Announcement… A Sudden Setback 15 Feb 2022 A few weeks ago, my trade publisher, Basil E. Bacorn, announced that he was shutting down the publishing company as a result of repeated health problems. This means that the…
Announcement… Children’s Book Due Out This Month 8 Jun 2021 The timeline's a bit tight, but it looks like my children's book will be released at the end of this month. I just sent the publisher, Basil E. Bacorn, final…
Author post Year of the Novella 19 May 2021 I decided early last year to write several novellas, all in variations of the third-person style, and I have just finished the first draft of the third. I think I…
Announcement… Book Publishing Contract #3 27 Apr 2021 Yesterday I signed my third book contract with Basil E. Bacorn Publishing, after sending them what could be considered a sequel to My Turn to Die, which they accepted a…
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…
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