2018 A-to-Z Challenge Theme Reveal
Yes, my blog friends, I am planning to participate in this year’s A-to-Z Blogging Challenge. That’s the challenge where you blog every day for the month of April (excluding Sundays), and each day’s blog...
Category: Writing
Short Shorts
No, not those kind of shorts… I mean the story kind. Now you’re here, you may as well read on… 🙂 For the past few months, I’ve been participating in a daily Twitter challenge...
A to Z Writing Challenge 2018… Maybe?
Regulars to the blog over the years will know that I’m a five-time participant in the April A to Z Writing Challenge (yes, I call it “A to Zed,” and tomato doesn’t rhyme with...
I Have a Patreon!
Today, I’m officially launching my Patreon. I talked about this a few months ago, so take a look at that article if you want to know what this Patreon thing is all about. Here...
Published Story Number Two!
This is old news if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, but exciting news nonetheless. A story of mine was accepted for publication and is available to read in this month’s Riggwelter magazine!...
Don’t Wait ‘Til It’s Too Late!
The last month or so has seen the passing of a couple of celebrity authors. Sue Grafton, writer of the “alphabet” mystery series, passed away on December 28, 2017. And then popular and influential...
How NOT to Get a Literary Agent, by Stephen King
I’m coming to the end of my sixth annual read-through of King’s classic work ON WRITING. For any aspiring writer, I consider this book to be must-read material. There is much in this book...
Better-Late-Than-Never End-Of-Year 2017 Wrap-Up
I’m over a week late with this post, but here it is. 2017 was, to say the least, an interesting year. But let’s just stick with this blog and what I’ve been up to...
A Christmas FlashDogs Story: The Director’s Cut
Last Thursday, I submitted a story to the weekly FlashDogs challenge. Each week, the FlashDogs blog posts a picture prompt and a theme around which participants write flash stories. There’s a 2,000 character (a...
NaNoWriMo 2017 Reflections and Dissection–and an Exciting Announcement!
The 2017 NaNoWriMo challenge finished yesterday. As regular readers know, I participated in the challenge this year (hence, the sparse blog content for the past month), so I thought I’d give you a run-down...
