Last Monday I received a call from S., a dear friend and writing partner, one of the four who make up ‘Rhada McKai.’ He had what was probably the saddest news I’ve had in a very, very long time. One of our own, one of our four, had crossed the veil.
J2 – James – and I met a long time ago, through a mutual friend. We sorta had a thing very briefly, before I introduced him to Mel. He in turn introduced me to S. and it all became very …

Thanks to Mr. Jerrod Balzer, Sir fr. Skullvines Press:
Internet Argument Techniques
Cracked me up. *snicker* ROFL

So another Preditors & Editors Reader’s Poll has come and gone (or will be gone shortly, as it ended at midnight 01/14/10). I saw a lot of snarking about the awards because of the dubious possibilities of ballot-stuffing, self-nomination and ‘who has got who’s back’ for vote trading.
Guess what? For some of us, it’s not whether we win or even come into the top ten (much as I like the nifty banners P&E does up) it’s new readers, new friends and best of all – new markets – that we …

War of the Worlds: Frontlines that is.
I received notice that my story, My Beautiful Boy, was accepted into Northern Frights Publishing’s War of the Worlds: Frontlines anthology. It is an homage (one of two they’re releasing soon) to HG Wells and War of the Worlds. I guess you’d probably figured that out, huh?
*happydance*

Just received in my inbox, and after a tweak through PS (changed size a bit, and from png to jpg) here it is:

Next year, I’ll have a winner’s badge, lol.
Still, when I look at that number, I’m kind of overwhelmed. When did I write all those words? I know it’s not much in light of some of the word counts I’ve seen from others, but for me it’s a lot. It feels good to have accomplished that much, and to bring some of those stories forward into this year …

And for once, I actually mean it literally. Temperatures soared overnight (steadily climbing since Friday) and as a stark contrast to Thursday’s temps (-47C w/windchill) it is now +1C.
o_O
That bearing in mind, I’d like to give a push to the Spring Thaw Fiction Contest we’re running over at The New Bedlam Project. Entries are slowly trickling in, and we’re getting really excited! You’ve still got time to enter, so put your thinking caps on:
General Information:
New Bedlam is celebrating its bicentennial.
The town has expanded their annual spring festival to include a …

So, as stated previously, I’m making some necessary moves forward.
My design portfolio has been updated accordingly. Cover artists, web designers and publishers feel free to use the contact form in order to access the deadbeats page.
I absolutely hate that it has come to this. I made every effort to keep it from going this far.