July 2006

Yup yup. I have added four links to my Market Pages. These are pretty sweet market lists, two of which actually have internal search engines so you can narrow down what you’re looking for. You can enter the word count, pay scale, genre, etc… I glanced through these, and yes, most of the markets are

Ah, the forth of July. That sacred day when we celebrate the birth of the god of fireworks and the resurrection of the god of barbecue. Wait. That doesn’t sound right. Have I made some horrible mistake? Let me think a minute. Independence day…Independence. Right, okay. The god of freedom has something to do with

Yes, it would seem only 300 new words have been added to my novel. The truth is, I cut over a thousand words from it (finding a whole chapter that needed to be discarded), and so I only have a gain of 300 words. It’s kind of depressing when you think about it. I slaughtered

As I mentioned yesterday, I am taking off my “short story” hat and donning my “novelist” hat, but before I could officially do that, I had to finish editing my last short, “State of the Union,” which I have now done. I sent this piece to an anthology called City Shadows, being published by Cohort

I am putting my short stories on hold for the rest of the summer so I can get deep into my novel, “Twilight.” I started working on this novel over a year ago, and continued working on it through this past November, at which point I had to put it aside due to increasing amounts

That’s right, the winners have been announced. Out of a total 57 entries, 5 winners and 3 honorable mentions were chosen. The first place winner, ELISHA BRIDGES, also took home the reader’s choice award. I am happy to announce that I received an honorable mention for my piece, “I See the Light” Check out the