Note: I’m a GenX-er. So I got the following spam the other day: I WILL REPORT YOU. YOU PIECE OF SHIT… Hey, Stop stalking me and my friend or I will report you. You piece of shit, cock-sucker douche. I do not know why you are doing this! You slept together once, only once. It […]
I have a new interview up at Blackbird Publishing, in support of the Haunted story bundle. I interview Rebecca Senese, author of “The Haunting of Melsbury Manor,” a twisty tale of family and ghosts that I really liked. You can find links to the bundle here.
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So I tried to do some DIY plumbing the other day. It didn’t work out the way I hoped: easy, simple, straightforward. Just like in the YouTube videos. Instead I found myself having a breakdown. Tears, self-recriminations, the whole bit. I was a terrible person who never should have tried. (I’m 43.) And the only
I did a review and interview of Jeremy Hepler for his horror-thriller novel, The Boulevard Monster, for Ginger Nuts of Horror. I liked and recommend it if that’s your thing. Review Interview I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT ME You say that I am a madman. You say that I am dangerous. You say that I
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Because it’s me, I keep trying to figure out how to systematize some kind of approach to book marketing. I’ve been working a lot on various things with greater or lesser success, and I worked out a general idea of what marketing is and does; click here for more explanation. But that’s kind of complex,
You can find Jeremy Helper’s book The Boulevard Monster on Amazon and in print. Disclosure: I received a review copy in exchange for an honest review. So once upon a time there was this guy. He meant well. Or at least…51% well over 49% ill. On average he meant well. And then he made a mistake.
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Last night I delivered a writer craft talk for Pikes Peak Writers. Usually what happens with this kind of thing is extreme anxiety before the talk, then beating myself up afterwards. I was very anxious beforehand, but it went well, and on the way home I just focused on not punishing myself. “You didn’t do XYZ
This was a particularly rich journaling morning, but it’s mostly short snippets. … Cognitive dissonance is one of the most terrifying things I know. I should make a monster out of it. … [For men,] 50 = the year of the patriarch, where you have to come to grips with the fact that you’ll never
I’ve been journaling a fair amount lately, but a lot of the stuff I’m journaling about is probably not for public consumption. Like, I wrote some a little bit about the fact that readers are going to see the cover and blurb on whatever you write, so of course the first big plot twists aren’t
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Today’s blog post is brought to you by… Cheesy horror tropes. I was coming up with title ideas for cheesy horror stories…at one point I caught myself going, “Why am I writing this? Who’s gonna read these anyway? Who cares?” See if you can spot it 🙂 … 1. Don’t Go into the Basement. 2.
