How Not To Write

I AM PUBLISHED! Ok, enough smiling back to work! This is a post I expected to write, I just didn’t expect it to be today nor did I expect it to be this year: Today, my work appears in Brain Harvest. It’s a short story. Just 750 words. I hope you enjoy it! Read “How [...]

“… a little silly, a little strange, and a little WTF thrown in” “It Likes Italian” is a short screenplay I’ve had kicking around in my head for awhile. If you want to get to the action, got ahead and skip down to the header below, but I thought I’d take a moment to talk [...]

“Hey, there, Mister Writer, you want to quit your dreaming about flowers and posey and get back to work?” ~ Kip Frazier Those of you who followed me in November know that Kip Frazier is the book I wrote for NaNoWriMo. In a nutshell, Kip Frazier is my take on Huck Finn meets Steampunk (plus [...]

Back in October, I mentioned the story “Deepest Shade” while discussing the Terror of Titles: Deepest Shade is a story I’ve struggled with for close to 10 years. It’s been many things during that time but one thing is absolutely certain: Deepest Shade has always been the title. Or, at least I think it is. [...]

When Sean “Writer Dad” Platt started a story newsletter, I was one of the first to sign up and I’m glad I did. Sean began with an excellent January tale. The story is touching and sweet, but as I read it I found myself thinking less like a reader and more like an editor. I [...]