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In the Land of the Lost Colony
John White discovers the word “CROATOAN” carved at Roanoke’s fort palisade. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As covered in yesterday’s post, I had the pleasure and privilege of spending two weeks on vacation...
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Am I A “Four A” Writer?
In baseball, there’s a concept called the AAAA player, or 4A player — a player who does very well at the AAA level (the highest minor league level), but fails at the major league level. Sometimes I...
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Horror Lit? Yes. Horror Movies… Not So Much
While I write in multiple genres, my predominant genre is horror. Or maybe dark fantasy. But when I think of my identity as a writer, I generally consider myself a horror writer. Or, when I’m trying...
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2013 Reading Review
I refuse to call this my “obligatory” roundup of 2013 reading. No obligation here, just a voluntary recap of the best of 2013 and my personal reading goals, for those inclined to read. Note, this is...
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A Poetic Post
I like poetry. I really do. I like it although I hardly ever read it anymore. I like it even though my few attempts at writing it have been, well, less than successful. I like it even though my...
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Wading into the Quicksand of Genre Awards Season
As I’ve written about before, I’m a bit of a lurker when it comes to the various genre communities in which I write (primarily horror, but a decent amount of fantasy as well). But I do my best to...
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My Favorite Childhood Books
When I was a kid, I was a ridiculously voracious reader. I was that kid who read while he walked in the school halls, the kid who spent all summer afternoon in a chair with a stack of books and...
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Those Evil Kids!
Saw this story about “The Shining” twins — the actresses who played the creepy Grady sisters in the movie version of Stephen King’s classic apparently attended a screening of Dr. Strangelove, and...
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Two Birthdays: Charles Dickens and Karen Joy Fowler
Today is the birthday of two authors I enjoy: one, the literary giant Charles Dickens, and two, contemporary author Karen Joy Fowler, whose work spans the gamut of genre and whose novel WE ARE ALL...
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All Aboard the Amtrak Writer’s Residency
All Aboard the Amtrak Writer’s Residency! The internet (and particularly the Twitterverse) is all abuzz about the new, developing-as-we-speak Amtrak writer’s residency program, a program started in...
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