There’s an old saw among writers that writing is easy, it’s getting all the words in the right order that is the hard part. While it’s funny, it’s also true. There are many stories that are very flat, telling you pretty much what happened, in order, without really digging into the heads of the characters. […]
Review: “Bus Driver Man” by Duncan Ralston (2014)
Since I tend to write more short fiction than any other format, it should be no surprise I read much of the same. Often those stories are in anthologies, but sometimes they are standalone works, as is the case with this one. Mr. McAllister is a bus driver, and like most in his profession, he’s […]
Review: “City of the Dead” / “Horror Hotel” (1960)
One thing I will say up front about reviewing anything that isn’t contemporary: it’s important to view it in the lens of the time it was produced. For example, you can’t knock a 1930s space alien movie for having cheesy special effects when they were likely doing the best they could for the time period. […]
Update: April 29, 2020
Things have been plugging along on the writing and editing front. Interestingly enough, I have been going more done lately not because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but because several projects converged at the same time. I’m working at home for my primary job, as I’m blessed to work for a technology company with a very […]
Review: “Sea of the Unknown” by Jay Swanson (2020)
This is my wife’s fault. Before she and I started dating in 2015, she had gone to Paris and Amsterdam with a BFF and had absolutely fallen in love with Paris. Yeah, she loved Amsterdam too, but that’s not what this story is about. 🙂 As we started to look at places to go for […]
Welcome to my brand new website!
Thank you for stopping by! I’ve been wanting to revamp my website to give it a more maintainable and fresh look, plus set it up for e-commerce, so here you go. This is the start of it. Granted, it’s looking ragged right now, but hey, it’s gotta start somewhere, right? 🙂 I’m also going to […]