Blog
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World Premier of my Animation “Creepwalking”
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Where is the Line for Plagiarism?
I ask this question because plagiarism is in the news lately. Harvard’s President recently lost her job after being accused of plagiarism in her academic work. I’ve been thinking more about plagiarism as it relates…
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Writing Tip of the Prose (Ha Ha) # 2459 – Google Ngram Viewer
I recently posted a couple of paragraphs of an in-progress short story for online critique and received some interesting comments back. One reader found it weird that my early thirties POV character used the word…
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Black Mass: Film Noir Classic “Storm Warning” and the Grim Fate of Steve Cochran
Years ago, I developed an interest in film noir movies and viewed many classics of the genre like “Double Indemnity”, “Touch of Evil”, “Notorious” and even neo-noirs like “Chinatown” and Brian De Palma’s “Sisters” (fun…
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Review of 1988 TV remake of “I Saw What You Did”
Some of my first viewings of classic horror movies of the 50s and 60s (I’m talking about flicks like “Them” and “The Blob”) occurred because of a TV show that played on Sunday evenings in…
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No Humans Required: Exploring the Possibility of Computer Generated Fiction
I hope to soon do a deep dive into my contrarian thoughts on the topic using AI to write novels. (Short version: the tech isn’t there yet but I’m not opposed to the idea in…
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My horror novel “What Waits in the Shadows” is now at Amazon
Just in case it’s not clear from the numerous other places on this site that I’ve announced it, my horror novel “What Waits in the Shadows” is now available at Amazon.com. (Kindle eBook format only…
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The Three Investigators, Forgotten Heroes of Horror?
Lately I’ve been questioning what got me interested in the horror genre. Was it the numerous Alfred Hitchcock suspense films like Rebecca, Rear Window and Vertigo my mother took me to when I was growing…
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Superman, Spider-Man and the Pursuit of the Perfectly Pure Protagonist
Complaining about readers is not a wise pursuit for a humble author who desires an audience, and I acknowledge that one could read the following as doing exactly that. In my defense, I’m not so…
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Describing Emotions in Fiction
Note for readers: This post is a reprint (with a few updates and edits) of a blog post I did for the web site Tuna for Bernadette in 2013. Despite the piece’s advanced age (ten…
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Interview at “Book Notions”
It was a blast to be interviewed at the web site Book Notions about my upcoming novel “What Waits in the Shadows” and horror writing in general. Click here to check it out!
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Promo animation of ARC Reader comments for “What Waits in the Shadows”
I’ve been getting some great reviews for advanced reader copies of my upcoming horror novel, “What Waits in the Shadows.” I’ve collected several into this short video animation, which features one of my music compositions.
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All my thoughts on “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (all at once)
I finally watched last year’s best pic Oscar winner, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’ My thoughts as I viewed it were that I was seeing the product of true geniuses (it had two directors) who…
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“Screams from the Ocean Floor” anthology is coming
I’m drenched with anticipation about the above named underwater horror anthology coming soon from Broken Brain Books. It features works from a plethora of great horror authors, including big names like Angel Van Atta, Gage…
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A few thoughts on generative fiction
There’s no doubt the most interesting thing happening in the world of fiction writing is the development of AI tools like Chat GPT that are capable of writing readable fiction. (“Readable” is admittedly a low…