Category Archives: Writing itself

The First Hit of Crack is Free

Posted on June 28, 2015 by admin

It’s here. Well, not quite. The only place it’s immediately available is CreateSpace, but you should hold off because I’m planning a few things. I’m going to make The Ship to Look for God free. For just one day. The Ship Looking will … Continue reading →

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Stick a Fork in It

Posted on May 12, 2015 by admin

The Ship Looking for God is done. Three full revisions. I could probably do at least one more, or two more, or thirty more but, you know, stop. You can revise until death, seeking the perfect. It’s not perfect. But it’s … Continue reading →

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One and Done, redux.

Posted on February 27, 2015 by admin

This time, it’s The Cryman. Finished the first revision yesterday and, yep, I do believe this is the scariest thing I’ve ever written. If it ain’t, it’s in the top 3. Here’s the first chapter. At least, until the next revision: … Continue reading →

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The Cryman

Posted on January 30, 2015 by admin

While The Ship Looking for God is marinading, I busted out another first draft that I hadn’t played with in a while called The Cryman. Apparently, it was QUITE a while because I was surprised to find that I had actually finished the … Continue reading →

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One and Done

Posted on January 12, 2015 by admin

One revision, I mean, the first revision of The Ship Looking for God. I finished it this weekend. And I like it. It turned out to be 82,921 words, which is still well above my 75,000-word threshold for epic fantasy. … Continue reading →

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Re-visioning

Posted on December 28, 2014 by admin

About the most boring thing a writer can blog about is writing. It’s like a guy who builds Fords waxing poetic about windshield installment: yeah, that’s great, but tell me of the finished product. Having said that, I will now bore you … Continue reading →

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The Hard Part

Posted on November 30, 2014 by admin

No, not that. Revisions. That’s what I mean. See, writing a novel is easy. It just is. All you need is a story, time to write it, a place to write it, a medium (PC, writing pad, stone tablets, whatever) … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Missing Author

Posted on October 15, 2014 by admin

Tj O’Connor and I had such a good time at Monster Mania last week (see below), that we decided to induce heart attacks and go do the Collingswood Book Festival in Collingswood, NJ, the next week. Since my brother (seen here with his … Continue reading →

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Cat Connor Redux: Updates and a history lesson

Posted on April 27, 2014 by admin

The lovely, the talented, and bikini-less Cat Connor has graced these pages with another interview: 1. We’ve been hearing rumors of new books. What are these rumors? I, too, have heard the rumors…actually there is a good chance that I started … Continue reading →

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Should take my own advice

Posted on January 26, 2014 by admin

I recently guest blogged at Free Book Dude, basically telling aspiring authors everywhere that there comes a time when you’re done writing, so get on with it. So, guess what I’ve been doing for the past four weeks or so? … Continue reading →

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