I seem to remember promising a mini-review of Dark Wisdom issue #8 once I had finished reading through it. Well, I am finished. This being my first time reading Dark Wisdom, I went into it hoping it wasn’t a waste of money, and I came out of it just itching to send some of my

Every writer has a certain part of the process that they hate. For some it is the conception, for others the outlining, and for most the editing. I think for me it is the long wait between the submission of a story and the reply. Whether it be rejection or acceptance, it is the waiting

UNICORN You are a unicorn. A unicorn is like a horse, but has a single magical horn protruding from its forehead. Unicorns are the ultimate symbol of purity and innocence. A unicorn is the ultimate sign of goodness. A classic unicorn is bright white with a golden horn. Unicorns are playful creatures and will never

My article, “The Horror of Writing…” came to the attention of Surreal Magazine, and they graciously posted a link to the review from their interactive site. You can find it here: http://surrealmag.com/interactive/ Also in writing news, at least two of my flash pieces are “in the running” for a contest held by HWA, and I

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.