If Liosene was called the Hand of God, then the South Step slums—in all their shit and grime—were the middle finger. The giant “fuck you” to the people who aspired to go about their days without the fear of being murdered, beaten, raped, or some awful combination of the three. …
April is almost at its end. It’s been a whirlwind year for me thus far. So here I am in Spain. It’s almost 1:30 a.m. I feel…calm. So I’m going to reflect on things I feel have been the most important or impactful to me in the last few months. …
So. I am writing this from a lovely little apartment in Granada, Spain. We’ve been here (in Spain, starting in Cordoba) since Saturday and, after a bit of a rough start, have gotten our legs beneath us. We’re having fun, but oh my god do I miss Scotland. So, without …
As I’m preparing to write the next blog post about my honeymoon in Europe, I decided to pause and share the following: the different opening paragraphs to SHADOW TWINS, starting from the very first draft when the story was titled THE FORGER. When I first started writing this I was …
So, as the title of this blog post suggests, I am recently married and on my honeymoon! We’ve chosen Scotland and southern Spain. Right now we are about halfway through our time in Scotland and it’s been an absolute blast. I’m writing this from a castle in the Highlands, but …
This is one of those posts that no one ever wants to write, but here I am, doing so in hopes of achieving some sort of catharsis. Let me preface what’s to come by saying I have lost pets before, and no matter how many times you go through it, …
*Written originally for an anthology of Trump-related dystopian fiction I awoke with a grin. The sky was blue, birds were singing, and the air was sweet. Today was the start of something great; tonight would mark change. Shoggoth pressed an eye to my window, the dual pupils dilated. With a …
*Written March 2nd, 2018 I have absolutely nothing against general literary fiction. I have read many fantastic stories in that category (The Silver Linings Playbook, The History of Love, The Hours, just to name a few), but genre fiction is what has always resonated with me. Why? Escapism. The ability to …
*Written February 22nd, 2018 The publishing industry is huge. When you factor in small presses and indie (self-) publishing it gets a whole lot bigger. For many writers, new or seasoned, this can be a bit overwhelming: with so many books out there, it’s far too easy to wonder who’s …
*Written January 26th, 2018 Over the last year and a half I’ve received a decent number of rejection letters from agents and magazine editors. The one thing they had in common? Personalization. Information, comments on the story and its characters, especially from editors. There was a consistency in rejection that …