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Eight Points To Consider When You Name Your Book
I’ve never been particularly great with titles for my work. Either they come to me completely out of the blue and without context, or I have to work and work and revise and think and eventually,...
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“Wave, Wind and Blade” Audiobook Now Available
The first short story from my upcoming fantasy series, Wave, Wind and Blade is now available in audiobook editions! Read by the talented Andrew McFerrin, you can find this audiobook at the following...
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Massive Audiobook Giveaway from Grey Gecko Press and Audible
Grey Gecko Press is giving away 100 copies of my newest audiobooks from Audible.com! Head on over to the giveaway page to find out how you can enter the contest and get these awesome audiobooks...
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“The Dying of the Light: Interval” Hits Publishing Milestone & Ebook Giveaway
It’s official: I’ve now sold over 1,000 copies of my second book, The Dying of the Light: Interval! Though it’s lagging somewhat behind the first book and it’s 5,000+ sales, this milestone is nothing...
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What It’s Like to Start a Story
… or to work on one, for that matter. My drink of choice is either Earl Grey or Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, but the effect is the same. Val Kilmer and Francis Ford Coppola hit the nail on the head in this...
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What If Zombies Weren’t Dead or Really Mad Folks?
In general, zombies are typically a product of a disease that kills a living human and then reanimates the corpse. a disease without death involved (28 Days Later); what we call ‘rage zombies’. There...
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Free Shipping & Free Ebooks – Black Friday / Cyber Monday at Grey Gecko Press
Grey Gecko Press is pulling out all the stops this year for Black Friday & Cyber Monday. Here’s the important bits: All print editions 20-25% off (+ free ebook editions as usual) All orders over...
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Famous Novelists on Symbolism – Intentional or Happenstance?
The fine folks over at Mental Floss have an article you should read, if you’re into that sort of thing, and why are you here if you’re not? As it turns out, way back in the Before Time (aka 1963),...
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And Now For Something Completely Different –“Memory of a Sunset”
Inspiration comes from many places, and leads to different things. This short work was inspired by the song in the video below, ”Le Tue Parole” by Andrea Bocelli, and was written while I was working a...
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How to Write Descriptive Passages Without Boring the Reader or Yourself
From iO9 (read the original article here or click the link at the bottom): Describing stuff can be the hardest part of writing prose fiction. You have a scene in your head, with all the dialogue and...
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George Romero’s “Day of the Dead”
A friend of mine posted a link to Youtube, where the entire movie – albeit with Portuguese subtitles – is available. All 100+ minutes are there in their starkly riveting glory. Of course, if you like...
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Hugh Howey: Most Books Don’t Sell
I was lucky enough to meet one of my favorite authors this last fall in San Antonio at WorldCon 2013 – Hugh Howey, author of Wool, Dust, Sand, and many other great books. I didn’t just get to meet him,...
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Write Some Science Fiction for i09… in Only Six Words
iO9 is asking readers to contribute six-word sci-fi stories once more. Hop on over to their page and check out some fascinating story gems from folks around the world!
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“The Walking Dead Escape” Experience
…is coming to Houston. The Walking Dead Escape is an obstacle course that you can run either as a survivor, a zombie, or both. You can also just watch, but who wants to ‘just watch’ all the fun? As a...
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Hemingway – the App, not the Author
I have the image to your left here blown up and framed on my wall, because I think it’s great. Whether or not it’s actually true for my writing, I cannot say. Well, I can say, but I won’t. Names...
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The Benefit of a Critique Group
I joined a critique group last month in the hopes of writing faster, even with my limited time. The name of this group is so exceedingly appropriate, I had no choice but to join: Team Armageddon. I...
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“How to Write for a Living” by James Altucher
Altucher’s book Choose Yourself! is on my list of books to read. It’s about 7th in the pile at the moment. I’ve never read his blog before today, or any of his other work, but now I will. Why? Because...
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Review: “Servant of the Underworld: Obsidian and Blood, Vol. 1″ by Aliette de...
From Amazon.com: Year One-Knife Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in...
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The Universal Shapes of Stories, According to Kurt Vonnegut
From iO9: The fundamental concept behind Kurt Vonnegut’s master’s thesis in anthropology at the University of Chicago was, in Vonnegut’s words, “that stories have shapes which can be drawn on graph...
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