Novels
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Let’s talk the impact of geography on influences for a bit, shall we? Let’s take Blues for an example. From the outside, it’s easy to look at the musical form of Blues as just a blanket term, but within that category things are much more fine-grained. For instance, you have Chicago blues, which has a…
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Last Wednesday I was tagged for “The Next Big Thing” by the supremely talented and gracious Folly Blaine. 10 questions. 10 answers. It’s about to get real up in here, people! 1) What is the working title of your next book? INK CALLS TO INK 2) Where did the idea come from for the book?…
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It’s been far too long since my last post. That’s kind of a thing for me, it seems. Thank y’all for your patience. In the time since my last post I met some of my idols and a whole mess of new and amazing people in person for the first time at the World Fantasy…
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It was the fall of 1988. It was my first year of college and I was living on campus, hanging out with a group of occultists, and locked into a challenging relationship with a member of Campus Crusade for Christ. To say it was a confusing time would not be an understatement. It was a…
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As I start this post, I’m about ten minutes away from 2am. I tried to sleep. I really did. I can’t do it, somehow. For reasons I can’t really explain, I’m utter shit at sleeping lately. I’ll have a few successive nights of four hours or so, maybe less, then I’ll collapse from exhaustion and…
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Earlier today I finished the most recent pass through Ink Calls to Ink. This was not entirely self-directed. The afternoon of Thursday, the 10th, I received my most comprehensive feedback/notes on the book yet. There were a few things that could stand a bit of adjustment. It was a big rewrite in some respects. There…
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I wrote this novel a while back. This one was notable in that it was my most recent, and my favorite. I have a lot to be proud of in that book. About a month ago, I got some incredibly solid feedback on it and set about the biggest rewrite I’ve ever had to tackle.…
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I’m 43 now. Nothing has changed, I suppose. It’s just a number. Some people obsess about turning older. As a kid, you want so bad to be an adult. As the years start sliding away, you want to be a kid again. To hell with that. I fought hard for these wrinkles–these gray hairs. Time…
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The wisdom goes, you can’t edit what you haven’t written. I know that as well as anybody. After all–I went a long time thinking I couldn’t write novels because I couldn’t stay focused for that long. Part of becoming serious about my writing was finishing pieces. Not just novels, not just first drafts of stories,…
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I’ve always had a bit of a love for the underdog. Maybe it’s because I always felt like a bit of an underdog myself. The guys at the top always had this sense of privilege that rubbed me the wrong way. So my heroes became the rebels, long before Star Wars made it cool. I’m talking old-school–Robin…
Tales from the Ragged Edge 