When I tell people that I love autumn, October, and Halloween, they usually nod and smile. It makes sense to them, I guess. You know. The guy who writes horror and watches scary movies all the time. Of course he loves October and Halloween. And I’m content letting them think there’s nothing more to it.
First, the good news. Thanks to the twitter competition called #10bythen, (in which the participants try to submit at least 10 stories in a given month) I have received an acceptance. My story, “When Ayanna Kapoor Waits,” has been accepted to On Spec. I’m really excited to be a part of this very cool magazine,
A large portion of Netflix reviewers are bipolar. They have to be. Why else rate every single movie you see either 1 star or 5 stars and nothing in between? Are anyone’s preferences actually that black and white? I find it exceptional, especially considering nearly 90% of the movies I watch fall between the 2-4
The blood streaming down my arm tells me it’s Friday the 13th again, and time for a quick post before I bleed out. Not to worry, folks. It’s not a mortal wound. Just a little tasty taste for the demons of the day. My cat, Jerry, seems to have picked up the scent. He just
The title says it all. Cate Gardner’s newest short story collection, Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits is now available for pre-order! And if you do it now, you get $1.99 off the cover price. Not a bad deal. On top of this already exciting news, Cate is holding a contest (with some spectacular prizes) on
I’ve been writing a new novel for the past few weeks. It’s been slow going, but I manage to put some words down almost every day, which is pretty important. I always feel disconnected from the writing community when I start a novel. I read less blogs and write less posts. Even worse is while
Kate Jonez! I hope everyone will join me in congratulating Kate, the winner of the signed and numbered chapbook, “Tanglewood.” I used http://www.random.org/ in order to determine the winner. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped spread the word. The next raffle will most likely be for my own chapbook when it is released later
We’re five days into the chapbook raffle and I wanted to give you all a quick update. There are currently 15 subscribers. I was hoping to reach a total of 50 before doing the raffle, but I may end the contest after another week no matter how many subscribers there are. If you’d like a
In an effort to beef up my subscriber list, I decided to hold a little raffle. This is as easy as it gets. Sign up to my newsletter on the sidebar or here: Newsletter Sign Up. Once I reach 50 subscribers, I will use a random number generator to choose one person from the subscription
With so many projects on the horizon, I thought it was a good time to start a newsletter. At the very most it will be quarterly. So don’t worry about getting spammed with daily e-mails. You can sign up in the sidebar, or click this link: My Newsletter
