Penguicon 2015 Schedule

Instead of answering one of the questions from Flint Horror Collective's Beyond the Book panel, I wanted to post my schedule for Penguicon, happening this weekend, April 24-26, at the Westin in Southfield, MI. If you live in the Metro Detroit Area, I highly recommend attending. It's a lot of fun and it has something … Continue reading Penguicon 2015 Schedule

Appearances at Penguicon 2014

This weekend, May 2-4, I'll be at Penguicon. Here's their cool trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IivdCtatJqA I'll be presenting on several panels with some cool authors. Here's my schedule: Friday, May 2: 6p, The Hidden Subgenres The number of genres into which Speculative Fiction may be divided approaches infinity. Most are familiar with Hard Sci-Fi, the Space Opera, … Continue reading Appearances at Penguicon 2014

Borderlands Press Bootcamp

This past weekend, I attended the Borderlands Press Writers’ Bootcamp. If you’re considering attending the Bootcamp or other retreat or seminar or six week course, I have two words for you: Do it. If you think that you don’t need to because you’re already a good writer, you’re wrong. You can always get better. Here’s … Continue reading Borderlands Press Bootcamp

Convention Hangover, Part 1: Four Readings

This year's Bram Stoker Awards Weekend incorporating the World Horror Convention was in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the stunning Hotel Monteleone. Prior to the convention, I was informed by a former resident of NOLA that it was New Orleans, so the last syllable of the hotel's name was pronounced like "own," not to rhyme with … Continue reading Convention Hangover, Part 1: Four Readings

New Orleans, Here I Come!

I'm leaving tomorrow for New Orleans and the Bram Stoker Awards Weekend incorporating the World Horror Convention. While there, I'll be promoting my debut novel, Clean Freak, which is coming soon from Black Bed Sheet Books. I'll be meeting up with friends, colleagues and favorite writers. I'll be checking back in once a day with … Continue reading New Orleans, Here I Come!

Just sign an X and then call yourself whatever the hell you want.

An interesting post came up on my Facebook feed the other day. The author challenged the right of people who don't write for their main source of income to call themselves writers. As an argument, the author stated that they spent as much time, if not more, gardening, but didn't identify themselves as a gardener. … Continue reading Just sign an X and then call yourself whatever the hell you want.

Best of Dark Eclipse and more!

On Thursday, Dark Moon Books released its first ever Best of Dark Eclipse anthologizing the best stories, flash fiction, poetry and articles from over a year and a half of Dark Eclipse, DMB's monthly e-magazine. I'm in there twice: a flash fiction story, "I Dare You," about four boys, a dead body, and some wasps; … Continue reading Best of Dark Eclipse and more!

2011: A Year in Review

Since we’re all going to die in less than twelve months, I thought now was the perfect time to take a moment to reflect on everything I did in 2011. Beginning a writing career can be frustrating, so here were the good things that happened in between rejection letters. I found out about Fangoria’s Weird … Continue reading 2011: A Year in Review