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How to Fail as an Author
I learned what the dreaded “form-letter rejection” was. “Dear Author, thank you for your recent submission to Boogity-Oogity magazine. Your writing shows great promise but our editors decided this story is not right for us at this time.” It was maddening! What was wrong with the story? How can I make it right for you?
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Sycamore Souls finished
Late last month I finally finished the project I began in November as my National Novel Writing Month project. It’s a literary novel I’ve called Sycamore Souls. The first draft came in at a little over 93,000 words and, while it is a pretty rough draft, overall I’m pretty proud of it. Sycamore Souls is…
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Books of 2023
I once again set a goal of reading 50 books for 2023, and once again fell short of that. I got to 26. But I did publish seven books of my own, which took away a lot of pleasure reading time for editing and proofreading. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Last year…
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A Farewell KISS
Tonight, December 2, 2023, my all-time favorite band played their last show and will go into retirement. It’s a sad day. It’s not just an ending for KISS, but an end to something that has been as integral to most of my life as electricity or running water. I clambered aboard the KISS bandwagon when…
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NaNoWriMo 2023
Happy November, everybody! I realize we’re 20 days into the month already, but this is my first chance to update my blog, so here goes … I’m participating in the National Novel Writing Month again. This is my fourth year to do so. Past years have produced Mother, Yes or No, most of First Born,…
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Return of the Beast
Twenty years ago, the now-defunct 3F Publications released my debut novel, Shara, which soon became part of The Werewolf Saga, and for a while I enjoyed the status of “the werewolf guy” among horror authors. Ten years ago, to make sure my dealing with Scrybe Press would end, I killed off most of the Saga’s…
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The Lost Pages Bookstore Grand Opening
Tomorrow, August 1, 2023, is the birthday for what I feel is the best novel I’ve ever written. Sure, writers say that about all their newest books, but in this case I really mean it. This novel was begun in 2018, a little while before my divorce was finalized. By the end of that year,…
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Trusting the Muse
On Tuesday I’ll release another new book into the world. The Broken Man is my second Western. It’s just a novella, only a bit over 20,000 words, but is the first in a series called The Travels of Jacob Wolf. This post is kind of about the new book, but it’s more about the writing…
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3 New Covers
In my monthly newsletter that went out yesterday I revealed three new covers for upcoming books. Today, I want to share them, with a bit of description, on my blog. The Broken Man The Travels of Jacob Wolf #1 A jilted lover is ready to throw his life away at the first opportunity of heroism…