Writing ⁽⁵⁾

The cover of PlayGame, painted by Kurt Fillmore I've been having difficulty getting my longer fiction published. Maybe it would cost editors too much to buy them, due to their length. After all, at 8¢ per word, a 21,600 word story is $1,728. Pretty steep…

So what exactly is it that makes for good writing? By that I don't mean character or plot, how the story's pacing unfolds, no I mean what makes good words? What makes good sentences? A paragraph that by itself flows smoothly into the reader's brain?…

New Kids In Da Hood New Kids In Da Hood is the latest anthology in the Crimeucopia series from Murderous Ink Press. So thrilled to have a story of mine included in this volume. This particular edition features new and up coming writers from all…

The previous year and a half, say from late 2024 through 2025 has been an amazing time for me. I finished seven new stories ranging from a dozen pages to epic novellas (well epic for me) coming in at eighty six pages. The total of…

Some background on me. I've been writing for decades, since about the mid '70's. I did a few stories back then, and soon transitioned over to writing screenplays. I would write screenplays almost exclusively for the next forty years. Big reveal, I never did get…