Jun 2, 2015 | The Writing Life
This industry isn’t for the faint of heart. At least, not if you want to get published. You have to withstand many things in order to succeed: lackadaisical muses, evil reviewers, notoriously difficult gatekeepers, faulty hard drives, killer competition,...
May 18, 2015 | Murder at the Movies, Scary True Stories
It’s been over thirty years since Wes Craven’s A Nightmare On Elm Street terrorized a generation. Thanks to a bunch of schlocky sequels, it’s easy to forget how frightening the original was. People were afraid to go to sleep. One of my friends...
May 6, 2015 | The Writing Life
I love a challenge. Run a 5K race? Sure! Fight in the ring? Yeah, let’s do it! Blog 26 times in a month? Bring it on! Write 50,000 words in a month? Why not? Blog 26 times and write 70,000 words for Camp NaNoWriMo in the same month? Of course!...
Apr 1, 2015 | Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural, The Writing Life
Welcome Dear Readers, My apologies for such an epic post, but it’s the first day of the A to Z Blogging Challenge and Insecure Writers’ Support Group day. For the Insecure Writers’ Support Group, I’ll discuss something I’ve dealt with...
Feb 4, 2015 | The Writing Life
Last year I wrote about how believing in yourself is the key component to success. I’ve come to realize that faith of this kind isn’t something one has or doesn’t have, but something you need to work at each and every day. Belief in one’s self...
