Tag Archive: #fiction
Saturday Stories: Shogun Dreams
There is nothing remarkable at all about Jeffery Smith. Not his name, not his job, not even the cancer that is threatening his life. But when his disease inspires him to start living his life instead...
Saturday Stories: The Free Story Roundup
If you are in the US, this is Thanksgiving weekend and I imagine you are spending time with family and enjoying some tasty leftovers. And even if you are not in the US, I hope you are taking time to...
Saturday Stories: A Postscript for Elizabeth
Hugh is a holographic surrogate, one he created of himself while he was alive, while he was dying. Now he has to find a way to help his grieving wife, Elizabeth, find a way to get on with her life....
Saturday Stories: Memories of the Breakers
Smith erases memories, he’s one of the best. He can remove your traumatic or dangerous memories and and lighten your spirit. But the Order of Mnemosyne requires that the Eraser then erases their own...
Saturday Stories: Jack Who Works the Beanstalk
Jack is just another orphaned kid working the tourists, except Jack lives on Mars and works the Pavonis Mons Beanstalk Terminal guiding visitors through the delights and dangers of New Chicago City....
Saturday Stories: Connor Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn
Connor Bright dresses and talks just like Crocodile Dundee, but that’s just his way of hiding from his past. He’s a private detective in Phoenix, Arizona and his next case involves a man slain by what...
Saturday Stories: A Brief Introduction
I write a lot of short stories (I’ll be hitting 100 finished short stories and novelettes later this year) and I am looking for a way to both get them out and share them with all of you. So I'm going...
Of Things Not Seen Stands Alone
I made a mistake last year when I released Of Things Not Seen: A Ghost's Memoir, Book 3. It's the subtitle and the "Book 3" part that is misleading. Kind of. It is Book 3 in the series and...
Drawing the Dead on Sale (January Writing Update)
It's a brand new year, and I have a lot in the writing pipeline. The last few years have been pretty thin on releases and I am going to remedy that this year. So, to that end, I am planning to do a...
New Release! Of Things Not Seen, A Ghost's Memoir, Book 3
Wow, there is a lot to say about this one, but I'll keep it brief up here an expand down below.: The new ghost book is here! The ebook is on sale for $2.99 until 9/1/2017 for all you early buyers....
Back to the Graveyard
I love my ghost friends: JJ, Jesus, Banquo, and all the rest--they are so real to me. With three novels down and a fourth in the works, I must. My "A Ghost's Memoir" world (Shuffled Off,...
Making Art With Your Friends
Writers are strange. Their imagined worlds are often so compelling that the "real" world has trouble keeping up. Writer brains are different, they will imagine a character they love and then...
A Fool's Journey
My new novel, To Be a Fool: A Ghost's Memoir, Book 2 is here and I've got a huge sale going on! Well, partially here. The ebook is out and the print book will be coming soon (I'm taking preorders for...
Finding Inspiration (the making of Drawing the Dead, part 2)
This is the second, and last, part in a series on my novel, Drawing the Dead. You can read the first part here. In the first installment of this series, I talked about the formula for this novel, or...
A Novel Writing Formula (the making of Drawing the Dead, part 1)
This is the first part in a series on my novel, Drawing the Dead In this installment I talk about the formula for how I wrote this novel. A behind-the-scenes look at the parts that made up the whole....
Drawing the Dead: An Introduction
I am very excited to announce that my second novel, Drawing the Dead, is almost ready! I have a sample of the print edition in my hands and only a few things remain left to do. I expect the novel to...
Now in Print and Coming Soon
It's been a long time since I've had any writing news to report. Not that I haven't been writing, I have. And writing a lot. I just haven't gotten anything new out the door. Much is coming next year,...
Superheroes and Love Stories
I am struggling with how to introduce my next major release. Should I talk about my writing process and how this project came about? Should I talk about motivation, give you a peak into my strange...
Fiction Gumbo
It's been a long time since I have blogged. Life has been busy, and I have saved most of my writing energy for writing (there is a lot in the pipeline, which I am very excited about). But, in the last...