Sweet Dreams

My subconscious and I have never really gotten along. There's a vicious little bastard running things down there in the darkness and apparently he doesn't like me much. Night after night, he puts together the most twisted shit he can and runs a nightmare double-feature. Which is, in itself, annoying. I would like to get … Continue reading Sweet Dreams →

The World is Miserable, Solid All the Way Through

I've always wanted to blur the lines between fiction and reality, just the tiniest bit, just enough to make a reader turn and stare a little harder at the dark around them, wondering if there might be something lurking there. I've always had an extremely overactive imagination, but it's always based in reality. I scared … Continue reading The World is Miserable, Solid All the Way Through →

Sparked

For the last few months I've been feeling uninspired with regards to my writing. I haven't worked on a new story idea in months. Instead, I've been focusing on either editing stories, or rewriting stories I wrote years ago in the hopes that they could be salvaged. It's been a long stagnant period that I … Continue reading Sparked →

Pitfalls

There are two huge issues that I deal with when I'm writing, both of them dealing with me thinking too much. One happens immediately after I finish a story. Every story starts off as an idea in my head. I know, you're shocked. The process of the story going from my head to the computer … Continue reading Pitfalls →

The Healing Powers of Horror

Since I write horror, I often feel the need to defend it. It's the creepy, inbred cousin in the writing family, the one that you just know is going to pull an Ed Gein and live in a house decorated with body part furniture he got from a satanic Ikea. For me horror, in most … Continue reading The Healing Powers of Horror →

Rejection

Whenever I submit to a new place, I never get hung up on the possibility of being rejected. This is not the result of colossal arrogance or an ego that would dwarf this or any other solar system, but rather that I understand this is all part of the process. If I'm going to write, … Continue reading Rejection →

Blogging

Pretty much every piece of writing advice I've read has sternly recommended that, in order to be a writer, one has to write as often as possible. A writer must exercise that muscle frequently or it begins to atrophy. This means a painful, uphill battle everytime he or she wants to get to work. Blogging … Continue reading Blogging →