Tuesday, November 19, 2002

Projects and Co-Projects

Here I am again. Not quite as long in between this time.
The viewing of my story "After The Fall" at Horrorfind.com seems to be going well, and my current review is up at feoamante.com. This time I take a look at "Accidents Waiting To Happen" by Simon Wood, who is also a Bay Area writer. Its a thriller---pretty good. Take a look at the review if you have an interest.
Things are going fairly well with "Angel of Darkness..." Up to 35,000 words.
Completed several short stories for various anthologies as well. Keeping my fingers crossed on those.
Also, there has been some interest in my novel, "Ghosts In The Veins" expressed, so I'm preparing that as we speak.
Working also on a collaboration with Gary Greenwood, author of "The King Never Dies" and "The Dreaming Pool". No title for the project yet, nor any idea how long it will be, but it seems we are at last making progress, and that is good. I'm happy about that.

Well, that's pretty much it for now.
Bay Area Horror Fans, come to Spookycon in January! Check out their website at Spookycon.com, to find out more.

Saturday, November 02, 2002

Novel excerpt and published story

Well look. It has been about a month since I last gave any info or up dates about my doings. Been busy preparing and finalizing some things. But I am happy to announce that "After The Fall" is officially published at Horrorfind.com, so please check it out when you get a chance. It should be up for the next month, or so. I will also be putting a link to it on my web site.
My other news for today is that I have signed up for the November Novel Writing Month contest. Basically the contestants enter this thing, and try to be among the first to get to 50,000 words in the month of November. I am already well under way with my new novel, "Angel Of Darkness, Angel Of Light" which explores further the concepts revealed in my short "After The Fall." If anyone would like to take a look at the excerpt, here is the link:
http://www.nanowrimo.org/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11853
Well, that is pretty much it for this time.
See you soon!

Monday, September 30, 2002

Story acceptance, and Bay Area connections

It's almost the end of the month, and I'm preparing several projects for various publishers, agents, anthologies, etc. Mostly much of the same going on as how the month started, but many promising things in the future.
For one, just got an acceptance from Horrorfind.com that they will be publishing my story "After The Fall" coming up shortly here, and it will run for 4 months after that. Horrorfind is a great site. You should check it out when you get a chance. Particularly if you like horror!....
Last weekend I went to the Sonoma County Book Faire. Not a whole lot going on, but I got to connect again with friends from Borderlands Books in San Francisco---Alan Beatts, Jude Feldeman, and Carrie, who have been staples at the last number of conventions. It was nice to see them again, at least. The next con that I will be attending will be Spookycon in San Francisco at the beginning of next year. Looks like it should be a pretty good one. Hope it goes well for those putting it on. It will surely be a harken for more things to come our way in the Bay Area---which will be nice.
Well, that's it for now. I have writing to do.
There should be updates coming to my site before too long, so keep checking back.

Thursday, September 05, 2002

Post Con Season--submit, submit, submit

Have just finished with my convention attendances for the summer--and the year---and have several projects on the burner now. The last two cons were Horrorfind 2002, and Conjose in San Jose just this past weekend. It has been a very busy couple of weeks.
In addition to the video game I am still writing, I am now working on the expanded version of "Primeval Fear" (by a publisher's request), editing my novel, "The Eye Of Atum" about the release of an ancient race imprisoned in Egypt to prepare it for submission, and working out some new ideas for my long suffering Lycanthropy novel "A Heart As Dark, or the Vertical March." (My were-wolf isn't exactly a were-wolf. It's actually something that I fear myself. Those that know me well should be able to figure out what that is.) Still waiting to hear back on my novel, "Our Lives Are But Shadow" which is my take on the angel myths, and have just sent out "To Suffer A Witch" to an agent that looks promising. Also, I have got some interest in another novel, "A Pure State," which is about the systematic destruction of culture and art in Afghanistan. My review of Diana Barron's "Phantom Feast" should be up at Feo's site soon, and I have to work on my next review. So, I am very, very busy. Rest. What's that?