If this doesn’t describe noir fiction, I don’t know what does. 🙂 “Just when things look darkest, they go black.”~Paul Newman
I’m the guest blogger over at the Bibrary Bookslut. I talk about about my brush with Santeria. Bibrary Bookslut: GUEST POST: Simon Wood (author of The Scrubs & Roa…: “Please give a warm welcome to Simon Wood, who has stopped by today […]
Jaidis Tree gave PAYING THE PIPER a cracking review. I’m glad they liked it.
Luck and me have an estranged relationship, so this one rang true. “The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”~Bret Harte
DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS is August’s book of the month. It came out in 2003 and was my first collection of short stories. Unlike ASKING FOR TROUBLE, it’s a collection of Twilight Zone-style short stories and not crime stories. It’s not a title, […]
Unfortunately, I’ve busted myself up in a biking accident. The worst injury is that I’ve broken my arm at the elbow. I’m going to do my best to limit the impacts to the blog.
Wise words that we should all listen to. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”~Winston Churchill
I don’t like Piñatas. For those who don’t know what the whole piñata celebration is, here it is in a nutshell. A piñata is a figure, traditionally a seven-pointed star (it’s a deadly sins thing), but more commonly an animal or cartoon […]
I have a love for damaged heroes. I’m not interested in characters who always land on their feet. I think it’s far more interesting for a character to have a few skeletons in his closet, to have done something he’s ashamed of. […]
Scott Nicholson asked me to write a piece for his blog on my success and my writing career. It happened overnight…well, over a lot of them. Enjoy Overnight Success 13 Years Later.