Dear Fox,

Regarding your upcoming sci-fi western you're planning on broadcasting: I'm not certain the over-paid executives who came up with the idea are aware of this, but the interest in the genre? All Firefly related. Your giant potential audience? All very passionate, very angry Firefly fans who hate you, yes you personally, for the show's ( Read more... )

I have had an epiphany that I'm sure others have already had. But I would like to share this one with you, anyway.

The question of "What use does literature serve?" isn't a new one. Back in 1579, Sir Philip Sidney wrote "In Defense of Poesy", an argument for the virtue of fictional literature. Because pre-dating that time, it was seen simply as ( Read more... )

Despite an impending snow-pocalypse, 1001 Insomniac Nights has been updated!

We had just gotten back home from the bar. I had managed to get Brent to drink about four beers more than he should have, and he was the drunkest he’d ever been in his life. Still, I was the one leaning on his shoulder.

Time is short (lots and lots and lots of dog drama) so I'll keep it simple. 1001 Insomniac Nights has been updated.

“Kinky sex.”

The girl’s eyes widened. She had certainly never heard that from a customer. “What?”

“It’s the middle of the night. Couples are probably getting ice-cream so they can have kinky sex. Me, I just got off work and I’d like ( Read more... )

Cross posted from 1001 Insomniac Nights .

Here’s a free tip to all aspiring writers: If you want your readers to love your characters, you better love them too. Because your reader will know. Believe me, they will know.

This was the lesson Holly taught me, in all her passion and charm. When I was writing 1001 Insomniac Nights, Holly was my favorite ( Read more... )

So despite forgetting to tweet, LJ, or facebook the news, 1001 Insomniac Nights was, indeed, updated on Friday. Or, it was supposed to, anyway. Auto-post decided to be a pain, apparently. But regardless, it's up now. Had I not been under the weather, yesterday, I might have noticed sooner. As well as did the usual advertising.

Regardless. Or even, ( Read more... )

Since I'm going to be spending tonight and tomorrow with family celebrating Christmas, and most of my readers are probably doing the same, 1001 Insomniac Nights is going up a day early this week. Watch as our narrator faces the dangers of the mall on Christmas Eve - and shopping for a girl that has a crush on you.


She considered. “Were you looking ( Read more... )

You guessed it - another 1001 Insomniac Nights has been posted.
“My name is Guy van Hellsing.”

I looked closely at his gun license, then back at him. “But this says your name is Dan Pierce.”

He snatched it back from me with a panicked look, then forced the calm, reserved expression back on his face. “That’s just my earthly name. But my soul’s name ( Read more... )

I think I'll be doing a pair of 1k1in tweets tomorrow. I think there are two decent one liners in there.

So last night I ended up typing up an outline for lengthening Crimson Mask. While I am very, very happy with what I've got, a part of me still wants to add to the story. A couple of sub-plots never quite got ironed out properly, a couple of characters didn't get enough screen time, and I never really felt like I captured the essence of the urban ( Read more... )