Writer Bewares and Watchdogs
Over the last year, I'm seeing a lot of small press book companies set up shop, accept work for publication, and then close without communicating with the authors / artists,…
The Story behind City of Brotherly Death
Although I've told everyone I weaned on horror with the Dark Shadows and Dracula, my introduction to horror happened long before Dark Shadows, when my mother and I went to…
Revisiting the I Gotta Bug: Information Dumping
In my post about the writer's "I gotta" bug, I detailed the struggles I had working the ending to "One Last Favor." I sent my story with a revised ending…
Killing Your Darlings and other Writerly Issues
I got the edits back on Steel Rose, and was glad I had an editor look over the book. Maura Anderson has done a thorough job on Steel Rose, and…
JoAnna Senger’s Interview
I first became aware of JoAnna Senger through her short stories for Barbara Custer's Night To Dawn magazine. Her writing style easily pulled me into the stories. Recently, I read…
When the Writing I Gotta Bug Bites You
In Stephen King's Misery, his protagonist Paul said the I gotta motivated him to keep writing despite the tortures inflicted by the villain Annie. By tortures, I mean the loss…