Top 10 Novel to Movie Adaptations
Being the holidays and having just suffered a computer crash I have taken the easy way out and ripped another top 10 list from LitReactor available at the following link:...
View Article2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,100 times in 2011. If it...
View Article“The Key” Now Out in Morpheus Tales #15
At last issue #15 of Morpheus Tales, a UK quarterly magazine of horror and science fiction, has arrived! “It’s a beautiful casket.” The story begins as a boy finds a key around his dead father’s neck...
View ArticleTwo New Published Stories! (Kinda New)
Good news today as two of my previously published stories have been picked up in anthologies! I spent about 8 months writing a long piece and the accompanying synopsis, then had a bunch of rejections...
View ArticleParadisus
I have several stories out, waiting for a response: -Always a Soldier sent to Dark Discovery in 12/11 -The Cost that Lies Between Heaven & Earth sent to Heavy Metal Magazine 1/12 -Reflections sent...
View ArticleMeeting Larry Hama (and many other amazing talents)
It’s always a pleasure when you meet someone your a fan of, or admire, and they turn out to be a geniuinely great person. Many creative people that are successful can be arrogant and treat you like a...
View ArticlePax Scribendi, Hiatus Over
After an intense 6 week course of MBA 707, a rude introduction to a derecho, and a dastardly cat named Cocoa eating the powercord cord of my Mac Book, I have finally begun writing again. The MBA is...
View ArticleThe Art of Will Conrad: The Cherry on my Office Sundae
In my home office, that I primarily use for writing, I have been trying to surround myself with things that I enjoy (obviously) as well as inspire me and get me excited creatively. At the center of my...
View ArticlePseudopod Rejects “Colony” (but in a nice way!)
One of my favorite horror sites, Pseudopod (who happened to publish my very first story), has just rejected my short story “Colony.” The responding editor had some good things to say though: “Thank...
View ArticleWord Fantasy Convention 2012
I finally made it to a writers convention. After a few years of thinking about it I finally decided it was time to go, but the universe seemed to conspire against me. Fist came the bitch storm, Sandy....
View ArticleLiving in the Post-Apocalypse World
It has been too long since my last post. So much has happened…a 6 week MBA course that derailed my writing is now in the books….the world did not end, we learned that the Mayans just weren’t so good...
View ArticleSpanish Inquisition = Publication (At Last)
I guess the 10th time is a charm! My story “The Cost that Lies Between Heaven and Earth” has found a home. The story is about Queen Isabella and the Spanish Inquisition. What could possibly cause an...
View ArticleFeedback from the Steel Cities Anthology
I’m on the bubble of being accepted into the Steel Cities Anthology. That’s what senior editor Steve Ramey told me; however, there are still some 57 other stories yet to review. As one of my...
View Article“Little Pieces” in Haunts & Horrors Anthology
After a mind numbing six-week course on International Business where I debated such fascinating topics such as how Latvia could have better transitioned to the Euro as opposed to devaluing their...
View ArticleNavigating Through a Sea of Writing Failure
For the first time since I’ve been published I’ve hit, what is for me, my low point. I’ve made no posts, because I’ve had no work accepted for publication in the year 2014! Admittedly, my volume has...
View ArticleSlump Busting: The Writer’s Addition
Uhm, if you say so… Mark Grace could play baseball. He played for 16 years and ended his career with a .303 batting average. Dude could hit. How’d he do it, hard work, dedication, years of practice,...
View ArticlePseudopod Flash Fiction Contest IV
If you enjoy dark fiction/horror head on over to Pseudopod’s flash fiction contest. Head over to the forum: http://forum.escapeartists.net/index.php?topic=8916.0 Then sign up for free, leave a comment...
View ArticleMy short story “The Key” reprinted in: Morpheus Tales: The Best Weird Fiction...
At long last my drought is over! Well, sort of… Morpheus Tales has selected my previously published short story “The Key” for their Best Weird Fiction Volume 5. Needless to say, I’m grateful to have...
View ArticleMy Story: “Always a Soldier” is Published in Morpheus Tales 30. Out Now!
Morpheus Tales 30 is out now! The thirtieth issue of the UK’s most controversial weird fiction magazine! Featuring: The Grab Bag By Jack D. Zeidman Illustrated By Mark Pexton, Always A Soldier By...
View ArticleMy ‘Disturbing’ Story “Kidney” is in Broken Bones & $10 Bills Anthology.
I’m thrilled that my story made it into my first anthology. In the past I’ve been rejected immediately and have made the short list only to be cut at the last moment, but at last, I made it all the...
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