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Another Hell Becomes Her Exceprt

Not a real elf.Thank you so very much for following me here on my blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, wherever.  It’s great.  Every little bit helps.  As a small token of appreciation, here’s another preview of my upcoming Hell Becomes Her, the sequel to my award-winning Tears of Heaven .  Enjoy!
“Elves?” Del asked.  “They’re a myth.”
“You’re a myth,” Jane replied.
Del narrowed her eyes at the other woman before she realized the Jane wasn’t doing a grown-up version of I-know-y...

Frustrated? Me Too!

I'm the greatest writer ever, but only half the time!Writers get frustrated all the time.  We dwell in a world of diametrically opposite emotions.  On the one hand, we’re the GOD EMPEROR OF THE UNIVERSE, able to build up or tear down entire civilizations.  We give and take life on a cruel, cruel whim.  We throw good, kind, strong characters into a meat grinder and laugh with evil, maniacal glee.

On the other hand, we wallow in self-pity and self-depreciation.  Writing...

Excerpt — Dark Holes Between

Here's a bit of a steampunk short story that I'm finishing up for an anthology.  This is set in the same world of Aubrey Hartmann who debuted in And Into A Watery Grave , but this time in the neighboring realm of Hamill—who you may remembered fought against our hero in the short Grenadiers and Dragon's Fire .  We're a decade or so previous to those events, so Hamill is still a kingdom, and not yet the Glorious Republic of Hamill who fight against the Estro-Breitag Empire.

Enjoy!

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I'm Gonna Ride On

How we deal with death is at least as
important as how we deal with life.Maturing and becoming an author with aspirations towards it being a full time gig has really changed out how interact with folks online, especially social media.  It used to be that I was always up for a good debate.  But not everyone understand that a debate is vastly different from yelling, “You’re wrong!  You’re wrong!  You’re wrong!”  As a consequence, I’ve grown more circumspect in how I appr...

More and More Numbers and another Milestone

Guns don't kill demons—but they sure help!Yes.  Finally.  Here it is. Tears of Heaven has hit 100!
To be exact 101 sales!
Here are the numbers for those of you keeping score at home.
This year, 2015, has already been remarkable.  The next installment of Del’s and Marrin’s story, Hell Becomes Her...

The Huns are Coming!

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Push vs. Pull—Fight!

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The Evil Dead - Reboot

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Awesome Words of Awesomeness

I'm scared, Sarge.Want to write in the fantasy genre but not certain to start.  Here’s a primer for all the great, bold and beautiful things that a fantasy epic should—nay, MUST—include.  Feel free to take notes.  There may or may not be a test on this later.
Black Hats v. White Hats—One race or group is designated the Bad Guys and they’re all bad, no matter what.  They’re all Orcs and they’re naturally just mean and evil and vile and bad.  Really bad.  There’...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>

Bad Bots and the Women—and Men—who Love Them!

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