I’m excited to reveal information about my forthcoming novel. In almost 15 years of active publishing, I’ve published over 60 short stories in different magazines and anthologies, two collections of stories, some articles and blog posts, but never a novel-length work—until now. It’s called Father John VS the Zombies and […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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A few days ago, I shared my opinions on an offer to “co-publish” my manuscript that I received from Charisma Media. I felt, and feel, that at the very best the deal is bad for writers and at worst their business practices unethical. Charisma and I have exchanged correspondence since […]
Before I go into what I think writers should be aware of before working with Creation House / Charisma Media, let me give you a bit of background. (You can skip to specific discussion of Charisma Media if you’re not interested in the background.) As a writer of a specialized […]
In twelve weeks, Kirsten and I will be married in an Orthodox church. Since many of our guests are either not Orthodox or not Christian, and we wanted them to have a sense of what’s happening in the wedding ceremony, we developed the description below. The text is based on […]
While working on the paperback version of The Lost Stories (the ebook was published last September), I decided that the cover wasn’t working. Although I liked it as cover art (and love the stunning Hubble telescope photo it uses as a background), I felt, now that I was taking another […]
“The Redeyes“—a story about killer robots, Jesus Christ, and a convict who holds the key to freedom for a group of survivors—is now available at MindFlights [link expired]. You’re free to go.” The voice belonged to Judge Oatley, the man who had sentenced me to life in prison. “Free to […]