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I had a fun time interviewing Steve Lowe (see previous post). Next on my list is Shaun Jeffrey --He’s a helluva talented writer and a nice guy. Looking forward to it!
Recently read/still reading:
Steve Gerlach’s Within His Reach (Tasmaniac Publications) A fast-paced novella paying tribute to the Twilight Zone team. Great story with a heart-felt introduction by the legendary William F. Nolan. Well worth the money.
Eulogies: A Horror World Yearbook 2005: I’m halfway through. So far I’ve loved about half of the stories. The others weren’t my cup of tea, though they were still quite entertaining. Looking forward to some of the upcoming stories by Braunbeck, Burke, and Ketchum.
Deep into that Darkness Peering by Tom Piccirilli (Terminal Frights): About a quarter of the way into this massive collection. Top notch and layered stories. Well worth the money.
Recent Purchases:
Subscribed to Dark Discoveries, Weird Tales and Realms of Fantasy. Can’t wait to get the first issues of each!
Memory by Donald Westlake (Hard Case Crime)
Shadow Season by Tom Piccirilli
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Shroud issue 2
Kingdom of Shadows by Greg Gifune (Delirium Books)
The Fever Kill by Tom Piccirilli (Creeping Hemlock Press)
Corpse Blossoms anthology (Creeping Hemlock Press)
Dark Faith anthology (Apex Books).
Lots of great reading material!
Writing: I have 12 shorts stories subbed right now. And I just finished the first draft of a new long story “The Devil Calls it Quality.” Also nearing the last ¼ of a 7,000 word tale entitled “Embrace Your Jagged Edges.”
Stories coming out soon:
At Least the Dead in Dark Recesses.
Crawl in Pseudopod.
Jackie’s Lost Children in Morpheus Tales Dark Sorcery Special.
Family Curse in Morpheus Tales 13.
Stories available now:
Boys without faces in Twisted Tongue 13.
The Nun and another story Mystery’s Vast Empty in Morpheus Tales Special Flash and Morpheus Tales Fantasy Femmes.
I’m still waiting to hear back from agents on my YA novel query for Before Leonora Wakes. Have my fingers crossed.
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Showing posts with label 2009 writing/happiness/a grateful fool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009 writing/happiness/a grateful fool. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ah 2009. . .
Man, what a great year for me. I joined Zoetrope in May and met some wonderful writers and editors (Shaun Ryan, Linda Evans, Kevin Wallis, John Miller.) I learned a ton from all kinds of people. I met more writers. More editors. I made some friends who have the shame (sorry, I meant Same!) passion for stories.
In the last six months Shaun Ryan, Linda Evans and Kevin Wallis helped me--big time, more than I could ever explain--while I wrote the first in a series of adult novels and the first in a series of YA. I learned tons. My head is still spinning in gratitude.
I placed three stories with Morpheus Tales. And I must say, I really like that Adam Bradley guy for making me feel like I'm not just talking to myself.
My story Crawl won 3rd place in the CafeDoom/Dark Discoveries/Shocklines contest. Which bought me two limited edition books I really love (Tom Piccirilli's: Waiting my turn to go under the knife; and William F. Nolan's: Ill met by moonlight. Fantastic!) Thanks to Ed and James and Matt. And thanks to the voters who thought I'd written something pretty gripping. I was honored. I still am. Now, I just want to get better. I want to learn more.
I have high hopes for 2010. What about you?
Man, what a great year for me. I joined Zoetrope in May and met some wonderful writers and editors (Shaun Ryan, Linda Evans, Kevin Wallis, John Miller.) I learned a ton from all kinds of people. I met more writers. More editors. I made some friends who have the shame (sorry, I meant Same!) passion for stories.
In the last six months Shaun Ryan, Linda Evans and Kevin Wallis helped me--big time, more than I could ever explain--while I wrote the first in a series of adult novels and the first in a series of YA. I learned tons. My head is still spinning in gratitude.
I placed three stories with Morpheus Tales. And I must say, I really like that Adam Bradley guy for making me feel like I'm not just talking to myself.
My story Crawl won 3rd place in the CafeDoom/Dark Discoveries/Shocklines contest. Which bought me two limited edition books I really love (Tom Piccirilli's: Waiting my turn to go under the knife; and William F. Nolan's: Ill met by moonlight. Fantastic!) Thanks to Ed and James and Matt. And thanks to the voters who thought I'd written something pretty gripping. I was honored. I still am. Now, I just want to get better. I want to learn more.
I have high hopes for 2010. What about you?
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