Tag: kentucky
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Sources and Stories
When I was writing Possum Creek Massacre, I was drawing from a lot of sources. Most of them unwritten. I did do a little research into the folklore of the area, and some into locales, although that was mainly to make sure there isn’t actually a town named Possum Creek in Kentucky (There isn’t, although…
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Possum Creek Massacre: Available Now!
It’s alive! Muahahaha! Ahem. Sorry, I let the inner Mad Scientist out a little far, there. I’m just so excited over this book. I put a lot of time and effort into it, and it’s finally out there in the cold, hard, cruel world. Who will hopefully find it as creepily cute as I do. …
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The Accidental Novel
I did not intend for this story to become a full novel. My plan, and the Muse laughed, was to write another novella as a loose sequel to Snow in Her Eyes, and then another one after that, before finally writing bridges for the three to create a single novel. Yeah. Plans are great, but…
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Review: Hillbilly Elegy
My first comment on this book is about the price. For a book whose purported audience is the working and welfare poor from Appalachia, the price set at 15.99 for ebook is a slap in the face. I don’t usually review a book on price, but in this rare case, it matters. JD Vance’s treatise,…
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The Pickle Saga
Here’s an improbable tale: a yankee girl with an addiction to fried pickles. I’m not really a yankee, but I’ve never lived further south than Oregon for any length of time, and I last lived far south when I was 4, in Homestead, FL. So whence the passion for fried pickles and smoked meat? Well,…
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Late Again
I think I have posted late every day this week. However, I have also written about 15K words on Trickster Noir, gotten a bunch of other things done, and it was my first full week off from school, so I will beg your pardons and try to do better next week. Tomorrow’s post is already…
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On the Road
I’m on the road to Kentucky this morning, in the rain, but I get three hours to talk to my First Reader, which I am looking forward to! My post is over at Mad Genius Club, if you’re looking for ideas to keep you writing even when a block shows up. I have this mental…