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So Many Projects! Spring 2026 Newsletter
Damn … it’s been a while since I’ve posted an update. Rest assured: even when I go quiet, I’m working hard—and on several things in parallel. My chaotic, overclocked creative process tends to push multiple projects into The Clinch at the same time, which can be … a lot. What is The Clinch? It’s the…
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Winter’s Threshold: Craft, Discipline, and the Work to Come
Things have been exceedingly busy this month, including the myriad demands of Christmas that don’t let up until well after the eggnog has run dry and the wastebins are bulging with wrapping paper. On top of the holiday chaos, I’m now three months into a new role in my full‑time career as a materials scientist.…
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November 2025 Updates
Today is a rather blustery day in the Hundred Acre Wood, Pooh Bear, as I sit in my study with a cup of coffee and reflect. Outside my window, the fiery brilliance of October has given way to the brittle, coppery remnants of November. As the year is drawing closer to an end, I feel…
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Myth & Melody: October 2025 Updates
We’re knee deep in Spooky Season—my absolute favorite time of year. The South plays a dirty trick on us Fall Freaks, however, by offering chilled, autumnal mornings that quickly mutate into stifling, swamp-ass-inducing scorchers by noon. It isn’t really until November that the season settles in nice and proper, but then again, I recall wearing…
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The Fickle Muse
Greetings! Just a quicker, snappier, more easily digestible newsletter here. In this post, I reflect on balancing my work writing dark fiction with producing a growing catalogue of music. There’s some excellent insight here on approaching passion projects for fellow indie creators. The Verbs That Just Don’t Flow For the past couple of weeks, I’ve…
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Sharpshooting Advice for Writers from Dean Wesley Smith
I have recently begun following the prolific, multi-genre fiction author, Dean Wesley Smith, very closely. Any writer serious about playing the long game of indie publishing should visit his site here for some guidance on growing and sustaining your career (read, legacy). A recent blog post of his really lit a fire under my ass,…
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Real Places in England that Inspired Settings in My Gothic Horror Novel
My travels in England enriched my Gothic Horror series, Greycross, as I drew from historical settings, architecture, and local culture, emphasizing how real-world experiences deeply inform creative writing.
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The Summer of Liam Keith (Updates)
Greetings friends and acolytes! First, I’d like to say “thank you” wholeheartedly to all my subscribers and extend a warm welcome to those of you new to my microcosm of dark fiction. It’s hotter than a hoochie-coochie way down yonder here in Metro Atlanta. In between braving the heat for a few enjoyable outings with…
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A Little Sojourn in SoCal (San Diego, Ca)
Howdy! I’ve been quite busy the last couple of months, managing somehow to publish a new beta chapter of Greycross: Twilight at Primrose, and cracking the 80,000 words mark on this debut novel. It’s really fucking good, and I’m immensely proud of what I’m creating. Once I get it out in front of the world,…
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Reading List 2024
Happy New Year! Got some updates coming in the next week, and a new chapter release. Until then, here are books I’ve read during the most recent trip around the sun. You know, if this were a Book It! challenge from the early 90’s, I’d have earned a few free pizzas at Pizza Hut by…
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Exploring Massachusetts (Gloucester, Boston, and Salem)
Each year my kids have a Fall Break, a week at the end of September where my wife and I frantically try to throw together some sort of itinerary that will beat back the gathering darkness known to parents as utter boredom. When kids are just lying around the house with nothing to do, well,…
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I’m Incompatible with Social Media
I recently had to summon extraordinary willpower—like that of a man sawing off his own leg to escape a bear trap—to simply delete my Instagram app. Being a very visual person, I found Instagram to be the most enjoyable of the social media platforms, as Facebook is rife with bipartisan political nonsense and irrelevant paid…
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What Should You Do When Your Book Idea is Already Taken?
The writer experiences a surge of creativity, developing a novel idea, only to discover a similar published work. This leads to despair, but ultimately emphasizes that originality lies in storytelling treatment, not concept. Unique characters and narrative styles can differentiate a story, even if its core idea has been previously explored.
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Thoughts on AI Art (Redux)
Well, that didn’t take very long. About a year ago, I wrote this opinion piece on art generated by artificial intelligence (AI). While the algorithms were popping out images that were aesthetically very impressive, my primary argument for why creatives should not feel threatened was based on the overwhelming amount of incoherence I observed in…
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Writing Works in Progress (I’m Not Dead)
In case it’s not excruciatingly obvious, I’m an indie author. I have a family and a full-time job, and since my last update here I got swallowed up in the incessant swells and squalls on the high seas of life. But now I’m back on dry land, saddled up on the great word machine, and…
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I’m Officially a Self-Published Author!
My first e-book, a short-read sci-fi story called “SCOUT”, has just been published on Amazon! The decision to self-publish was something I arrived at after over a year of contemplating and having several of my short stories rejected by small publishers. I shopped a total of four short stories to around 50 genre magazines, from…
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New Sci-Fi Short Story “SCOUT” on Kindle
I just re-published the Sci-Fi short read, “SCOUT”, exclusive to Kindle! Check it out and preview by CLICKING HERE! This short read is a distilled dose of fast-paced and gritty Dark Sci-Fi exploring the threat of advanced technology in warfare. Description: Cpt. Ethan Nielson’s company onboards the US Army’s second-generation SCOUT—a deadly, semi-autonomous robotic soldier—two…
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Preparing for Launch as an Author
Creating this website and claiming my domain was an important first step for me. This was an act of affirmation, a declaration to myself and to the world that I am ready to begin life as an author. I’m not new to writing—I’ve written short stories, DIY comic books, and played with ideas for novels…
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Travel in the UK: England
Traveling to the UK has been a goal of mine for many years. At the age of 34, I applied for my first US Passport, and set my sights on Britain. Historically, members of my family have never left the United States, either due to lack of opportunity or a lack of interest in seeing…
