Welp, we made it through the first full week of 2021. And what a week. 2020 is sitting on the bench, holding this year’s beer and looking impressed. Anyhow, I managed to keep going all week despite all of the distractions, a feat for which I’m giving myself a pat Read more…
Dominion of the Damned is currently a free Kindle download on Amazon, both domestically and internationally. It will remain free through this Sunday, and then it will go back to its regular price of US$3.99. So get your free copy while you can! I have to say, I’m pretty pleased with Read more…
This has been a busy week, and I wasn’t able to get my final editing post ready to post on time. So that — along with the reveal of who won the pro bono manuscript edit — will get posted next week. Meanwhile, here’s a quick update of what else Read more…
Good news for anyone who has been waiting to read my pseudo-Slenderman, loosely creepypasta inspired, haunted amusement park story Eucha Falls: the wait is almost over! The bad news is that the anthology to which it’s been under submission for the last several months politely declined its inclusion (I received Read more…
Project: Radium Town, the Steampunk Weird West adventure set in my hometown of Claremore, Oklahoma at the dawn of statehood and featuring Will Rogers and Tom Mix. Writing stage: First Draft Today’s Word Count: 1,270 Total Word Count: 1,270 What happened: Right now I’m just writing out a detailed synopsis, then I’ll Read more…
Project: Eucha Falls, the recurring dream/creepy pasta/Slenderman mashup that’s taking longer than any short story should ever take to write. Starting word count: 10,314 Today’s word count: 236 What happened: FINISHED IT! Final word count (before editing): 10,550. Still novelette length, but not as long as I originally expected it Read more…
Project: Eucha Falls, the recurring dream/creepy pasta/Slenderman mashup that’s taking longer than any short story should ever take to write. Starting word count: 9,385 Today’s word count: 928 What happened: The climactic penultimate scene. Lots of running. Non-spoilery sneak peek: Without a word, Shane pulled her close and charged at Read more…
Okay, gang, we’re going to try something new. Since we’re already (!) coming up on the end of the first quarter of 2013, it’s high time I get a move on with some of these goals. So I’m going to be posting progress reports on a few different goals; namely, Read more…
I passed the 60K mark on Dominion this morning, and I’m still muddling through the middle. Um, I think it’s safe to say that I’m not going to finish this thing up by mid-August like I’d planned. Too soon to tell whether this means I won’t be able to publish Read more…
Instead of posting my word count daily, I’ll try to reign myself in to a weekly report. Here’s this week’s progress (so far) on Dominion of the Damned: . Daily Word Count . Date: Project: Word Count: . 5/9/2011 Dominion 549 . 5/10/2011 Dominion 780 . 5/11/2011 Dominion 1007 . Read more…