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One for You, One for Me

Sick Things is now available at Amazon.com and other fine retailers. My longish story, "Ranching the Sleore," has one of the most bizarre climaxes I've written to date. This one isn't for the kiddos...but what do I write that is?

The cover art is er...eye catching. (sorry for the ocular reference)

Speaking of cover art, I had a peek at the cover for Blood Lite II: Overbite the other day...mums the word for now, but it is shiny.

Have a good weekend.

WIP Wednesday: It is Wednesday, Right?

I've been decidedly absent from the web the last week or so. I've been absent from writing, too.

I started June like a madman, and now I've hit the wall. The summer vacation wall. The "why-the-hell-am-I-more-busy-when-I'm-not-working" wall.

The only thing I've touched (writing-wise) in the last five days is a revision/rewrite of a piece I'm hoping makes it. Maybe I've just jinxed myself. Maybe not.

The boys did help me sort my old Lego sets, and we've been piecing together some classic sp...

What the Hell is an "Internet"?

I'm going to admit it: I "Google" my name once a week. Yes, I do this because I'm a writer, and all writers (at least those who publish) are a bit narcissistic at some level (even if we're closet narcissists). It's how I find most reviews of my short stories.

You find all sorts of interesting things when you "Google" your own name. Like this excerpt from one of my favorite stories at Every Day Fiction:

Billy was always eager to go on nights his mom worked late. We first entered the dark spaces ...

Five Question Friday: Andrea Pearson

Andrea Pearson, a Utah native, is a graduate of Brigham Young University (April 2010, bachelor of science degree in Communications Disorders), and awriter for a magazine called Mormon Artist. Her debut novel, The Key of Kilenya, will be released this July. She enjoys biking, music, watchingmovies and basketball, spending time with family and close friends, and reading. She can be reached through her blog, Twitter, or email, all listed on her website: http://andreapearsonbooks.com 1. If you...

You Know What's Really Scary?

Water in your basement. That's what.

We had a torrential downpour yesterday leading to water in the basement. We haven't dealt with this scenario in about five years, thank goodness.

So I'm quiet on the 'net. Be back when we're dry.

Oh, How Delightfully Sensational!

If you don't know about KV Talyor's The Red Penny Papers yet, it's time you gave it a gander. Not only is the artwork to die for, The Red Penny Papers is where you will find my serialized novella, Black Medicine Thunder and the Sons of Chaos, this fall.

Sensational, you ask?

Well, yes. Therein you will find:
undead buffalodeals with the devilall manner of facial scarsnecklaces made of human teethand a mean ol' bastard named Reaver

...not to mention a cameo (or two) by characters from...

Old Hobbies Die Hard

Although my wife may argue based on my earnings/time spent ratio, writing is not a "hobby" of mine; I consider it a vocation and treat it as such.

But one of my old, bona fide hobbies reared its costly head this weekend: wheeling and dealing Legos on eBay. It all started with the six-year-old and his desire for a retired Power Miners set...did they have to put all those pictures of the other sets in the back of the instruction manual?
Lego really knows how to market.
So I did a few searches...

Five Question Friday: Barry Napier

Barry Napier's fiction and poetry has appeared in more than 20 online and print publications. His dark fiction collection Debris is available through Library of Horror Press and limited edition chapbook The Final Study of Cooper M. Reid was released by Strange Publications in May. In 2011, Barry's novel, The Bleeding Room, will be published by Graveside Tales.

Barry enjoys coffee, minimalist ambient music and irony.
1. If your books could only have single color covers, what color would it be?

A ...

WIP Wednesday: Oh, Revisions, Where Art Thou?

As I often do after writing a longer piece (this time, Borrowed Saints), I've attacked short story mode with a kind of rabid fervor. I now have five (well, almost five) competed first (or second) drafts in need of revisions...some major, some minor. I also need to put the finishing polish on that 15K novella.

I usually like revising, but the ideas just keep coming of late, and I don't want to slow down. I'm also trying to let my stories sit longer. I want them to be masterpieces. I want their ...

The Perils of Living with Me

My wife found a note yesterday. She made the mistake of thinking it might be a love note left behind by her darling husband.

The first line read:

I'm a murderer, but I won't ever be able to convince anyone of that simple fact.

Looks like someone needs to keep his writing notes in a notebook, eh?