Category: Writing

  • Irene, the Day Job, & Other Assorted Shenanigans

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    It’s the 3rd of September, a Saturday. My wife is at work and I’m sitting at the kitchen table because my previous office chair–purchased for somewhere between $60 and $70 from Staples back in 2006–shit the bed and the old kitchen chair I’ve been using is fucking me up. I found the chair I want…

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  • Time, Time, Time, Time

    Time has never been my friend. My parents were the type of people who got to places half an hour or more earlier than needed. This created havoc to my childhood playtime. But I think the real issue with me was, like with so many things, I have a terrible sense of time. Well…not terrible.…

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  • Prepping for an Appearance, or AAAARGH!

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    Tom Monteleone once chastised me and another writer on a message board I used to frequent when I expressed nerves about my first public reading. This was sometime in 2003/2004 and essentially, his advice was: “You are in control. Not the audience, you.” Since then, I did a reading in September 2005 where the only…

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  • A Vehicle for My Muse: Why I Write Horror

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    Why horror? It’s a question that has been asked of me many times since I began writing in 1990, when I was thirteen. I’m not the first person to be asked that, usually with a tone of sadness. “With your talent,” I’m told, “you could write anything, yet you insist on writing horror stories.” I’ll…

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  • Summertime Chills & FAQs

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    Bad blogger! I know, I know. My day job is done until late August and my class ended the other night so I am in full-time writing mode, which includes coming here and pontificating a bit. The novella that I finished the first draft of back in February just had its second draft completed. My…

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  • Bookselling News & Radio Addendum

    In my last post, I talked about doing the radio show Spooky Southcoast and how much fun it was, etc. & so on, (haven’t seen the video yet? Check it out, or listen to the broadcast by searching my name on iTunes). What I forgot to mention was how dumb I felt toward the end…

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  • Shadowed Shipping, More Alice… Reviews & Ebooks

    Things are so busy… Word is out that Shadowed is shipping and has arrived in some places. I believe the official release of the book is next week, pre-orders have been available since January, so order yours now before it sells out. The ebook will be available around the same time. Speaking of ebooks, Alice…

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  • New Reviews, and Vacation From the Day Job…

    …doesn’t mean vacation from work. I think I will be able to finish the novella that I wrote about in my last post this week. Aside from that, I have a bunch of other things to do in general. So it’s a vacation on paper only. Still, it’s much-needed. All right, now to go along…

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  • The Time, How It Flies!

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    Man, I’m tired. Slept 12 hours the other day. I began a class last week. The day job has been hectic. There’s been more snow than there’s any right to be. And I’m tired. But you’re not here to listen to me kvetch, are you? Of course not. What you want to know is about…

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  • Shadowed Up for Pre-Order

    Well, it’s official: My novella Shadowed is now up for pre-order from Delirium Books. It is available as a limited edition  mini-hardcover for $25. It will also be available as an ebook for $4.95. If you click on the link above and go to Delirium’s Shadowed page, there will be a link for the Delirium…

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