This is just a short post to point out one of the odder Google searches I’ve done. I created a vampire character for White Wolf - Montrovant - he was an arrogant, aristocratic Lasombra with the idea that he could, and would, find The Holy Grail and elevate his clan above all others. I wrote him into a trilogy that…

When we write something the length of a novel that actually matters, bits and pieces of things from our lives get embedded in the walls, sort of like how they take a million broken liquor bottles and stick them into the grout on top of a brick-fence. They are there to keep intruders out, but all they really do is…

I am one of those lucky fellas that has his mom AND the mother of his children in the house, so Mother’s Day here is sort of a complicated affair. The first thing I have to do is pick up whatever we won from last night’s antique auction (we leave bids and either win, or don’t, but can’t bring ourselves…

I am one of those lucky fellas that has his mom AND the mother of his children in the house, so Mother’s Day here is sort of a complicated affair. The first thing I have to do is pick up whatever we won from last night’s antique auction (we leave bids and either win, or don’t, but can’t bring ourselves…

Emily, the protagonist of Stephen King’s long short story (novella?) “The Gingerbread Girl,” started running when her baby died.  It isn’t a subject that’s covered much, but it seems to be a case of crib death - alive at night - dead in the morning without warning.  That sets the stage.  What follows is Emily’s fight back to normalcy and…

I just listened to Stephen King reading the audio version of his book “On Writing,” and I have to say, the world of things King has changed enough that he should really update the book. Two things stand out that I thought I’d mention in particular.

In one section of the book, King talks about his process. His process is situational.…

I just listened to Stephen King reading the audio version of his book “On Writing,” and I have to say, the world of things King has changed enough that he should really update the book. Two things stand out that I thought I’d mention in particular.

In one section of the book, King talks about his process. His process is situational.…

Today is the first day that my new short story collection, “Ennui & Other States of Madness” is available for preorder. I’m happy to say this one will be for sale in three states, and one of them is an affordable trade paperback! This is a massive collection, over 120,000 words of fiction, including a brand new novella and a…

Over  at his blog GOODYSWORLD author James Goodman is offering an open promotional blog day.  Go, leave a link or two to your place, your book, your work, your Paris Hilton sex video - whatever you’ve got, but mostly…books.  The comment section will be a veritable catalog of good stuff.  I’ll have more to announce later today …but I wanted…

Over  at his blog GOODYSWORLD author James Goodman is offering an open promotional blog day.  Go, leave a link or two to your place, your book, your work, your Paris Hilton sex video - whatever you’ve got, but mostly…books.  The comment section will be a veritable catalog of good stuff.  I’ll have more to announce later today …but I wanted…