Yes, I’m back, even if momentarily while I grade all of these research papers (sooooooo many papers). Once summer is underway, and more publishers reopen for submissions, I’ll have an updated list at some point. I can’t stress this enough: Make sure you always do your due diligence and pay attention to the publisher’s general …
I want to be a better writer. I want to have enough money to buy my own books at print cost in order to sign and sell them to readers who collect signed books. I also want enough money to afford swag. Who doesn’t like swag? Stickers, refrigerator magnets, decals, bottle openers, key chains, tees, …
“So you said in your profile you enjoy traveling…?” “Yeah, love it. Try to get out of the state at least once a year,” Conor said around a mouthful of steak. Mia breathed in deeply and resumed cutting into her grilled chicken, taking another tiny bite of it. Finally, some common ground, she thought. That …
I can’t believe I’ve not posted here in so long. Sorry for that hiatus. I figured the best return to form would be another researched list of horror publishers of novels, novellas, and novelettes that are open to submissions this summer (and beyond). If I’m going to post anything, it may as well be worthwhile …
While I’ll never be as flexible as Sally O’Malley at 50 years old, I do feel as if I’ve accomplished a few, little things in just over the past couple of years alone. It’s weird to start a writing career while edging so close to 50. I keep going over the “if only’s” again and … Continue reading
With Hurricane Milton about to shred my home of central Florida, I thought, what a perfect time to share a short hurricane horror story. Originally published in Monstorm: A Charity Anthology of Horror (Madness Heart Press, 2023), with proceeds of sales donated to a local SWFL All Faiths Food Bank after Hurricane Ian had torn … Continue reading
From A Woman Like Jo & Other Dark Pieces Summer was about as close to her namesake as one could get. She loved summertime. Her last relationship ended several years ago, in fact, because of her ongoing affair with the season. The last time she and her ex had done anything “fun” together, it had … Continue reading
This coming Monday, July 15th, my second collection, A Woman Like Jo & Other Dark Pieces, will be out on Amazon in ebook and paperback formats. I’m excited, but I’m also realistic. One of the harsh realities of publishing fiction is the lack of interest in story collections, particularly if you’re not a celebrity author. … Continue reading
***** I’m six. It’s blustery out with a wind chill sharp enough to give me a cold. I don’t know all of what’s happening all day as everything is coated in a grey haze. The little boy with the bright orange Chef Boyardee stained mouth and grubby Greedo sweatshirt is in front of me in … Continue reading
Last year, Death’s Head Press’ co-founder, Patrick C. Harrison III, did something pretty amazing. He reached out to a number of authors to write standalone novellas and novels in a genre he coined as “splatter westerns.” A splatter western is a mad hybrid of splatterpunk horror and western genres. In other words, the western would have … Continue reading
Yesterday’s list of things I’ve learned as a new author seemed to go over quite nicely, but I saved the more controversial things I’ve learned for today’s post, Part 2. You can love it or leave it or mull it over for a bit before giving up entirely on me… No one wants … Continue reading
There’s a writing memoir trend happening right now among beloved horror authors (e.g., Jeff Strand, Tim Waggoner, Brian Keene), and I’m enjoying every bit of it. Because I was never an It Girl as I was always taking up the trend rather than being a trendsetter, I’m going to embrace the follower in me … Continue reading
While I’ve a couple of weeks to write, I figured the way I can effectively get back into it just after a truly hellacious year (thanks to COVID and all the problems that come with teaching online) is to return to something short and sweet I’d traditionally done here. The empty Amazon boxes everywhere from … Continue reading
I’ve not kept this up much as I’ve been attempting to multitask writing projects this summer and failing miserably at it. It’s a balancing act that is so hard for me to manage. I’ve put aside the project I’d started last November, a psychosexual horror thriller, and have started a new one that has a … Continue reading
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