“A Dish Best Served” started simply with a desire to use an multi-course meal as the vehicle for a story. I started writing with the critic vs. chef theme, and the rest of the story came out of the pen on its own (or with the help of my favorite Poe story, “A Cask of … Continue reading
Well, having finished excerpts from all my Detective Jimmy Delaney stories, it’s time to start back at the beginning of my short fiction. When I decided to take up the pen as my creative outlet in the early part of this millennia, I wasn’t yet churning out ideas, and wanted something that meant something to … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Three blog posts made as usual, and I continue to keep up with commenting on other people’s posts. I currently have six unpublished stories making the rounds of the markets. I just discovered a couple of sites to help me find new markets (they’ve been around a while, I’m sure, but I … Continue reading
“Hard Times” started by seeing too many commercials with women in blue dresses warning me to see a doctor if it lasts more than four hours (the things you see advertised on television now; why, when I was a kid…) And there are all the running jokes about ads for any medication that list the … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Three blog posts made, and at least three comments posted on others’ blogs. So far, so good this year. I’ve been lackadaisical about sending my stories out to market – as of this writing, I have four that should be in circulation, but only one is out there (and the market in … Continue reading
I will now turn Fractured Fridays toward one of my two series – Detective Jimmy Delaney. I didn’t intend to write a detective story, let alone a series. Sure, I like to have a little mystery, misdirection and reveal in my fiction, but I write speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, and light horror), not police and … Continue reading
After all the references I make to voices in my head, do you really wonder where this week’s featured story “The Voices” came from? Here’s the blurb: Billy Thompson knows the voices are real, even if they are just in his head. Or are they coming from somewhere else? And here’s this week’s excerpt: Billy … Continue reading
