A Broken Laptop

So my novel is coming along swimmingly.  Swimmingly?  Swimmingly.  Thus far.  It’s really fun to write, a departure from my previous novels, and I find that refreshing.  It’s the story of a girl who is fated for murder, and everybody is aware of it.  It’s written in a whimsical, fairytale fashion, and I’m having a lot of fun using this … Read More

My poem “Monarchs” is up at The Writer’s Eye Magazine.  Once again, Dawn Allison and I are in there together!  She had mad skills with a camera, let me tell you. I’m learning. http://thewriterseye.com. Also, NaNoWriMo officially started! I have written two chapters of my current novel, which is titled “RunStarGirl: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy”.  It’s very different … Read More

Ha.  It’s currently the day before Halloween (Hey guys!) and I have a lot to cover really quickly.  For one thing, “Galaxy” popped up on DOGZPLOTS today, so cruise on by, if you so desire. www.dogzplot.blogspot.com “Cold Caliber” went onto Six Sentences  yesterday.  www.sixsentences.blogspot.com I also revised “Life” as requested by the Abandoned Towers submissions editor, and they accepted it … Read More

My friend and I have stories that we’re supposed to switch today.  It’s not going well.  First it wasn’t going at all, and then it started to work, and now I’m completely stalled.  Which happens, no big.  Then I got a slew of strange rejections, all at once.  A request for a rewrite, (“ethereal, but unclear.  Is she crazy?  Dead?  … Read More

Today is a day for celebration!  For one thing, I can now officially drive a motorcycle.  Rock on!  The world may never be safe again.  And things are going well on the writing front, too!  Keep an eye out for a future issue of Shock Totem, a horror/dark fiction mag that accepted a story that I wrote starring my friend Dawn and I, … Read More

I was asked, “If I could only read a couple of your pieces, which ones should they be?” Are you crazy?  All of them!  They’re beautifully polished works of whimsy and wonder!  Okay, I’m kidding.  Let’s see…I suppose that I would send you to “Show Your Bones”, “The Scent of Gravity” (it’s only up for a few more weeks and then … Read More

So I have to be perfectly honest with you.  I felt like a really big idiot when I set up this site.   “My Writing Site”.  Because it seems arrogant, because it seems like I’m trying to be more than I am, kind of all “Hey, look at me, I’m a writer!”  But it’s been very helpful to me.  It distances itself … Read More

They just accepted my poem “Monarchs” for their November/December issue.  The thing that I like best about The Writer’s Eye is that they require you to send in a piece of art with your poetry or short story submission.  So you will see a picture taken by yours truly of something beautiful.  One day I might even try my hand … Read More

Hooray!  I sold my short story “Ray the Vampire” to Flash Fiction Online.  It will be out for Halloween, and there was a lot of screaming and jumping last night.  “Ray the Vampire” is a light little tale, and I was so interested in the character that I ended up writing two novels about him.  No joke.  The first one … Read More

This was such a pleasant surprise.  Go to “writing challenge” and then “Aug/Sept winners” http://www.cyberwizardproductions.com/AbandonedTowers/ This will only be up for a month, and then it disappears.  The main character, Calev Nikolai, was going to be the protagonist of what I thought would be my first novel, but he made his way to the back of my head.  I’m grateful … Read More