Announcement Book Publishing Contract #2! 17 Mar 2021 This morning I signed the contract with Basil E. Bacorn to publish my dark noir story, "My Turn to Die." Barring some impediment, it should come out in January of…
Announcement… “The Wedding” 1 May 20201 May 2020 My short story, "The Wedding," has just come out in North Dakota Quarterly, published by the University of Nebraska Press. The fiction editor cut the short last paragraph, but the…
Announcement… “The Unburdening” 4 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 Latest publishing news: my short story, "The Unburdening," has just appeared in English and in Russian translation in print rag Night Picnic, available so far on Amazon, and presumably elsewhere…
Author post Spreadsheets and Persistence 1 Aug 2019 The truth is likely that many more good stories are written than are read. Too may authors fear rejection so much that they do not even try. I know, because…
Author post Coming Attractions 19 Jul 2019 I don't usually post about stories I've sold until they're actually published, but then I figured, our friends in the movie biz shriek out teasers all the time, so I…
Author post Growth and Good-byes 6 May 2019 I have decided to close my Medium account, and in fact deleted it this morning. The service and its readers have been good to me--"liking" stories and poems and providing…
Author post Progress Report 2 May 2019 In a recent post, I expressed my relief and amazement at having finished the second draft of my fourth real novel. (I wrote several novels in my twenties, but they…
Announcement Steaming Along 15 Apr 201915 Apr 2019 There is an advantage to habit, or perhaps stubbornness, or perhaps some happy admixture of the two, seasoned with unwarranted optimism: I have finished the second draft of my fourth…
Author post Happy New Year! 1 Jan 2019 Last year is over with, according to the calendar, and a new year begins, with the same sun rising every dawn. Last year brought me minor triumphs and major worries,…
Author post Fish Eggs and Fiction 17 Dec 201824 Jan 2019 After a long dry spell, I suddenly began placing stories in small-press magazines this year--even some that paid in cash! Since last winter, I have "sold"--sometimes for pay, sometimes compensated…
