Seana, we hardly knew ya

What a good surprise I got when I read Seana Graham's blog post. She did a really excellent podcast at KUSP 88.9 in California, where she talks about her writing, GRIMM TALES, books, and Ebooks. She did a tremendous job with the questions and the quality of the audio is crystal clear. So cool to put a voice with the pic and the virtual personality. Be sure to give it a listen HERE (Seana comes on at about the 45 minute mark) and check out Seana's blog HERE. If you would like to have a look at GRIMM TALES, click on the cover on the left side of this blog.

While I'm on the podcast theme, Steve Brewer, who I became a huge fan of in 2011 was a guest on the Morning Show with Larry Aherns KIVA.AM (New Mexico).Very entertaining and well worth a listen ( Steve comes on at about 6:50 mark)  HERE.

Steve also has a new short story, PAYOFF available for free at Smashwords HERE

On a more personal note, I have 3 short stories available today for FREE on Amazon: THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE BLOOD FARM, and THE MONKEY TREE. If interested, just click on the book covers on the right side of the blog to take a look, and perhaps download.

The Beat On The Street



It's old news that blogger was having some issues last week. Sure, it was a pain in the ass, but it is free and not much you can complain about, if your are not paying for it. It was however a case of  bad timing, as that was the day I posted a very entertaining interview with Declan Burke. Not only did the post disappear for a while, but all the associated comments, and I'm sure I missed some of them. So, in case you didn't get a chance to read it, Click HERE to get a few laughs and maybe learn a few things.

In other news...

- Seana Graham posted an excellent story that she had published a while back HERE

- Erin Cole had some great insight into the whole concept of fear and what makes her tick over at Richard Godwin's place HERE

- Over at Thrillers, Killlers 'n' Chillers, there is a really excellent story by Stephen Mescandlon.This is well worth a read HERE

- Lastly, I owe Sandra Seamans more than a huge thank you for tipping me off to Naomi Johnson's 3rd annual  "Watery Grave Invitational" contest. I was lucky enough to be selected to participate along with other mucho talented writers who I look up to.  And although my selection was not based on talent (you entered and were randomly selected from the pool of entrants), I welcome the chance to try and take my writing to a new level and moreso, read all the stories that come out of it. There is actual prize money associated with this one, which is way cool of Naomi to offer. Best of luck to all involved! Details and the list of writers HERE