Author Archives: Michael

Writing update

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It’s been a crazy few weeks. The editing of Novel # 1 is taking much longer than expected, but I’m ok with it. The priority is the end result. The novel should be in my kind beta’s hands by July 15th. Novel # 2 continues to garner interest from agents so we’ll see how things shape up over the summer. I should probably stop referring to it as “Novel # 2” since it does have a name. It’s called ECO MORPH, and it’s about an apocalyptic event as seen from several different characters in a remote section of Montana. It’s not a horror novel. The best description is “dark suspense” with a dash of science fiction.

I’ve also finished three new short stories (just under 5,000 words each) over the last month. The new stories mark a turning point for me as I move entirely into novels.

The seed for Novel # 3 is planted, and will begin once Novel # 1 is as polished and shiny as can be.

The June issue of Ghostlight Magazine should be out any day now and with it my story “The Red Aspen”. I’ll post links as soon as it’s available.

Readers have asked for a list of my stories coming out this year, so here you go:

Shiners in Dead Bait 2 – out at Amazon and Barnes and Noble
Revenge on Apex Mountain in Fearology 2 – Probably Fall 2011 ( I hope )
The Red Aspen in Ghostlight Magazine – June/July 2011
The Believers in America the Horrific: Tales of Myth and Legend – Fall 2011
The Watcher in the Corner in Something Wicked Magazine – Fall 2011

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Something Wicked – The Watcher in the Corner

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I’m pleased to announce that my short story “The Watcher in the Corner” will appear in the magazine Something Wicked. This is a fantastic magazine which features online content and Kindle editions. I was attracted to the magazine based on the stories, quality of the artwork, and the Amazon presence.

“The Watcher in the Corner” is a different style for me, crafted in first person. My other stories are all third person. The concept came to me while driving back from a trip to the Northern Rocky Mountains. I was somewhere south of Madison, Wisconsin and on my fifth cup of coffee on a fourteen hour stretch from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It was 1 a.m. and I took notes via my iTouch record function. The rest is for you to find out around October or November.

Novels

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Yeah I’m still alive, I think.

I’ve been working non-stop on my WIP and just finished the second draft on Sunday. Whew! Quite an emotional process, but it should be. The rest of the revisions get easier and faster, but I think I’ll be adding a few 500-1000 word chapters of fresh writing in order to build emotional bridges between the meat of the story. I’m proud as hell of this book, and I can’t wait to get it into the hands of my kind betas (well not always kind, and that’s a good thing).

As far as the previous and complete novel, my new queries are out to a few agents, and I’m currently in contact with an agent on the west coast. We’ll see how it goes. This is a fickle market dependent upon an editor’s taste, and that’s as simple as it gets.