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LIVE Chat Scheduled

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As you know, this coming weekend I will be an author guest/panelist at Context 22 in Columbus, Ohio.  I hope to meet a lot of other authors and fans.  After this event, I think I’ll be more energized than ever to really buckle down and start turning out new material.

On a different note…

I’ve toyed with the idea awhile on doing an online Live Chat of sorts.  Basically, it would work like this.  If you’re not already one of my friends on Facebook (or don’t even have an account yet – in which case you really need to get with the times and sign up), you would add me.   Next, you would go to my Facebook Fan Club page (which was set up by a great fan in the UK) and Join the Group.  My regular page is a great place to read the daily ins and outs of my life and the fan club page, well, that’s just plain cool!

After you have added me as a friend on my regular Facebook page, you then come online on Wednesday, September 2nd @ 8:00pm.  I will make a Wall Post at that time when the ‘chat lines are open’ and you can begin to ask me whatever questions (writing related or not) you would like to know.  I will do my best to answer each and every question to the best of my abilities.  As far as how long the chat lasts, that either depends on when you get tired of reading what I’ve gotta say or I’ve had one beer too many and I say the hell with it…

That’s the scoop for now.  Hope to see some new faces on both of my pages and to talk with a bunch of you on Sept. 2nd at 8:00!  I’ll be posting a reminder on this site and both of my pages a day or two before the event.

A Yearly Ritual

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My 32nd birthday is dead ahead…September 4th to be exact.  Every year as my birthday closes in, I begin to reflect on the previous year.  Not sure why I do this on my birthday and not New Years, as most people do, but I just do.

Lots of things have happened over the past year from  9/4/08 – 9/4/09:

  • My first novel was published in November 08.
  • Several short stories were published during this time.
  • One of my stories was optioned for a short film.
  • The reach of my writing started to move out from the Ohio area to the rest of the country and now beginning to pick up steam overseas.
  • A short story collection was completed and sent to the publisher for consideration (still awaiting word on this).
  • Completed a novella about a ‘doctor that makes a house call’ which will be one of three novellas written by three horror authors and packaged into one book.
  • And other various business and personal happens – some were not so good and some turned out great!

All of this makes me think about the upcoming year and what I want to have accomplished when the big ’33’ comes around in 2010.

My goals (as far as writing is concerned) are as follows:

  • Finish my novel-in-progress that I had to put on the back burner when Night School was accepted for publication (it is about a classic monster with a vary unique twist and parts of it are probably some of the most hardcore and best written stuff I have ever done).
  • Continue to pitch movie ideas to a certain major film studio.
  • Watch the short film (based on my short story) ‘Cake Batter’ come to life on the screen after it is finished shooting in the coming months.
  • Continue to work with Shadetree Films to produce more short stories and potentially a feature length film.
  • Besides finishing the aforementioned monster novel, I would also like to write two additional novels on top of that.
  • Would like to see the short story collection picked up.  If not, I will more than likely break apart a great collection and begin to submit them individually to various magazines.
  • Submit the 3-novella book to publishers and hopefully get it picked up.
  • And I’m sure there will be a few short stories and maybe another novella mixed in there as well.

Whew!  Sounds like a lot of work ahead of me, huh?!  Well, perhaps it is.  But, I also know that I need to start pushing myself harder than ever and really start to turn out some material over a relatively short period of time.

Those are my thoughts for now.  And since I’ve heard from a few of you about getting/sending me something for my birthday, feel free to shoot me an email and depending on what it is (ha ha), I’ll respond with my mailing address.

A project dedicated to you, my fans

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I started this website on September 28, 2008.  As of this post, there have been 9,216 visitors to the site.  For that, I thank you!

Because of you, my new and old fans, being so dedicated coming back to the site over and over again and my writing, I have decided to give a little something back.  I am going to write a short story (the theme decided by YOU) and post it on the site when the ticker in the bottom right hand corner reaches 10,000.

Now it’s your turn.  Tell me via comment below what kind or theme of story you would like to read.  After a week or so I’ll then pick the most interesting idea, let you know what it’s going to be and start writing it. 

So…let me hear you…what do you want to read about?

Facebook Fan Club

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I was pleasantly surprised today when I opened my email to find that, Gina Kinsman, a fan from the UK (London), started a Facebook Fan Club for my writing.

Click here to view the page (if you don’t have a FB account yet, you might need to sign up in order to view/add the page).

Thanks Again, Gina.  You rock!

Novella Project – Update

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Some of you newbies on my site, might not be familiar with the novella project that was originally started with two other authors and myself.

Adam P. Lewis and I are both finished with our novellas.  The problem is, until recently, that we ‘lost’ our third author during the beginning of the project.  To this very day we are not entirely sure what happened to him, but we believe an evil garden gnome might have finished him off.  In any event, there is now a new author on board to write the third novella for the book.

Her name is Misty Gersley, editor at Withersin Magazine.  You might recognize the name of the mag, as I have written several book reviews in the past and continue to do so.  If you have never read the magazine, I highly suggest checking out the site and ordering yourself a single copy or better yet, a subscription.

Adam and I both believe she will make a wonderful addition to the project and are looking forward to reading the crazy stuff that will come out of her head!

Paco Ahlgren’s Discipline

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As many of you are well aware, I started writing Night School in the early part of 2008.  It was then published in November of the same year.  Before that, I was a fan of the horror genre in general.  But, it wasn’t until I read Discipline by Paco Ahlgren that I really started to entertain the idea of writing a novel, myself.

Since I first read Paco’s novel at the end of 2007, he and I have become good friends and I am even more excited for him now, as his book was recentely optioned for the bigscreen.

So, if you are a fan of horrific or scifi tales, I would suggest checking out his website and then heading over to your local bookstore or online to pick up a copy.

Again, Congrats Paco.  You’re a hell of an author and friend and you deserve it!

Now on Facebook!

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Yup, that’s right.  I’ve joined the drones of people and have joined Facebook.  I have contemplated whether or not to join for some time now, but yesterday night decided to ‘go for it’ and ‘see what happens’.  At this point, I’m not sure how long the page will be online, though I suppose that all depends on YOU.  So, if you want to add me to your existing or new Facebook page, go ahead.  You’ll more than likely get a more personal look into my life…whether that’s a good or bad thing…that’s for you to decide.

Click here to visit my Facebook page.

Enjoy and Happy 4th of July.  Be Safe!