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Hey guys, For a variety of reasons, I switched the writing under a pen name. In completely unrelated news, who IS this handsome devil ? Read Full Story

Check this video out — Harper's Hearth – UN Security Council http://t.co/IEu2Wm8 via @ youtube # Read Full Story

Couple of my friends released their WotF stories as eBooks on Smashwords. They’re keeping me in the loop, and if it works out, I might do the same. Adam Colston “Not in the Flesh” Steve Savile ‘s also posted at least one eBook. Read Full Story

I’m trying to purchase the domain brandomackproductions.com from you. Stop making it so hard to do business with you! Read Full Story

Just got word from Mike Hanson that the Book Trailer for the shared world anthology that I was invited to last year has been released to the nets. Without further ado, here it is: Click here to view the embedded video. Here’s a taste of the anthology: SHA’DAA: LAST CALL, a new anthology published by Altered Dimensions Press (an imprint of Cyberwizard Productions). Once every ten thousand years the walls between dimensions weaken for a period of 48 hours. And thus every inconceivable... Read Full Story

Found this through a Google Alert: The contest publishes an anthology of the winners each year and after reading the last few years of anthologies I understood where I was going wrong. And for those readers that enjoy reading speculative fiction short stories, the anthology is a must read each year. I still get goosebumps when I reread Jordan Lapp’s After the Final Sunset, Again. Goosebumps? Hell yes. Thanks Thomas! Read Full Story

If you haven’t read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, like me and my wife, the movie is a long two and a half hours of suck. Characters lurch around doing things for absolutely no reason, and generally being complete morons. They end up finding a magical sword that is literally at the bottom of a random, unmarked lake in the middle of nowhere that they just happen to stumble upon, At one point Harry is zapped with a disguise that is the equivalent of covering half of his face with his... Read Full Story

Returned the Kinect and bought a Playstation Move instead. There were several deal breakers with the kinect. First, the camera it uses in infra-red, and I have a south-facing house with single-pane windows. Whenever there was a significant temperature difference outside, I would “lose an arm” in the game. Brutal. Also, while i have a pretty big house, the “family” room, while reasonably sized, had an overstuffed sectional in it. The Kinect couldn’t seem to realize that this was not “walkable... Read Full Story

Time in a Bottle I got a copy of the Time in a Bottle anthology edited by Paul Wittine, and published by Altered Dimensions Press, headed up by good friend Kelly Christiansen. I was flattered to be invited to submit a story, and even more flattered to find that I’d landed the coveted “Anchor” position. I’ve heard from a few editors that shoppers will often read the first story in an anthology and tell themselves they’ll buy if the second story is as strong as the first (and you want to wow... Read Full Story

All right. You’ve just had your first story appear in Cherished Magazine’s hallowed (e)pages. What do you do next? Well, if you’re a novice writer, you should promoted the hell out of it. Remember, the more people read your work, the better chance there is that someone influential will, if not “discover” you, at least remember your name, or better yet, give you a favorable review. Part of a publisher’s job is making sure that your work gets read, but there are some things you can do as the... Read Full Story