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Short Story News!
I’ve finally done it! After 40+ submissions of short stories and the Gas Giant Gambit manuscript, I finally did it. My short horror story “SSID” was published by Alex Parker Publishing on February 1st last week. This is not only the very first time one of my stories has been published; it is the very first short
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The Cobalt Fist
Well, I’m finally doing it. I’m going to write the Cobalt Fist books. Let me back up a bit. For around ten years, I’ve been thinking about a story. Before I wanted to be a writer I thought it would make a great comic book. But it was my wife who said, “Why not write
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Gas Giant Gambit: A Blurb
I’ve been busy writing away this week, trying to catch up with my New Year’s Resolution of writing one short story every week that I am not working on a larger project like a novel or screenplay (I’ve fallen behind, but I am hopeful that a truly short but impactful flash fiction attempt will catch
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Editing
After finally getting notes back from a publisher on a short story that looks like it might see the light of day, I’ve been busily working to bring it up to snuff. And it occurs to me that this may be a good topic for a blog. Specifically, dealing with a gatekeeper of some sort
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Good News (Hopefully)
Do you ever get those days where you find it hard to do the things you know you have to do? I’ll be honest. I’m having one of those days right now, and the thing I’m struggling to do is write this blog. I couldn’t find a topic idea I liked, and it’s later in
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Preview: Gas Giant Gambit – Chapter 1
With the holidays quickly approaching, and hopefully the pre-order of Gas Giant Gambit going live shortly thereafter, I thought this might be a good time to give any readers I may have something of a gift: The first chapter of Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift! Here, you’ll meet Gus (before
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Gas Giant Gambit: Gus
When I set to writing my upcoming space-western, Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift, I knew I wanted to subvert as many tropes as I possibly could. I love westerns, but the vast majority of them stick to the common tropes without much deviation and I wanted to have as much
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Gas Giant Gambit: Las Ráfagas
For the past few years, I have been working on what will be my debut novel, a space-western titled Gas Giant Gambit: A Tale From Beyond the Cygnus Rift. The idea was to craft a classic “Old West” story and drop it into a suitably “sci-fi” world. I am confident that the end result is
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The Offspring Garden
This week I’m going to do things a little differently. Rather than blather on about a subject, I’m going to share a short story that I’m quite proud of, but can’t seem to get published anywhere else. This story was written for the NYC Midnight Short Story Contest back in January of this year (2023).
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Successes
As hard as they may hit, rejections are a dime a dozen. The thing that comes far less often, and should be recognized and celebrated no matter how big or small it may be, is success! As someone new to writing and submitting fiction, I have yet to experience a whole lot of success. I
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