16 Aug 2023 BOUCHERCON
Bouchercon is almost upon us! This will be my first, but I've known of the event for decades after Max Allen Collins set one of his Mallory novels at the con. I'll share schedule information soon. ...
Bouchercon is almost upon us! This will be my first, but I've known of the event for decades after Max Allen Collins set one of his Mallory novels at the con. I'll share schedule information soon. ...
Alrighty then, it looks like out of the two projects competing for focus, the horror novella/novel BEAST has moved ahead of the heist novel DOG PARK. It's speaking to me with a clear and surprising voice and I'm excited to learn more about the eleven...
Out of the three stories vying for primacy, DOG PARK has taken the lead and I have 9k words written. The Birthing House novel and untitled "vampire on a train" short story will have to bide a bit. DOG PARK can loosely be described as...
As so often happens, while trying to develop a few different ideas to see if they had legs, an entirely different idea sprang forth and demanded to be heard. Today I wrote the first few pages of the heist novel, DOG PARK. ...
More details will be coming soon, but I'm very happy to share that my psychological horror novel HATE HOUSE will be published by the cool folks at Encyclopocalypse. THIS was the contract I signed while killing time at the San Antonio airport. I deliberately challenged...
I seem to have survived the recent post-conference cold, a real nasty bug (but not Covid!) So what's been happening? The day before flying to TX for the Ghoulish Book Festival, I sent off the novella Final Boy to a publisher who was waiting for it....
I received some wonderful news about a novel today and will share specifics as soon as I am able. I also received word that a short story will be included in (REDACTED) but the project is moving slower than expected. Last but not least, I...
My plane is booked and I'll be arriving in San Antonio this Friday for the Ghoulish Book Festival! I will have some books to sign at the Ghoulish table and am sitting on two panels on Saturday (I'll share times as soon as I find...
Alas and alack, hurricane Taylor will strike Pittsburgh at the same time as Stokercon, the result being that there are no hotel rooms available. Unfortunately, I've had to write to the con and ask for a refund and let people know that yours truly won't...
I finished the novella FINAL BOY yesterday. Well, I finished the first of what will be several drafts. My hope is to have it finished by mid March and with a publisher already interested in giving it a read, perhaps I'll have more news to...