Queer writer of weird things
I was an awkward nine-year-old. This probably comes as no surprise, right? I was a nerdy kid with thick glasses and a bad haircut—and let’s face it, not much has changed in the 44 years since, except the glasses are contacts and the hair is gray. I’m still a big nerd, and most days my …
I tend to seek out a lot of advice about the writing process from other writers, which explains why I subscribe to a lot of writers’ email newsletters. I’m a huge process nerd. I'm always interested in hearing how people get their writing done: where, when, which tools they use, what they do when they …
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I feel like every December I ask myself, "Where did the year go?" So I won't do that this time. Instead, I'm trying to take stock of everything I managed to get done during our latest turn around the sun and think of everything I didn't get to as opportunities for the future. Is it …
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Well, I haven't done one of these in a while! As you may recall, last year (I think it was last year?) I did a monthly flash fiction draw where I selected a genre, a setting, and a random object based on a simple playing card draw. I carried on the monthly draw from authors …
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From the outside, writing looks like long, nearly endless stretches of Nothing interrupted by brief, fairly loud instances of Something, which last hardly any time before sinking back below the surface of Nothing again. Hopefully, each Something offers a writer enough momentum to get through the Nothing until the next Something arrives. All of which …
Writing a book and sending it out into the world is always a weird process. It takes so long, by the time it’s released, it doesn’t feel like something I did. I look at the cover and read the words and think, did I write that? Suffice it to say, I did it with a …
Continue reading "Reminder: Virtual Launch Event Tonight (Feb. 16) with Left Bank Books (!!!)"
Happy February! At least, I sure hope it's happy. We could all use some happy. And speaking of happy (see what I did there), my latest book, Three Left Turns to Nowhere, is available NOW (like, right now) at the Bold Strokes Books webstore. Go there and you can get your hands on it (in …
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Join me on Tuesday, Feb. 16 with my fellow writers J. Marshall Freeman and ’Nathan Burgoine for the virtual launch of our YA book Three Left Turns to Nowhere. Presented by Left Bank Books and hosted by Shane Mullen, the event will stream on Facebook Live and YouTube at 7 p.m. Central Time. Holy cow, …
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OK, so I’m a little bit late this month with completing the Flash Fiction Draw writing prompt. And this year, as you’ll recall, Jeff Baker is in charge of the prompts. This month’s prompt was for a western, in the Tower of London, including artificial grass. Well, that’s a doozy. And as always, I took …
Who else threw their hat in the ring and wrote a story for this month's Flash Fiction Draw, you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked. Here are the folks who came up with a mystery, set in a highway tollbooth, featuring a ray gun: Guns and Roses by E H Timms Mystery of the Vanished …