The question then becomes: How much abuse am I willing to take in order to have a publisher or an agent? How much of my self-esteem is up for grabs in order to crack the publishing marketplace?
Is this a writing culture thing?
Is this “just the way it is?”
Is this – God help me – normal?
FIVE YEARS IN: Part Two "The Teeny Tiny Oak Gets Run Over by a Bulldozer"
What had seemed awesome was suddenly not awesome. What seemed like a cool, gracious, supportive online community became contentious, battering, hateful.
I wanted to step away. I wanted to, maybe, forget the whole thing and go back to screenwriting. Better the sharks you know, I figured.
Instead, I wrote.
FIVE YEARS IN: Part One "The Acorn that Became the Teeny Tiny Oak"
COVER REVEAL FOR "THE MIDNIGHT EXHIBIT" -- COMING 1/23/2020 FROM UNNERVING PRESS
“Fail-Safe” Reprinted in Nightmare Magazine
Signed with Elizabeth Copps / Maria Carvainis Agency
New Story Release - THE REJECTS
2018 Recap / Bragger-Blog Post
Behold the Void Reissue - Cover Reveal & Pre-Order
Behold the Void Wins "Charles Dexter Award" for Best Collection
Official Announcement for CONTEMPLAD EL VACIO
It’s been incredibly satisfying to have my stories from my debut collection, BEHOLD THE VOID, branching out into new languages and new territories. With the Czech release of HLED, PRAZDNOTA earlier this year, and now I can officially announce CONTEMPLAD EL VACIO, from Dilatando Mentes Editorial (Spain)…
Signed with Janet Reid / New Leaf Literary
BEHOLD THE VOID Is Officially Certifiable
BEHOLD THE VOID Hits 200 Reviews on Goodreads
Czech Edition of BEHOLD THE VOID Released
Pleased to announce the Czech edition of BEHOLD THE VOID — released August 7, 2018 from Gnom! Publishing / Pulp Robot, translated and edited by Jakub Nemecek, with cover art by Tomas Kucerovsky.
Publication Day for OVERNIGHT from Unnerving Press
A Change of Plans -- JournalStone Editions of Behold the Void, Sacculina & Fragile Dreams to go OOP - BTV Reissue Announced
It’s with a strained but buoyant heart I write this post.
The last few years have been nothing short of amazing. It’s been thrilling to produce new work, to see it published, and to watch with a sense of awe as readers gravitated to my books – supporting me and my stories in a bigger way than I would have, or could have, ever imagined possible…