Postcard Shorts

I received some awesome news today.  A short story of mine has been picked up and published by "Postcard Shorts".  It's a very cool website that only accepts stories at 250 words or less (which can be quite a challenge to tell a fully developed story in such a short length).  Anyway, I just wanted to share the good news and if you would like to read my "postcard short" it's called Fried Chicken.  It's about a lowly chicken fryer who spends a little too much time alone.

An interesting tidbit about "Postcard Shorts", it started out as a challenge from a science fiction magazine editor to Arthur C. Clarke (among other authors) and he came up with a 250-word short story called "Quarantine".  You can find it on their website.

They are always looking for submissions so if you have a story you'd like to submit, why not send it along to them?

Write On Con

So I'm attending a writer's conference this week...but I'm not going anywhere!  It's an online writer's conference that starts on Tuesday (although writer's can post their work earlier) and it's called Write On Con.  The catch?  It's dedicated to writer's of children's literature but that includes picture books, middle grade, young adult and new adult so it's a broad range and includes every kind of genre imaginable.

The best part about this conference is they have some "ninja agents" who will be dropping into the forums and scanning the threads looking for some authors to represent or just provide some constructive criticism.

So if you're a writer of children's books with a manuscript that is complete (or almost there), this might be the conference for you.

I've submitted my latest work, "The Wizard Next Door" so if anyone would like to give it a read, you can find a few pages on those forums.  Links listed below.

Cheers and good luck!

The Wizard Next Door (Query Letter)

The Wizard Next Door (250 words)

The Wizard Next Door (First 5 pages)

No More MMOs

After doing some tinkering around with RPG Maker VX Ace for a couple of months, I finally came up with a game that is at least "demo" worthy.  I have posted it on the Steam Workshop if anyone would care to give it a try.  It's not the most mind boggling of games but I think it's a fair start.  I'm not sure that I'll expand on this idea anymore...at least anymore than I already have.  It really was a project that I put together to break my addiction to MMORPGs (hence the name) and I think it accomplished that as well.

Anyway, let me know what you think and enjoy!  Here's the LINK.

P.S.  I believe you will need to have RPG Maker VX Ace installed to play the game.  Sorry.  :(

This is me...wooing you!

UPDATE:  Vampire Savant is back up for sale and it looks like 86 units were "sold" during the free 5 day special.  Hopefully I'll get some feedback from readers in the not-too-distant future.

Now that I've gotten your attention...I'd just like to tell everyone that for a limited time, VAMPIRE SAVANT will be free on Kindle!  So if you were timid about giving it a read, now's the time to dive right in. The free promotion starts tomorrow (August 7) and ends Monday (August 11).

And after you've read it, if you feel like providing a critique or just some comments, I would really love that!

Otherwise, I've also been busy with a forum that I recently created for fellow authors to submit their works in a safe environment.  It's called Beta Books and while it's still in its infancy, I have high hopes.  So if you're looking for a place to submit your book to get some constructive criticism before you send it out to the masses, Beta Books might be just the thing you're looking for.