I like short stories—both writing them and reading them. Some of the most memorable fiction I’ve read has been in the form of short stories. The power of a short story is its brevity. It can sometimes get the point over better […]
Well, what do you expect from a guy called Mad Dog…but it does sound like the average author gathering. “Be polite, be courteous, show professionalism, and have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” ~General “Mad Dog” Mattis
Julie reminded me that she’s still going through withdrawl for one of her favorite shows which got canceled, Heroes. If you’ve not seen it, it’s about the belief that people with special powers exist all over the world and in a time […]
I can’t send anything out unless someone has read it. I don’t have the confidence or the objectivity that what I’ve written is good enough to send out. On one hand, I’m bound to have made some daft error that will condemn […]
But what about the 10th?“If you can see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into a ditch before they reach you.”~Calvin Coolidge
I know exactly when I got hooked on cars. I was two years old and it was at a post natal or toddler daycare thing. I remember the place but not the reason why I went there. I just remember my mum […]
This month’s Back Story piece centers on my recent release, CRESTFALLEN. When I decided to write, I wanted to write PI novels like Raymond Chandler. There were two problems with that plan—one, I didn’t know what a Private eye did and […]
I think I get this… “The sun don’t shine on the same dog’s ass all the time.”~Jim “Catfish” Hunter
I love to drive and I love to cycle. I understand how hairy it is out there to be a cyclist when drivers are careless. I have the concussions, broken bones and a brain injury to prove it. I’m also driven to […]
Maybe it’s my engineering background that compels me to take things apart. I treat my writing no differently. Before I sat down to write my first novel, I picked out four novels in the same genre and I dissected them. I had […]