To some degree, this is a post I never, ever wanted to write, but I think, overall, it's for the best that I write it. The world is getting darker lately. I was fortunate enough to get through my surgery, back to a state where I'm largely functional, and that's great. But at the same... Continue Reading →
4 Years in Vignettes
Hi. Apologies for, once again, taking forever to post here. To be totally blunt, I knew I wanted to talk about my experiences with reconstructive surgery, but I didn't know how I wanted to talk about it. My initial drafts of this post were incredibly dark and bitter in a way that wasn't constructive. They... Continue Reading →
Hello There
Well, well, well. It has been literal years. Sorry to be away for so long, but, as I said in my last post, my life got extremely real and I wasn't planning to post again unless I got published. So, about that: https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s21/21x11 As of today, I got published in the premium version of the... Continue Reading →
My Story, “A Facet of That Faceless Death,” was Featured on the NoSleep Podcast!
The feature image of this post was made by Thea Arnman for Season 21, Episode 11 of the NoSleep Podcast. Eight years after my short, "Aixa the Hexcaster," was published at Mirror Dance Fantasy, I have finally been published again. This time, however, it's a Sci-Fi/Horror short that was fully voice-acted on the NoSleep Podcast:... Continue Reading →
It Looks Like Goodbye for Now
I want to start by thanking everyone who's been with me for what I only just realized was a nearly-two-year-long spree of weekly posts. I really, really appreciate everyone who's stopped by and all of the support you've shown. The plan was to change the appearance of this site and start posting new, more elaborate... Continue Reading →
A February Break – Just Tired
Keeping it extremely short today and just saying that I was depressed all week. I should rephrase that; I wasn't "depressed" as in "synonymous with 'sad'." No, I was actually hit hard with depression. The kind that stops you from doing anything, where you think about every bad thing that's ever happened to you and... Continue Reading →
A Writer Watching – Eternals, Part 2
Hello and welcome back to “A Writer Watching – Eternals”! This is the second part of a two part series, so if you’re just joining us now, you might want to check out part one first via this link. But if you’re like, “Nah,” for any reason, I have to clarify again that the purpose... Continue Reading →
A Writer Watching – Eternals, Part 1
Disclaimer: I know that some people really like this movie. In fact, some of my best friends really like this movie. However . . . a balance must be struck. Since the beginning of time, I’ve vowed that if there came an MCU film worthy of an absolute tear-down because its writing was a mess,... Continue Reading →
A January Break – It’s Cold and I’m Tired from Editing
Today, I finally implemented a few tiny changes I wanted to make in the early chapters of Memory. The kind that you know you want to make before you know what they are--if that makes sense. The result of a gut feeling that something's off, lingering so hard it becomes some cousin of Writer's Block... Continue Reading →
Process in Progress #6 – I’ve Become a Criticism Vampire
Last night, I asked a friend if he hated my novel. To set this up, it was the one friend who isn’t in my writing group. I sent my MS to him weeks ago and he avoided talking about it. To me, that meant I was getting Ghost Read (my term for that phenomenon when... Continue Reading →
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