Ten Thirty-one books has published my seventh story, and the second in my Monster series, “My Monster Can Beat Up Your Monster“. If you’ve followed this blog, you know that the story was originally published in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, Issue 25. Gel is a monster assigned to a little girl named Patricia. She puts him…
My resolution to write a short-story per month in 2017 is still on track. I’ve got four short stories under my belt already. And that kind of productivity is starting to cause problems. First, my critique group is getting overloaded. When I was pumping out stories less than 5000 words (the submission limit for my…
The second video for “The Story Behind the Story” on “The Truth from a Lie of Convenience.” is up on Youtube. This one chronicles my Writers of the Future winning story. Part 2 covers the first, second, and third draft of the stories, and the troubles I had making the story work well enough to become…
There’s a new series video on my educational channel on Youtube called “The Story Behind the Story“. This one chronicles my Writers of the Future winner, “The Truth from a Lie of Convenience.” Part 1 covers my idea genesis, the characters, setting, and conflict. If you have a question you’d like me to address, please…
My second story published in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine is another monster-bases story. This one is called, “My Monster Can Beat Up Your Monster.” Gel is a monster assigned to a little girl named Patricia, who is sort of a brat. When she comes home and tells Gel that he has to fight her rival’s monster,…