A Poem: “Wrong Mailbox”

Wrong Mail Box Fiancées wedding shower. I am the solitary man at this gathering, Unaware that men are not Invited to these things, But anticipating The outing I have devised for later For my future bride: Italian Bistro and “Will Rogers Follies” For now I wander the dimly lit cavernous halls of the church, For

New Podcast Up: We Appraise Some Rare Books

In this special holiday episode, we spend some quality time (8 minutes or so) appraising rare books that our listeners wrote us about.  It should get messy. Find it here.

A Pattern Found In the Work of Philip K. Dick

I have, and always shall be, a fan of Phillip K. Dick.  I know that there were some questionable practices in his life, namely drug use, but his writing stands out as some of the most amazing and unique prose in the genre of science-fiction.  I don’t believe that he wrote his novels while in

Blog Spam Is Sometimes Hilarious

I am not really sure where it comes from, but I will often get comments to my blog posts that are…well…nonsensical spam.  Today I decided to post some examples of this for your enjoyment, and since this is a blog about writing, the sad thing would be that these writers are wasting their time writing this

My Horrible Dream About the Zack Snyder Batman Movie

As a writer, one of my richest sources for material comes from my dreams, but I had a sort of odd nightmare last night that so disturbed me that I had to write about it in today’s blog.  It should produce a chuckle or two. As you can see above, I have done the best

Friday Flash Fiction: Siri 4

It had been a bad day for Talia. She sat in the driver’s seat of her Tesla 2, shooting down the interstate, her thumbs texting away on her polyclear phone, updating her status as “single” yet again.  The cars ahead of her began to slow, and even though the roads were now completely safe and

Woody Allen Gives Brilliant Interview

Observe as Woody Allen spins out joke after joke, completely deadpan, from an incredibly creative mind. Oh, to have his creative spark!

Podcast Preview: Why Self Publish?

On the Fridays before our new podcast episode airs, I will be writing a little blog preview of what we will be discussing on the show.  I absolutely love the podcast idea, and it has been so much fun creating them.  The podcasts debut on every other weekend, so hop on over to iTunes and

Arrested Development: Good Writing Comes Around

This hysterically written show, created by Mitchell Hurwitz and starring Jason Bateman, Portia DeRossi, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale and Jessica Walter nearly fell through the cracks back when it aired on FOX between 2003-2006.  The show was narrated by Ron Howard, for crying out loud.  The critics loved the

Well, the World Didn’t End…But In My New Book It Did

Today is the release date for Book 3: Babylon the Great the third installment of the This Broken Earth trilogy soon to be released together as a print edition in January.  For now, you can get your copy on Amazon only as Nook is having “techical difficulties” for some reason.  I uploaded on Wednesday, but