This is the feed for my blog. I update the blog... occasionally? What's a phrase for "Not Terribly Frequently" that makes me sound busy rather than lazy? "When the mood strikes?", "As time allows?", "Every fortnight?" Hmmm.
I update the blog as much as I can. I'm writing, you know.
Today is launch day for Underwater Fistfight! This awesome review was a nice surprise for launch: Shotgun Logic was tremendously kind. Thanks to everyone who made this book happen!
As an author, I try to choose the conventions I attend wisely. I do as many as I can close to home (partly to save money), but branching out to new ones, or choosing to travel a good distance to one I like, takes some thought. I…
Let’s celebrate National Poetry Month by talking about speculative poetry, writing some of it and reading it out loud for everyone to hear! And treats. You have to have snacks when you’re creating new stuff, right? Join me on April 16 from 2-4 for Poetry of…
I’m thrilled we were finally able to show off the cover of Underwater Fistfight this week. It’s a fun collection and I enjoyed getting it ready for print. But… What’s the deal with that title? Well, I love movies and the poems in this collection…
April is Poetry Month and whether you know it or not, I’ve had quite a bit of poetry published over the last few years. I’m still writing poetry, but focusing more on my novels. For the month of April, I’d want to introduce you to…
April is Poetry Month and whether you know it or not, I’ve had quite a bit of poetry published over the last few years. I’m still writing poetry, but focusing more on my novels. For the month of April, I’d want to introduce you to…
On Thursday, August 15, I’ll be doing a poetry reading with Stephanie Wytovich in Morgantown WV! It’ll be an awesome time! Horror, scifi, steampunk, lunacy! Come for the poetry, stay for the court-mandated debriefing! The Lowdown Independent publisher Raw Dog Screaming Press, along with two…
Wow! Take a look at the newly-revealed cover for Stephanie Wytovich’s HYSTERIA: A Collection of Madness. Looks great! SUMMARY: Asylums once used to confine those deemed mentally unfit linger, forgotten behind trees or urban development, beautiful yet desolate in their decay. Within them festers something far more…
I spoke slowly into my cell phone. “No, ma’am. False alarm. No need to send a squad car out.” I ended the call with a light tap on my cell. I watched as the clearly deranged man read his bloody, gory work with a pleasure…
My Chapbook, See No Evil, Say No Evil, is now available as an ebook! There is also a new run of the print version as well. Even if you don’t order, go over to the site that my publisher set up. It has an audio…
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