You guys know I'm writing a book about Blitzen Trapper, right? It's going to be a slim little volume about the album FURR, which was a big deal nationally in 2008. I'm doing boatloads of research, I need some new hardware, and I'm interviewing the band themselves for this thing. Trying to get publishers interested. But I need a little help. If you' ( Read more... )

Guys, with just about 2 days left for my Kickstarter campaign, things are really heating up. Many, MANY thanks to kylet for his generous donation, pushing me to just about $300 until I hit my goal ( Read more... )

Hey everyone ( Read more... )

Between 1999 and 2009, I wrote seventeen novels. Seventeen novels in a decade. No matter how you look at it, that’s pretty impressive. And it’s not like all of those books were tiny little tossed off manuscripts, either. I did a few for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, in which the goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. I’ ( Read more... )

This year has been ... kind of a challenge.

Now look. 2012 and 2013 were two of the best years of my life. Maybe the best years. I had a great sketch group I’d brought to the New York City Sketch Fest. I was writing constantly and getting paid for a lot of it. I ran a comedy show every week at a bar near my house. I had a great job that ( Read more... )

In prep for NaNo this year, a list of my past accomplishments:

1. Spare Parts (1999) - 52, 036 words
2. I’m On Fire (1999) - 82, 584 words
3. The Eighth Acre (1999) - 63, 892 words
4. Open All Night (2000) - 100, 912 words
5. The Color of Blood and Rust (2000) - 64, 561 words
6. Wolves in the Black (2001) - 84, 182 words
7. Find the River (2001 ( Read more... )

10-23-10

What I’m Reading Now: (Not That You Asked), by Steve Almond ( Read more... )

08-26-09

Current Word Count: Roller Disco Saturday Night: 199, 039 words [DONE]
What I’m Reading Now: Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut

Um. Um.

Let’s take a moment and breathe. Breathe in. Breathe out. Calm.

Seventeen. Now, that’s a magical number, isn’t it? Seventeen. As in: I was seventeen when I read Gerald’s Game for the first time. Or ( Read more... )

With my novel on hiatus until I finish the trivia book (which should happen this weekend), creativity burbles out of me in unexpected ways. I don't write poetry or songs often - it's my one form of writing that is not written on an expected schedule - but when the mood strikes, I jump ( Read more... )

01-21-09

Current Word Count: Roller Disco Saturday Night, 121, 157 words

What I'm Reading Now: The First Quarry, by Max Allen Collins ( Read more... )