It’s October! Where the hell does the time go? (Of course, for the people “stuck” in quarantine, they’re all wondering how I’m saying it’s October, when it’s clearly March 200th or some such.) In the last month, there is not a whole lot to report. I have an announcement that I’ve been sitting on, but… Continue reading SAME CRAP, DIFFERENT MONTH
HORROR PODCASTS
So far, my published books have all been horror or horror-adjacent. Yet in this blog, I do not talk about horror. At all. So I thought I would put out a between-posts post with some podcast recommendations for those of you who may have tastes on the more spooky side. (EDITED IN AUGUST 2025): I… Continue reading HORROR PODCASTS
THE POWER IS YOURS
This entry is the one you have been long dreading. Heck, it’s the one I’ve been dreading. I swore to myself I would never write this entry in my public author blog. I would relegate it strictly to my personal journal. This is the entry no one ever wants to see. But I feel like… Continue reading THE POWER IS YOURS
AS THE WORLD BURNS
Some writers I follow out there on the interwebs talk about something called “season of life” from time to time. For them, that seems to be things like the ages of their children, their marital status and/or problems, or things that actually happen in the course of normal human existence.Humans, am I right?I look at… Continue reading AS THE WORLD BURNS
ALL THE NEWS
It’s a strange world out there right now. Plague, civil unrest, probably alien invaders before too much longer if the current trend holds. (Or are we already here?) In the context of all of this worldwide chaos and (because I’m a writer) ickiness, this blog post is going to seem self-serving… and that’s putting it… Continue reading ALL THE NEWS
REVISITING GOALS
I like goals. I would not necessarily say I am goal-oriented in general, but when it comes to writing, there is something about setting my sights on a number of words written in a specific amount of time and trying to hit that number. It is one of the reasons National Novel Writing Month appeals… Continue reading REVISITING GOALS
ALWAYS BE LEARNING – WITHIN REASON
It has been said — by someone, and I am not going to research who it was — that no matter how much you know, there is someone out there who knows more. Maybe it was actually about fighting ability. I don’t know. That said, no matter how good a writer you are, there is… Continue reading ALWAYS BE LEARNING – WITHIN REASON
THE MAY “UPDATE”
I wish I had something pithy or newsworthy to share this month. So far it is “life” as usual, minus the gaming stuff due to plague. Three people have bought my new book* so far. What is wrong with them? Of course, my one blog reader is already pestering me for a May entry, so… Continue reading THE MAY “UPDATE”
BOOK RELEASE IN THE TIME OF THE PLAGUE
Since my last bona fide blog entry, the entire world has changed. That seems like a hyperbolic statement, but it’s really not. Based on my admittedly limited knowledge, COVID-19 was still mostly contained on another continent with just the merest hint of landing on my shores. It was more an idea than any real threat.… Continue reading BOOK RELEASE IN THE TIME OF THE PLAGUE
FUN ‘N GAMES #2
An Introduction Welcome to the second installment of the series I am calling Fun ‘N Games. In the first “issue” I talked about a potential downside to gaming — and I’m not gonna lie, there are several — but for the most part I want to focus on the GOOD stuff. Like everything I write,… Continue reading FUN ‘N GAMES #2