It’s been over ten years since I first started writing my series about the adventures of a professional monster hunter. With the recent release of The Hunter’s Apprentice as the fourth installment in the series, I thought I’d take a little time to reflect on Read More …
I recently finished reading all six volumes of the collected Hellboy library editions as well as the complete Hellboy in Hell compilation, and as a longtime fan of the character and this series, I have come to a difficult conclusion: Mike Mignola is a terrible Read More …
One of the best known tips for writers is to be well-read. This has been said hundreds of ways by hundreds of authors, poets, and lecturers. Perhaps one of the best known variants comes from Stephen King: ““If you don’t have time to read, you Read More …
Book reviews are the lifeblood of online sales. Without reviews, there’s nothing to separate one independently published title from the millions of other books available to new readers. It requires no extra cost, takes less than five minutes, and will have a lasting positive effect Read More …
Everyone loves getting something right the first time. Like cruising through a series of green lights all in a row, a steady momentum built on repeated success is an intoxicating sensation. There’s also a different–but just as satisfying–feeling that comes from accomplishing something that took Read More …
It had been a dream of mine for years. I’d watch YouTube videos, thinking of my abilities as a writer as well as my theater experience and time in film school, and I’d think: yeah, I could do that. Turns out, it was hard. Really Read More …
Those of you who are on my mailing list will already know that I was recently approached by a small press to submit a short story to an anthology focusing on Lovecraftian fiction. As a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s original stories, I jumped at Read More …
I’ve been a storyteller for as long as I can remember. My mom tells me that I told my first story at age three, and I’ve found a story that I wrote in first grade about a horse that saves a cowboy from an angry Read More …
I recently watched a documentary focusing on the many creative and political problems that went into the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Among the stories of high stakes negotiations and toxic work environments, I was particularly intrigued by the problems that Read More …
I’m not blind, though I sometimes wish I was. I know what’s going on in the world. I see the fear, the anger, the contempt and depression. My friends and family are fighting with each other, trying to reclaim normalcy that will not truly return Read More …
