The first thing I did after writing my first long piece (a novella) was join an online writing community, writerbuddy. It was a great time, and I met a lot of inspired writers, most of whom I am still in touch with. I now frequent writers4writers (see sidebar for link), where I go for many

Submissions:Most recent submissions include 2 flash stories for a flash fiction contest, and an article about horror markets (mostly Surreal). In the Works: I currently have three stories in a finished 1st draft stage. All three need some minor work, read-throughs, edits, etc. I estimate by next week sometime to have these out looking for

Peculiar. Earlier today I posted a message concerning my acceptance into the HWA as an affiliate member. Soon after my web page became inactive, and I could not open it until about an hour ago. Strange thing is, a message I tried posting when the page was down appeared (note the below post, “Test”) but

This is just a test of the onipar testing service. If you cannot contact my website, you wouldn’t be reading this and wouldn’t know this was a test. This has only been a test.

I am a firm believer in researching the markets I plan to submit to. I just ordered an issue of Dark Wisdom, a dark literature magazine. It pays professional rates (5 cents a word), and looks pretty cool to boot. Interested in ordering a copy or submitting? DARK WISDOM Come on people. If you are

Not sure if I’m aloud to post this here, but everyone knows it is done by Jim Davis, and I am making no money off of this…so enjoy. By the way–click on the comic to get a larger view.

Having published my short story, “The Plumber,” I decided it was time to apply for affiliate membership status with the HWA. I just sent in the application minutes ago. I should know within ten business days if I am accepted into the HWA. Anyone interested in more info on the group need look no further

Just a note. I added a new counter to the bottom of the page. This one will only count unique hits, so each visitor will count as only one hit, and I will no longer bump my count up when posting. Good and bad I guess. Bad because my count will probably stay quite low

For those interested in Chuck Palahniuk on an academic level, I have come across a PDF file of a journal dedicated to essays about his work. I haven’t read through it yet, but I am posting it here for anyone interested. Chuck Palahniuk Issue Or you can visit the journal’s webpage here: stirrings-still As most

I just received word that my short story, “The Plumber” has been accepted by Devil’s Work, a new online horror mag that sends one story to your e-mail every week. My story is tentatively slated for issue 1.11, due out March 24. If you are interested in this new e-mail mag, or my story, go