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It Was A Month (#IWSG February 2018)

My wife's surgery went well. Actual recovery is a long and hard process. Life is hectic. It's a struggle to balance everything, and in case it wasn't hectic enough I also took a promotion at work. I'm actually kinda torn about it because it's a lot more work and part of me feels I need to move on to something different, but the money is just too much to pass up right now. There is not enough

2018 Starts Off On A High Note (#IWSG January 2018)

Holy crap, it's 2018. For those paying attention, my story "Gussy Saint and the Case of the Missing Coed" was selected as a winner in the IWSG 2017 Anthology Contest! I was definitely not expecting that. The official announcement was just this morning, but I found out about two weeks ago, and along with finding out on Christmas Day that another of my stories had been shortlisted for another

Happy New Year!

I don't have anything else to say. I just needed to post something today to officially break my record for most posts in one year. This is number 72, breaking 2015's previous record of 71! Happy New Year everyone! All the best I you and yours in 2018!

2017: Year-in-Review

Usually I end the year with a short update about my writing progress the last twelve months, with a little bit of my personal life thrown in. This year, there have been so many personal struggles for my family that I can't happily brag about publishing a couple of stories and gaining some Twitter followers. I'm not looking for sympathy or condolences. I don't know if I will even mention most

Any Mummers 'llowed In?

The knock came again, fierce and aggressive. "Who's that?" asked the old woman, rocking slowly by the fire. The lights were dimmed, the lights blinking in-and-out on the Christmas tree, reflecting against tin ornaments and throwing dancing, prismatic rainbows against the wall. The boy peaked through the tattered curtains of the picture window and his eyes grew wide. "It's mummers,

December Audiobook Reviews

Last month I raved about how I'd discovered audiobooks and couldn't believe they were missing from my life. I've been flying through books the last few weeks, "reading" more books in a month and a half than I did the full year prior, and my pace doesn't shown signs of stopping. I figured since I was going through them anyway, I might as well take the time to jot down a few of my thoughts, both

All I Want for Christmas is Surgery (#IWSG December 2017)

As I'm writing this, we are patiently waiting to hear from the hospital as to when my wife will be going in for spinal surgery. It's scary, but we're looking at it as a good thing. My wife has been in severe pain and off work for four months. Surgery will (fingers crossed) fix the pain and give her a chance to get back to a semblance of a normal life. As I've hinted at repeatedly, life has

I Just Discovered I Love Audiobooks

For the longest time I was hesitant to listen to audiobooks. I found nothing inherently wrong with them, they just didn't seem to be for me. For some reason my mind wandered whenever I listened, and unlike when reading and you miss something, with audiobooks it's especially hard to go back and re-read/listen to parts you missed. It just didn't seem worth the effort. Those opinions were formed

INTERVIEW with Author D de Carvalho

Looking for the hottest new steamy romance writer? Look no further, because I've got your hook-up! In the latest installment of my writer interview series, I sit down with D de Carvalho, an up-coming erotica writer with a penchant for BDSM and all things pink. It's a fun little conversation and I think you should do yourself a favour and check out the interview, and the links, below. THE

REMAKES Blog Fest: The Music

Hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh and Heather M. Gardner. Remakes – most of them suck. Now and then, one comes along that is as good as, if not better, than the original. And after all of the bad ones we’ve endured, we want to know about some good ones. On November 13, 2017, blog about your favorite remake: movie (or television show into movie and vice versa), song, or book – or all three! Post a