I think a lot about words. What word fits here? Is this word better than that one? Hmm, what’s a new way to describe bodily dismemberment… We have so many wonderful words in English. Many other languages do too (Latin, French, German, Japanese, and so on). Tolkien believed language itself…
Something I’m certain you didn’t know…characters take work to develop. Obviously you want to develop the MAIN character, and the villain/villains. Readers want depth, lifelike depiction, conflict you can sink your teeth into! (Sorry, Stymph joke. Wait, not sorry.) When you’re dealing with dozens of characters per book though? All…
Stay in a hospital long enough and you’ll see it. Death. The Grim Reaper. Stalking the hallways. Inexorably advancing toward its next victim. Long wicked scythe poised overhead, ready to claim another soul. But enough about my cosplay excursions every other Sunday. I have an important question to ask: why…
Fans of huge slavering monsters! Explorers of dystopian wastelands! Your next read is here and ready for download. “The Viscount of 2213” throws us into a future where humanity no longer rules Earth. The Stymph does…and it enjoys feeding on humans. In the story, we join a group of humans…
Name: GORGONOPSINAE TRIDENTEM Common Name: “Stymphalian” or “Stymph” Overall Length (not including tail): 5 to 7.5 feet Overall Height (average): 4 feet at shoulder Weight (average): 300-500 pounds The Stymphalian, or “Stymph” in common parlance, is a quadrupedal mammalian carnivore which feeds on predator species. The creature is akin to…
It’s time for a status update on my books! Yes, books, plural. I have two on the way. Both on track for publishing this year. One is a dystopian sci-fi novel with a couple of curious twists. The other is the second in the Inspector Locke “sarcastic mystery” series. Without…
Ahh, the wonders of rejection. Hold on, that statement DOES makes sense. You see, I mean rejection in the form of a publication rejecting my submitted story, “The Purpose of the Plague.” The publication in question, Pseudopod, felt it was not a good fit at this time. Which is their…
Did I mention I started an Instagram account? You did not. Not here at least. Well, glad you chimed in. Let’s not confuse the audience with just what ‘you’ are, though. What, can’t the humans grasp dimensional layering— No, and stop using my fingers. I need to post the IG…
Earth does not belong to humanity. Oh, you’ve spread quite far. Done some incredible things with the place. Even managed to get off its surface a few times. But dominance of a planet is not awarded by its exploitation. No, no. True dominance comes from power and population. At best,…
