Things are moving ahead with my writing. My short story, Buford vs The Skunk Ape, has been acquired by Weird Tales Magazine https://www.weirdtales.com for their upcoming Cryptid issue. More info to follow when they announce a publication date.

My short story, Checked Out, will be appearing in the upcoming anthology, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales from No Bad Books Publishing. It’s release date is 8/22/25. The release party will be at the Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore on 8/30/24 (time TBA).

I’ve finished the first draft of my latest Fix Larson short story. Now, I’ll let the construction dust settle for a week before I jump into the edit. Meanwhile, my first Fix Larson novel, Toads, Twins, & Tenacity is on submission with my agent, Cherry Weiner.

BoucherCon is fast approaching in September and I made my reservation this morning. This will be my first mystery convention with my agent. We’re hoping to meet with editors and publisher to introduce my Fix Larson series.

That’s the latest. Have a great week. I hope everyone is reading or writing something great (Maybe both).

CHEERS!

Like most people, I had New Year’s Resolutions. As for my writing, my goal was to work on my writing every day. That included getting up at 4:50 AM each weekday morning to write before getting ready for work. The month is coming to a close and I’ve kept my resolution.

The image above is all a white board of the current projects that I have out on submission. I used to only submit one project and wait for an answer. That’s a terrible way to get published. So, I worked and reworked several short stories and started sending them out. If one got rejected, I polished it up and sent it out again.

My private detective novel has been on submission by my agent since October. Any writer who has submitted a novel knows that it’s a long process of endless waiting. My agent sent my manuscript to a few markets and gave them gentle nags until Thanksgiving, when most publishers close down their acquisitions until after the first year. Two weeks into the new year, my agent started the process back up.

So, I’m staying a busy writer. I’m working on a short story for a charity anthology that will benefit the LA Fire victims. I’ve also got a short story that I’m working on that’s a retelling of Poe’s, Murders in the Rue Morgue.

One day, I hope to make these posts into a newsletter. Until then, only I and a few lost internet viewers will read it. If that’s you, thanks.

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