The dreaded day approaches. Yes, I’m speaking of Valentine’s Day. I’ve never liked this holiday, and for the obvious reason: I’ve never had a girlfriend during it (although, I’ve had several of them). I could go into a long treatise about what the holiday really means, but that isn’t my purpose today. I’ve decided to … Continue reading True Romance: An Introduction
AUTHOR’S NOTES: Here’s the Christmas short story I promised. As I said earlier this week, it’s set in the small Midwestern town of Vienna, a place created by my friend and fellow writer, Nick Hayden. (Nick has ideas for his half of the story exchange percolating as I write, but I don’t know when he’ll … Continue reading The Discarded Gift
(NOTE: I wanted to have this posted yesterday, but the home computer froze and no libraries were open due to Labor Day. I will do my best to finish writing about Gen-Con this week). It’s been over a week since my first post about Gen-Con. Now three weeks have passed since the convention. My apologies, … Continue reading Gen-Con, Day 2
Not much to say about this one. It just came to me one day. However, any Transformers fans out there will know where I got the final line. (FYI: It was said by Dinobot on an episode of Beast Wars). Warzone I awake to Reveille And the bullets pierce twilight’s veil. The Enemy’s guns spray … Continue reading NaPoWriMo, Day 22: “Warzone”
In celebration of their podcast’s first anniversary, my friends and co-authors Nick Hayden and Timothy Deal invited me to return to “Derailed Trains of Thought.” They review each of the previous 19 episodes in reverse order, having each of their previous guests–including myself, Natasha Hayden, Laura Fischer, and Brian Scherschel–pipe in to give updates on … Continue reading Big ‘Pandora’s Box’ announcement on Derailed Trains of Thought!
My friends Nick Hayden and Timothy Deal featured me on their amazing podcast, “Derailed Trains of Thought,” again. Last November they interviewed me when Pandora’s Box was published. In their latest episode, I read chapter six of Destroyer in a segment called “A Bit of Story.” If you want to get a taste of the … Continue reading I read ‘Destroyer’ chapter on Derailed Trains of Thought podcast