Here’s a quick updated on Tearstone. The manuscript is now in the hands of Tracy DeVore, Senior Editor for Belfire Press. Tracy’s a published author, freelance editor, and former newspaper correspondent. She was also founding president of the Horror Writers Association’s Indiana chapter, and I feel …

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’d like to say there’s somereally good reason I don’t post frequently, but I’d be lying. Fact is,I’m just not much for jumping into my browser to write anything. Oneof my [recent posts]({% post_url 2012-10-20-look-ma-no-word-processor %}) dealt with abandoning …

The hip and talented writer Stephanie Wytovich tagged me in a game of author infection. The rules are simple. Search your work in progress for the first use of “look”. Copy and paste that paragraph and the ones immediately before and after into a blog post. Then, like all good chain letters, tag …