Jack Campbell Jr.

Category: Writing

  • Are Writers Role Models? (Confabulator Cafe)

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    This week at The Confabulator Cafe, I go on a bit of a rant regarding the idea of writers as role models. This is in direct response to a letter to the editor in the Lawrence Journal World about William S. Burroughs’s notes and journals being donated to the University of Kansas. Go check it…

  • “Old Devil Moon” at The Confabulator Cafe

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    I have a new story up at The Confabulator Cafe. A werewolf on a broken-down cruise ship in the middle of the ocean on the night before the full moon dreads what tomorrow night may bring. You can check it out at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2014/02/old-devil-moon-flash-fiction/

  • The Evolution of an Idea: Murph’s Law is up at The Confabulator Cafe

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    One of the most common questions for writers is where they get their ideas and how they develop them. I think every writer does it a bit differently. The way I write isn’t the way my local colleagues write. I improvise a lot at the keyboard. Other writers outline vigorously and essentially know the story…

  • Looking Back and Looking Forward: The Year in Review and Preview

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    For many the New Year is a time of reflection and resolution. I am no different. It’s a chance to look back on accomplishments, and set goals for the next 365 days. Looking back on the past year in writing, I accomplished quite a bit. Looking forward, I hope to accomplish quite a bit more.…

  • A Confabulator Cafe Review of Fortunately, the Milk

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    My latest Confabulator Cafe book review is available. This week, I step away from my standard dark fiction to review Neil Gaiman’s recent children’s story Fortunately, the Milk. My son gave me the book for Christmas (with my girlfriend’s help), so that I could read it to him. The review is less about the book and…

  • “Murph’s Law” is now available at The Confabulator Cafe

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    I have a new short story up at The Confabulator Cafe. Murph didn’t mean any offense when he pissed on his best friend’s grave, but when he’s around, things go wrong. There may or may not be a vampire involved. You can read the story in its entirety at http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/12/murphs-law-flash-fiction/

  • A Cafe Review of McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited and “Flute of the Dead” News

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    In case you missed it, my latest book review is up at The Confabulator Cafe, featuring Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited: a Novel in Dramatic Form, and experimental scripting of a discussion between White, an atheist professor, and Black, a devout ex-con. You can find my review here: http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/12/cormac-mccarthys-sunset-limited-book-review/ The latest issue of Bete Noire, containing my…

  • NaNoWriMo Week 3 at The Confabulator Cafe

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    As NaNoWriMo has escalated, so to has my Fall semester at grad school. A busy week studying didn’t leave much time for the novel. I talk about it in my latest post at The Confabulator Cafe.  Check it out. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/11/nanowrimo-week-3-ugh/

  • NaNoWriMo November

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    It’s November and National Novel Writing Month is upon us once again. This year, my project is a novella based on my short story “Mama’s Little Boy.” I have high hopes this this book. The short story itself had received good feedback and I actually had to withdraw it from a anthology’s short list in…

  • Confabulator Cafe Book Review: Alan Ryker’s Nightmare Man

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    I have a new book review up at The Confabulator Cafe. Head on over and check out my thoughts about Alan Ryker’s latest novella from Darkfuse, Nightmare Man. http://www.confabulatorcafe.com/2013/10/alan-rykers-nightmare-man-book-review/