If you look back through my blog, you can tell I like Halloween. So go figure that my October months are often filled with Halloween-related posts. This week I do a small round-up on Halloween. Halloween finds its roots in Samhain, an ancient Gaelic festival. Here and here you can read […]
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______________________________________________________________________________ Heavy fog rolled across the street. Bright green light shone through at the other end of the street and I heard howling off in the distance. Somewhere. My boots clunked with each step and the cold air snapped at my throat on every intake. “Johnny come home,” I said, […]
The Halloween King
Growing up, some of my favorite stories were one’s involving magic or the unknown. I liked the tale of Briar Rose aka Sleeping Beauty (mostly or especially the witches), I loved “The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces,” and I enjoyed any tale that involved gnarled old witches riding around […]
Welcome to Halloween Country!!! (a few days early)
In April 2001 I realized I could write books for a living. If I put my heart into it, maybe I could even become one of the famous authors of this age, a dream shared by many others. But I didn’t know how one sets about writing a book, so […]
13 Years a Charm?
Here is a downloadable version of the Excel spreadsheet I created to track my progress on whatever book I’m writing. It’s not the best thing ever, but it helps me set writing goals. I assume overtime it should also train me to not spend more than 150 days writing any […]
My Writing Spreadsheet
Over the course of a few months I’ve made minor and larger changes to my site in order to enhance its feel. I’m getting ready to make more use of the site by writing more often, adding variety (mythology, stories, non-writing-related), or simply learning how to add downloadable “stuff” to […]