I’m really looking forward to WestSide Books publishing my Young Adult novel Cracking the Ice in June. But I’ll be electronically publishing another novel, Bubba Goes for Broke, through Pentucket Publishing in the next couple weeks. A paper version will follow in a few months. To avoid confusion, I’m using the pseudonym David H. Bawdy for Bubba […]
Cracking the Ice – blurb # 2
A few weeks ago, I shared the first blurb for Cracking the Ice, my novel due out in early June and promised more. (A blurb is that glowing quote from another writer that when potential readers see it on the cover, prompts them to plunk down their hard-earned cash.) This next blurb comes from Greg Neri, author […]
Sale of a ghost story
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve sold “Automobile Graveyard” to the anthology Ghostology. The story is a personal favorite that came out of a scary situation, after which I asked,”What if?” I didn’t really want to go there, but the intensity of my own emotions carried into the story. Or at least I think so. It’s the only story […]
It’s great to be a writer
I just got back from a terrific writing workshop on the Oregon Coast run by Dean Wesley Smith and Kris Rusch along with visiting editors Denise Little and John Helfers. I was one of thirty-six professional writers who wrote two stories for prospective anthologies, one in advance and one while there. I never stepped foot on the […]
Watch that spellchecker
I had a run-in with Microsoft Word’s spellchecker today while working on a chapter in my latest novel. My villain referred to my hero as a little pissant, but the spellchecker auto-corrected that to a little puissant. I’m sure all of you know what a pissant is. Some of you may even thing I’m one. But here’s […]
Cracking the Ice – blurb #1
Every writer hopes to adorn the cover of his book with a glowing quote from another writer, the more prominent and respected the better. I’ve been collecting these “blurbs” for Cracking the Ice and figure it’s time to start sharing them. So here’s the first one. Joyce Carol Thomas has a list of awards that makes you shake your […]
Vanity Fair used to annoy me but not anymore
There’s something wrong about a magazine having its Table of Contents on page 38 and what’s more, it not being a complete table but rather one that just lists the feature stories. If you want a listing of the columns — and yes, it was a column I was looking for in Vanity Fair — you […]
More Music For Another World reviews
Some more good reviews have come out for Music For Another World, the British anthology that includes my story “Blue Note Heaven.” One review called it “one of the anthology’s most original stories” which was really nice to read. The trade paper version is still only available through Amazon UK, but there’s a Kindle version now. Here […]
Why we write
I was just going to list this in the Links for Writers page but felt it deserves extra attention. Tracy Hickman tells a story about why we write.
A short story sale!
My short story “The Floater” has sold to an anthology called Bride of the Golem. I really like this story and hope you will too. There’s no set publication date right now, but I’ll provide updates as they become available.