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A Message to My Teenaged Self

Dear 17-year-old Eric: Greetings from the future. I know it’s probably weird getting a letter from someone so old, especially when the oldster is yourself. Yes, I am your older self writing from the year 2025. No, we don’t have flying cars, but the computers talk. And robots vaccuum the carpets. And people are angrierContinue reading “A Message to My Teenaged Self”

New Year, New Projects

I think it was Søren Kierkegaard who said, “Writing is like exercise; do it often and you’ll be totally swole.” (Don’t Google that.) Point being, even if we fall short in our goals and expectations, we can always learn from our mistakes and improve. We’ve all fallen short at some point. There are stories brewingContinue reading “New Year, New Projects”

The Tough Writing Year

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”

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”