The cover art for the anthology I am part of has been released, but not the book itself yet! I think that will be in two weeks. In the meantime, ... That's me on the front cover, the fourth author! I have another story deadline in about ten days, and the story is still a [...]
“Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Life is very long” From The Hollow Men, T. S. Eliot In my short story struggles, I am at the [...]
Today is the Feast of Saint John of Capistrano. He is famous for helping John Hunyadi break the Siege of Belgrade in 1456. And then dying of the plague spread in the aftermath. This lovely altarpiece from the Walters Art Museum, titled Saint Louis of Toulouse, Saint Francis, and the Blessed John Capistrano, was constructed [...]
I'm trying to write a short story based on true events. The last story like this took three and a half months and will be published in an anthology, probably in November. My contract says that I will promote the anthology on my blog and I will! When it's out! What concerns me right now [...]
“Apples, heigh-ho,” said Trumpkin with a rueful grin. “I must say you ancient kings and queens don’t overfeed your courtiers!” Prince Caspian. C. S. Lewis. Harper Collins. 1951. At this point in the book, Prince Caspian, the protagonists have had mostly apples to eat for the last forty-eight hours. They started with a few sandwiches [...]
