So, many of my blog posts are direct responses to questions, comments, and thoughts which I happen to see when perusing different writers groups. I find it interesting to make my thoughts on these topics via this blog as much as I do responding to individual posts,. the difference, of course, is that lengthy responses on a Facebook post tend to get glossed over, so I make longer responses known ri...

Another weekend upon us and another weekend filled with activities that, as with many of us, involves that favorite lubricant; alcohol!Not entirely. Tonight we will be joining a “Retro Cocktail party” devised by a couple of friends from the yesteryear of high school. At one of our gatherings earlier this year, one of my friends quipped that it is too bad we no longer have ‘formal’ cocktail partie...

This new project is challenging me in so many ways. I have always been a sequential writer. A story comes to mind and I work it out sequentially.My last book, Fragments of Humanity, that was one that was different as it was not entirely sequential, but it was concurrently sequential. What I mean by that is the story was the same story repeated four times by four different primary characters. Each

It’s a little bit dystopian; a little bit sci-fi and every bit me. I have a style and a general concept behind all writing that relies on philosophical premises and the obsessive fixation our society, especially the men, have on sex. The truth is, even the most devout Christians find themselves secretly fantasizing in manners that would, essentially, be considered as some form of objectification....

Today was the official launch. This time around I have done a lot more networking, promoting and general discussion about the book. I have been on groups, commented, shared, done just about everything to get word out that there is, in fact, a new book out there.One of the things I did as soon as I had completed the book was to email a radio station here in Portland. They do what they calla "Perfec

So the new book goes live tomorrow morning. With that comes the crippling self-doubt. Much of that doubt comes from within, but there is always some external source of doubt. There are always those that do not like a particular style or genre; they can say it wasn't about the sex or violence, but the truth is sometimes that style makes a reader question the material. After all 'good writers' don't...

As I contemplated some concepts for the newly invigorated project it occurred to me that the writers mind is somewhat depraved and almost always indifferent. Int he real world, these are things that create a psychopath, but int he make believe world of a fiction writer, these are the things that make heroes out of men and women who put down words onto paper.Okay, maybe hero is a strong word; too s

With thanks to Dale Musser, after considering some things about writing, it occurred to me that there is an avenue I had been unwilling to consider. I have my pet projects - especially the first novel Middle of Nothing. I like the depth and philosophical direction. I like profound reading and I want to produce the kind of book that people read and just think "wow" when they finish.For that reason,

Here is the thing; if everyone had access to an agent and traditional publishers, the works we put out would be significantly different. But the self-published author has a large obstacle course in front if him as he tries to perfect not only his craft, but the craft of several others in the process.There are editors, copy editors, illustrators, cover designers, marketing personnel and public rela

You say it is a blessing to have vision, to see things others do not. Blessing? How about a fucking prison. Every day, everywhere, I see. That vision is one which makes me a constant ball of perversion walking around as if I were normal. Vision? Blessing? Everyone I see becomes a consumable. Someone to be used for my own imaginary pleasure followed by gratuitous imaginary pornography.No, this is n