Interview with Andrea Johnson (the Little Red Reviewer)
Please tell my readers a bit about yourself, Andrea! I love reading, visiting bookstores, I love the physicality of books. About ten years ago, my […]
Writing Advice
On Blind Submissions
This week, one of my readers asked about blind submissions and whether they’re an effective tool for editors to ensure that a magazine or anthology […]
Amazon Damaging Sales of Small Press Books
My forthcoming collection Garden of Eldritch Delights went live on Amazon in late July. According to my publisher, pre-orders were brisk. But then, on August […]
The Pox Party
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation: Vol. 1: The Pox Party tells the story of Octavian, a young slave boy who’s a […]
Some of my recent favorites
I have done a bit of media tie-in work — most recently I wrote stories for Shadowrun and X-Files anthologies — but there are two shows on that I […]
Need nonfiction? I can help!
Last week, I added a couple of new reward levels to my Patreon: Ghostwriter $150 or more per month In addition to all my writing, […]
More Advice to Beginning Writers
Several years ago, I posted some advice to beginning fiction writers. I still field regular queries from aspiring writers. Lately, the questions I’ve received have fallen […]
Rappaccini’s Daughter
The classic Nathaniel Hawthorne tale “Rappaccini’s Daughter” tells the story of a young man named Giovanni who moves to Padua to be a university student. […]
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow Over Innsmouth is a classic horror novella by H.P. Lovecraft. It tells the first-person story of a young man on break from college who […]
Planning Future Writing Workshops
I launched my Patreon a little over 5 months ago, and it’s been steadily growing. Through it, my patrons receive: Monthly chats with professional authors, […]
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
One of the things that impressed me most about Conrad’s novel about Charles Marlow’s nightmarish adventures in the Congo was the lushness of language. The […]