I didn’t bother posting when I had this review accepted, since I knew it was coming out so soon. Instead, I waited until now so I could simply post the link. This is a short review I wrote, appearing in Dark Scribe Magazine: “Circling” / Tom Piccirilli

Even though I haven’t been back to a coffee house since my first–and quite possibly last–visit, I have continued the editing. Everything is running smooth, so far. In fact, I’m a little paranoid about taking time to write this post, but I thought the blog could use an update. In other news, I received I [...]

I gave my first draft about 1 week of rest time. He’d been worked hard, so I thought some relaxation would do us both some good. Over the coarse of the week, something interesting happened: I couldn’t concentrate on anything. I tried reading some books and magazines, but after a page or two I’d start [...]

Final word count: 57,308 I have FINALLY finished the first draft of my novel, “Soundtrack to the End of the World.” It’s been a long time coming. Hell, it’s a good four months late if you want to know the truth. But now that the first draft is done, I’m feeling much better. It means [...]

I recently received a question from Akasha Savage, in my comments, that I thought deserved a close look and thoughtful answer. Akasha asked the following: How hard do you find it to get your writing accepted anywhere? I write on the dark side, and although I’ve had a fair share of favorable comments and been [...]

I just wanted to put out a quick post to say Happy New Year to everyone. I’m still stumbling around in a post-holiday stupor. I haven’t gotten much work done, though the past two days has provided opportunity to add some wordage to the novel (53,500 words total). I’m pretty sure I’m now looking at [...]