I’m not gonna lie: 2024 can suck it. This year was the most draining, challenging, and personally unfulfilling writing year in a while. I wrote some books (THE OCEAN HUGS HARD and BLOOD FAMILY), I started drafting another book (A sooper seekret project with another author, my first co-writing project), I saw the publication ofContinue reading “The Tough Writing Year”
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What is Blood Family?
Get exicted to meet the family. Blood Family is the third book in the four-part Martyr’s Vow series published by Shadowspark Publishing. It will hit the streets Dec. 15, 2024, mere days from now. The first part of the Martyr’s Vow series is Accursed Son, which introduces the main protagonist Armand Tarkanian (later called TarkContinue reading “What is Blood Family?”
My Philcon Adventure
I attended Philcon, the annual convention sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, the weekend before Thanksgiving. I’ve attended Philcon off and on fro about eighteen years, first as a game designer (for Ravaged Earth, an rpg I had published in 2008 and 2012) and more recently as a fiction author. Though sparsely attended, IContinue reading “My Philcon Adventure”
Blood Family Cover Reveal
The cover for Blood Family, the third book in The Martyr’s Vow series, is here! Check out the awesome work by artist Greg Chapman! Here’s the spooky blurb: A bloodline curse haunts monster hunter Armand Tarkanian, granting him the ability to summon the dead. But the more spirits he channels, the more supernatural energy threatens toContinue reading “Blood Family Cover Reveal”
Spooky Season Endeth
I’ve been radio silent here during October, but that doesn’t mean it was an uneventful month. Quite the contrary. It was busy during spooky season. I watched horror movies I haven’t previously seen and developed an appreciation for the genre. In all, I watched Salem’s Lot, The Shining, Fright Night, Trick r Treat, Maximum Overdrive,Continue reading “Spooky Season Endeth”
Short Story September
This month has been especially busy for me. I worked on four short stories, averaging one per week. I’ve never written four short stories in a month before, and the output has been tremendous. Of these, one is a novelette, weighing in at about 12,000 words. I’ve also set my sights on writing a taleContinue reading “Short Story September”
Birthday Cake and Stress
Celebrated another birthday today in what was a really difficult month. I’m not one for kvetching in public, but damn. The last 30 days were a doozy. Like the Ninth Circle of Hell doozy. Today was different. I slowed down. Relaxed. My wife made me my favorite Armenian meal and we got a coconut birthdayContinue reading “Birthday Cake and Stress”
Happy Summer
It’s a sweltering inferno where I live, a humid and oppressively hot summer. Writing now is not ideal, but I escape on weekends to an undisclosed location with air conditioning and a swimming pool and find it a suitable writing retreat. Whatever makes the words happen, right? The second book of The Martyr’s Vow series,Continue reading “Happy Summer”
The Ocean Hugs Hard
The Ocean Hugs Hard, my folk horror/cosmic horror/sunshine noir novel about lost innocence, conspiracies, and tentacles, is out now! This is the book I’ve been working on since 2020, and it’s finally in print (or eBook if you prefer that). Harman Bass, the novel’s reluctant protagonist, is a cub reporter for a weekly newspaper inContinue reading “The Ocean Hugs Hard”
Snuggle Up With Cozyish
Cozyish, an anthology of (mostly) cozy stories, has been released into the wild from Shadow Spark Publishing! This hefty volume is now available on the ‘Zon for your reading pleasure here. Cozyish is the third annual anthology from Shadow Spark (the others, Panthology and Horn(y), contain two of my stories as well). This weighty tomeContinue reading “Snuggle Up With Cozyish”
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