Last year, Death’s Head Press’ co-founder, Patrick C. Harrison III, did something pretty amazing. He reached out to a number of authors to write standalone novellas and novels in a genre he coined as “splatter westerns.” A splatter western is a mad hybrid of splatterpunk horror and western genres. In other words, the western would have … Continue reading
Yesterday’s list of things I’ve learned as a new author seemed to go over quite nicely, but I saved the more controversial things I’ve learned for today’s post, Part 2. You can love it or leave it or mull it over for a bit before giving up entirely on me… No one wants … Continue reading
There’s a writing memoir trend happening right now among beloved horror authors (e.g., Jeff Strand, Tim Waggoner, Brian Keene), and I’m enjoying every bit of it. Because I was never an It Girl as I was always taking up the trend rather than being a trendsetter, I’m going to embrace the follower in me … Continue reading
While I’ve a couple of weeks to write, I figured the way I can effectively get back into it just after a truly hellacious year (thanks to COVID and all the problems that come with teaching online) is to return to something short and sweet I’d traditionally done here. The empty Amazon boxes everywhere from … Continue reading
Well, hell. It’s the end of September, and I haven’t written shit here since January (Look at that. I just wrote “shit.”). I guess “busy” is a bit of an understatement. The state of the world–of note, the U.S.–is chaotic. COVID-19 all over, coupled with the singular, most wretched administration in my lifetime. It’s just … Continue reading
Hello again. I know I’ve been away for quite some time. A lot has happened. The writing. You know how it goes. A limited edition hardcover of Reception will be out by Thunderstorm Books this month. I’m working on the last chapters of a western horror novella, a slasher set in a home station, for … Continue reading
I’ve not kept this up much as I’ve been attempting to multitask writing projects this summer and failing miserably at it. It’s a balancing act that is so hard for me to manage. I’ve put aside the project I’d started last November, a psychosexual horror thriller, and have started a new one that has a … Continue reading
You can listen to this thing here. If you’re curious as to what you’re listening to, it’s a radio show hosted by horror author James Longmore and dark poet princess (the most amazing title ever) Xtina Marie, and it’s all about writing and horror…and there’s an 11 questions bit that was fun…and oh, yeah, I … Continue reading
Okay, so, yeah, about this horror novel stuff that’s been going on… I didn’t think my first big piece of published work, the one that’s going released for mass consumption in a few months, would be a horror novel. In hindsight, I should have. I’m good friends with the genre. Have been since I was … Continue reading
Been slammed this term. A lot of administrative tasks and all of the insanity and inanity that go with it, student dilemmas, classroom issues, lots of interruptions, and so on. Even still, we managed to get the Clothesline Project started on campus, and it was probably one of the most therapeutic events I’ve ever put … Continue reading
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