Get ready for an epic disaster tale! I just finished writing a novella featuring my favorite protagonist, the handsome scientist Emerson Crandall. It, of course, includes his clever daughter, Courtney and the adventurous woman he adores (from afar), Maddie. Writing up to 3,000 words a day, I hammered out this disaster-packed story quickly and easily, […]
Cover Struggles of an Indy
After leaning that my video advertisement for For Sissy was too violent for Facebook, I made some quick changes so that the ad showed only the book cover, and not my embellishments of a bloody knife, et al. In hindsight, I could see why FB wouldn’t want to show the implied violence of my original […]
The Crandall Haunting is a Silver Falchion Award Finalist!
Big News! The Crandall Haunting is a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award! The Killer Nashville judges have read all 2016 novels entered in the Adult Fantasy and Horror categories and carved the list down to the top four finalists. I am so excited and honored to see The Crandall Haunting among them! Here’s what […]
Vote for The Crandall Haunting! Reader’s Choice Awards!
This is exciting! The Crandall Haunting is eligible for a Silver Falchion Reader’s Choice Award at the Killer Nashville writers’ conference! The voting is open to anybody and requires no registration of any kind. If you have a few seconds, please click the link below and vote for The Crandall Haunting! It’s in the “Best […]
Readings
Thanks to those who came to my February book readings!
Nice Ad. Could Use Some Toenail Polish.
I decided an ad in the Horror Writers Association newsletter might get some fresh eyeballs on The Crandall Haunting (not literally, unless you happen to have some eyeballs hanging around). So, I pulled out a couple copies of the paperback, piled them up this way and that and took a bunch of photos. From there, […]
Who’s in Your Book?
Friends sometimes ask if anyone they know is in The Crandall Haunting. The answer is no. No actual person I know is in the book, and since many of the characters are pretty creepy, that’s probably a good thing. Of course, innumerable real life observations and experiences have morphed their way between the pages, and […]
A First Draft for Christmas
It’s hard to describe the combination of excitement, hope and nausea I felt this week when I printed the first draft of my second novel. The excitement and hope are self-explanatory. The nausea, well, that comes from knowing that the novel is at the point, right now, where it might be bad, and I won’t […]
Talking to Myself in a Closet
While I tend to be a little shy, at heart, there is an extrovert inside me itching to emerge. In the past, acting in local theater let me unleash my inner showboat, and recently, speech-making through Toastmasters helps satisfy this urge to be big and noisy. However, one of the most fun ways I answered […]
The Crandall Haunting Goodreads Giveaway!
Want a chance at a signed copy of The Crandall Haunting? Enter my Goodreads Giveaway. Ten winners will receive a signed paperback copy of The Crandall Haunting! Click here!
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