Recent Posts
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Inked (Again)
Now that I'm firmly in my forties, I've decided to start getting more tattoos after twenty years. I pretend it’s not a mid-life crisis as much as finally knowing what I want to say.
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That Magic Moment (That’s Surrounded by Work)
There is a magical moment, one that happens at least once per finished piece of writing, when I know that something needs to be written, and why. It takes work to get there, but it’s the most important moment in my writing process.
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Music for Writing
I’m taking a break from writing to talk about writing… specifically, how music makes everything better.
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Death at Hell House
A short story for Halloween with a little bit of hell house nostalgia and a lot of Southern Gothic and Tales From the Crypt influences.
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Little Tommy’s Slumber Party
Another Tommy and his pet dragon story that was motivated by my wonderful son’s struggle with bedtime.
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The One About Headphones
I’m taking a break from my novel to talk about something I care deeply about: headphones and adding a soundtrack to writing.
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Two Sentences
This morning I finally started the official rewrite of my first novel, and it went about as well as you would expect.
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Punk Rock Preacher - Sample Scenes
I’m working on a new novel set in the 90s Christian punk/hardcore scene (which I was heavily involved in), and I put together a few example scenes just for myself to help establish the language and feeling I want to use.
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Little Tommy and the Big Parade
This is a short story for my three-year-old son, but it's pretty fun for adults. Maybe I'll give up on horror and write about little boys and dragons.