To build some excitement for my upcoming short story collection, I’m publishing one of the adventures that just missed out on being included with the Chosen 13. Look alive for "Dead Magic"!
I finally whittled down my stack of short stories to be included in my upcoming collection, and I couldn’t have done it without the help of my ruthless beta readers.
I plan to demonstrate the breath of my writing styles and embrace the many different spec-fic subgenres I enjoy—which only makes winnowing down the contenders for my short story collection that much more difficult.
Curmudgeons & Flagons made its digital debut late last year with a getting-to-know-the-gang Issue 0. However, the first official issue was published on January 1, 2021. You can read it for free at GraphiteComics.com.
COVID-19 caused major disruptions in almost everyone’s life in 2020. While I don’t want to diminish the seriousness of the pandemic and its consequences, I’ve found at least one silver lining: more time to work on my writing.
For Reader Appreciation Day 2020, I’m giving away “Gamechanger,” a short story and prequel of sorts to my upcoming YA fantasy novel.
After months of following a methodical approach to planning my novel, it’s finally time to put fingertips to keyboard and actually write The Lost Tale of Sir Larpsalot.
It’s a task that many authors dread and more than a few novelists disregard altogether: creating a chapter outline.
For reasons beyond my understanding, my brain likes inventing personas—everything from wacky facades to keep small children entertained to personalities projected onto passersby. Everyone has a story, after all.
For this phase, I found myself face to face with that most odious and onerous of literary formats: the synopsis.