Hi, just wanted to mention that I’ll be a guest at Geek*Kon in Madison, Wisconsin at the Marriott Inn West. Right now, I’m planning on attending during Saturday, September 4th and Sunday, September 5th, but that may change depending upon my professional obligations. I will be on four panels, which I’ve listed below, and I […]
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Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas is up for an ENnie Award
Many of you might have heard me talk about my short story “Pie,” which was published in the anthology entitled BURIED TALES OF PINEBOX, TEXAS. This work has already won first place for 2009 best anthology in the annual Preditors & Editors Reader’s Choice Awards. Now, I am pleased to announce that it is being […]
New Guest Post at Apex: Creating a Language Based on Symbols
In this month’s installment of my Creating an Alien Language series, I take a look at how I would create a rudimentary, symbolically-based language. Here’s a quote from the article: One of the concepts I mentioned last time was the idea that you need to have some sort of language key to use as your […]
[Video] Trailer for THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-Book
Hi everyone! I’m really excited to share with you the promotional trailer for THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-book. I’ve been blogging a little bit about the process to create this trailer over at VioletWar.com. One thing that I talked about, was the decision we had to make about the authenticity of the music. Here’s a […]
Top 10 Misconceptions about Writers
Like many artistic professions, writers often encounter challenges as we pursue our careers. It seems as if every time I touch base with another writer we all seem to be facing the same, exact issues at one point or another in our lives. One of my friends joked that we should all have punch cards […]