An angel falls in an apple grove. You can read “One Last Harvest” at The Confabulator Cafe. Only 48 hours remain in my Kindle Countdown sale.…

  • “Copy Rights” at The Confabulator Cafe

    My latest Confabulator Cafe short story “Copy Rights” is available. We were given the prompt “three steps to world peace.” For some reason, I thought of Ron Artest jumping in to the stands and punching a guy. Artest really has nothing to do with the story, but that’s how my writing goes sometimes. In “Copy…

  • “A Burial” at Page and Spine and My Online Store

    Several months ago, I sold “A Burial” to Page and Spine. When I decided to use the story in my collection, the editor, N.K. Wagner not only agreed to provide a blurb for the back of the book, but also said she would hold off on publishing the story so that its publication would coincide…

  • Heaven’s Edge for Camp NaNoWriMo

    It is the last day of March. That means that tomorrow in the beginning of Camp NaNoWriMo. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, Camp NaNo is a lot like the annual NaNoWriMo, but in April. The other major differences are that you are encouraged to set your own goal, rather than the…

  • All Manner of Dark Things Available for Pre-Order and Release Details

    All Manner of Dark Things is available for pre-order on Kindle, right now. It contains almost thirty pieces written over the entirety of my writing career. I like to think of it as my senior thesis as a short story writer. Over the last ten years, I’ve experimented with several forms of dark fiction. Horror is…

  • Midnight and the Boogieman at The Confabulator Cafe; A Simple Device in Rejected

    In my latest Confabulator Cafe story, “Midnight and the Boogieman,” paranormal blogger and Truman Capote disciple Boogieman Beau is confronted by a man who leaps from body to body every night at the stroke of midnight. You can read it for free at The Confabulator Cafe. My short story “A Simple Device” is out in Rejected,…

  • That MFA Article and Your Writing Life

    This is yet another blog about the MFA article that has caused great debate in the writing community. It popped up all over Facebook with people both for and against it. Chuck Wendig posted an entertaining and somewhat scathing critique on his own blog. People were all over the place, raging or praising. I thought…

  • I’m Not Romeo at The Confabulator Cafe and News Updates

    The Confabulator Cafe is back with a short story focus. This month, all the contributors wrote short stories inspired by Valentine’s Day. My story, “I’m Not Romeo” is now available. It’s the story of a guy who takes credit for secret admirer gifts that he didn’t leave. You can read it at The Confabulator Cafe. In…

  • Brainstorming Like a Psychopath

    People often ask where writers get ideas. Beginning writers seem to have an overarching concern that their ideas will run dry. First off, I don’t think this can actually happen. I have never sat down to write without some sort of idea forming. Beyond that, I think that your truly original ideas begin to develop after…

  • Literary Archaeology

    I’ve been working on putting together a collection of short stories. The book, which is tentatively titled All Manner of Dark Things, will be a sort of retrospective of everything I have written over the last ten years. It won’t have everything in it, but will be representative of my development as a writer. Reading through…