Notes on becoming a published writer I’m always fascinated to hear about a writer’s path to publication. Seeing as my debut novel is coming out this week, I thought I’d share mine. With pictures. I’d always scribbled things down, funny little tales, poems I pray have long been destroyed. So it didn’t feel wholly alien […]

I wrote this article for some long defunct writing website in the long ago past. A few people commented that they got something useful from it, so I thought I’d republish it here. Hello? Yes you. Over here! (or how to make the start of your story more engaging) Now more than ever, a great […]

Chat with Tom Dooley (editor at Eclectica) For twenty years, Eclectica has presented some of the best writing on the web. To celebrate this, they are publishing four “best of” volumes (fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and speculative) anthologies. To join in the kickstarter campaign, just click here: http://kck.st/1mF6VyK Morning, Tom. Great to have you here today. […]