"Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why." - Glen Cook, SOLDIERS LIVE I felt this perfect for Memorial Day. My deepest thanks to those who serve, and have served,…
My brain hurts, and I'm exhausted all the time. This is not a complaint. I love it! I'm really starting to build some modicum of success from the thing I love most in the world, storytelling. However, this ever-present brain hurt is a by product of…
I've had quite a bit of feedback on my most recent blog post. First of all: I appreciate all of you that jumped up to support me and both my eBooks. I got some traffic on Amazon, and I saw a few more links to my stuff on…
I just started to sit down to write this blog entry to talk about all the help and support beginning/struggling artists need from their friends, family, and first fans. I have two ways that I write for the blog. Both ways start with an idea. Something pops into my…
I just started to sit down to write this blog entry to talk about all the help and support beginning/struggling artists need from their friends, family, and first fans. I have two ways that I write for the blog. Both ways start with an idea. Something pops into my…
A while back, I start a series of posts in which I talked about how role-playing games don't transition well to the world of fiction. Then, I started writing my weekly column over at http://www.dragonsbay.co/. In "Stranger Than Fiction," I ramble on about…
In the next few day, I'll be throwing up an couple of new sub-pages to my blog. Taking an idea from George RR Martin's web site, I'll be adding pages for "What I'm Reading" and "What I'm…
I suppose I'm getting even closer to reaching the coveted status of... crud, I forgot what words I was going to use to describe what kind of writer I was becoming... not regular, or professional... I had a great word, and poof, it went away. (I dwell in…
Wow, it's been busy. Kindle is an exciting and wonderful thing. "Knight of the Living Dead" is doing well. Not as well as I'd hoped and dreamed for (but only one book can be #1) and better than I expected, we're above…
Write a scene in which a character is ranting about something he or she dislikes. Use that rant to reveal a deep core value of the character that he or she does not realize about herself.…
