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 [...]
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 [...]
In 1857 the Steam Ship Central America sank off the coast of the Carolinas. I'm writing a short story based on this and went to find some art. The Steamship Erie was a wooden paddlewheel and sailing vessel that traveled on the Great Lakes. It sank in 1837, one of the worst ship disasters on [...]
I finished a short story and submitted it to an anthology. It was accepted and I am rejoicing in that fact, even while I wonder if they took every story that came in. It’s a charming romance with a villain who must be Dealt With. Lots of roses, barnstorming, plane crashes, Rice Institute library, and [...]
