... since I posted anything here. I peek in and read your updates every now and then, but rarely have time to blog myself. I'm doing good simply to keep my Southern Fried Shorts page alive or visit twitter or Facebook with an update every now and then. The boys are growing, I love my job, I've been training for a marathon, and life, in general, is ( Read more... )

-from "Deep Oblivion" by David Lowery

Yes, I’m alive. Been crazy busy this summer: There are
increased responsibilities in the day job, two growing boys keeping me busy at
home, writing and editing duties, and additional promotional stuff for Southern Fried Weirdness: Reconstructiongoing on behind the scenes. But it’s not all crazy busy-ness.  ( Read more... )

So, here it is, I'm 33 today. I have no clue how that happened. Some days I still feel like a confused teenager. Other days, I sit down and hit the bed and feel like I'm 80. Age is relative, I guess. Perhaps even a little meaningless, too.

Anyway, it's been a nice day. The boys have been getting along (so far, don't want to jinx it) and it is a ( Read more... )

Here's a brief description: Clover’s Story is a universal tale about life, marriage, infidelity, and masculinity. We’re all born in teacups, start off small, and grow. It is based on true events that happened somewhere over the rainbow inside a wardrobe where princesses kiss frogs only to find the wings of partially digested flies stuck between ( Read more... )

... and yes, I'm still alive. Just focusing my attention on various writing and editing projects these days. For those of you with Facebook and Twitter accounts, I do tend to be pretty active on those sites. Quick status updates don't take as much time as blog entries, after all. If you'd like to follow/friend me and haven't done so already, my ( Read more... )

Recent publications:

• "A Patchwork Pillow" was published in the 2nd hand. It's a strange story, mixing multiple genres and story threads purposefully: http://www.the2ndhand.com/web69/patchwork.html.
• An interview with Megan Arkenberg regarding her story "The Celebrated Carousel of the Margravine of Blois" for Fantasy Magazine: http://www.fantasy- ( Read more... )

The busy-ness continues, but this is really a good thing! :)  Between the family, the day job, the Fantasy Magazine gig, trying to fit in time to jog 4 miles every other day or so to enjoy this awesome weather, and other pending obligations, there's really no time to be bored, that's for sure! Just a note of what I'm working on: Continuing to write ( Read more... )

• An interview with Darby Harn over at Fantasy Magazine: http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2011/01/darby-harn-its-in-our-blood/. Speaking of Fantasy Magazine, the annual poll for best story of the year for 2010 is now open for voting here: http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2011/02/best-fantasy-story-of-2010/. Tough competition. There were many great ( Read more... )

I'm still mostly unseen on the social networks but staying really busy. Here's proof:

• Chapter II of TOUCH is now available. Here's the link to Chapter II: The Bloody Orange Grove: http://touchanonlinenovel.blogspot.com/2011/01/chapter-ii-bloody-orange-grove.html. In case you missed Chapter I: The Guardrail, it is available here: http:// ( Read more... )

Typing this really quickly before heading out the door to help my parents get their tree up and decorate before watching the SEC championship game. (WAR EAGLE!!!) Just a few updates:

• I have published a couple reviews at Skull Salad Reviews for Lavie Tidhar's An Occupation of Angels (http://skullsaladreviews.blogspot.com/2010/11/occupation-of- ( Read more... )