I was talking with a co-worker who was about five chapters or so into Headless, and he compared Akio, one of the two main protagonists, to Hooch from the movie, Turner and Hooch. Hooch is the dog. I have not seen the movie, but I think his comparison is appropriate. He said that Akio is the …
I did a photo shoot recently because I really needed new ones. The hair has gotten kind of long as you can see. And we had some fun with a katana. Here a few of the favorites. Which one jumps out at you as a good back cover/book flap image? P.S. Thanks to my friend …
On June 7th, I shared the results of my new cover poll for Headless. And I shared what I planned to do. I decided to combine a couple of the covers by giving one of the illustrations of the characters to the designer who did the most popular cover. And here are the results! Character …
I've posted a new story on my Extras page. It is a very short, 100-word story from a writing prompt at phantomsway.com. Click the tree. And let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash The results are in! First off, thank you to everyone who voted in my poll and gave me such great comments! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. I've been thinking about it a lot. The votes that hold a lot of weight for me are from people whom I know …
As we all know, a book really is judged by its cover. At least at first. It catches your eye on the shelf or on the webpage, and you think, "Ooh, THAT looks interesting. What's it about?" I've had the current cover of Headless for a year and a half now, and I've gotten some …
[Photo by Oliver Hihn on Unsplash] I wake in the morning IDEAS brimming BREATH flowing inspired to MAKE LIFE AMAZING and then I get online check email and facebook the news stabs a knife in my gut my soul is sucked to a husk I shut down folded like a fall leaf crushed underfoot ground into pavement a …
Photo by Randall Honold on Unsplash The other evening I was a little annoyed. I had planned to clean my apartment (including the dishes), answer all my emails, balance my checkbook, finish one of the novels I'm reading, finish writing my current novel, write ten more novels, run a marathon, climb Mount Everest, be the first human on …
Do you ever feel like someone slipped an invisibility potion into your morning cereal? I think it's happened to me this week. Texts have gone ignored, emails unanswered, phone calls unreturned. Maybe it's more like an unimportance potion, where anything coming from you just doesn't feel relevant. An irrelevancy potion. Every artist's deepest fear. The …
[Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash] or pique. In my recent newsletter to my adoring fans, part of the subject line read, "and a first peak at the sequel!" Ugh. I am the kind of guy who rereads emails ten times to make sure every comma is in place and there are no misspellings or other egregious errors. …
