COMING SOON!! This publication features four internationally published authors, including myself, celebrating the life of Edgar Allan Poe on the one-hundred-seventy-first anniversary of his death. Each author’s story is directly influenced by one, or more, of Poe’s stories.
Have you noticed how much I love Spillwords Press? Well, I do! And, today, my poem, “Lancelot Left Home” is published on their site. It is a poem I wrote over thirty years ago when our dog, Lancelot, left home, never to return. I wrote the poem through tears and sobs. All these years later, … More Lancelot Left Home
When one of your poems is scheduled to debut in the first production in a series of poetry narrated by the incomparable Wendy Vogel via Sweetycat Press, one is very happy. BUT, when that production’s release date happens on said poet’s birthday, it becomes a gift! Happy Birthday to Me! To view The Poetics on … More The Poetics – A Sweetycat Press Presentation
Hallelujah and Jumping Jehoshaphat!! My writing journey has been accepted for publication in Sweetycat Press’ upcoming release in early November! This publication promises to be epic! This is not your run-of-the-mill type author jibber jabber. These stories are personal, some will be gut-wrenching, all will be inspiring. If you are a published author … More I, The Writer — A Sweetycat Press Publication
What happens when authors come together to support one another? Success! In this case, however, success is spelt: Sweetycat Press Created by author Steve Carr, Sweetycat Press has one mission: to elevate among their peers, readers worldwide, and in the world of publishing, the status of the best emerging writers and authors on the scene … More Sweetycat Press
I love writing stories in different genres and the time spent waiting to hear back from a submission is often painful. During the waiting time, I find great relief in working on another story or poem. If I receive a rejection, my heart sinks a little bit. My writings are like children and when one … More Featured on Spillwords Press
It finally happened. They warned him over and over and over again that eating all those hamburgers would kill him. Wimpy wouldn’t listen. His love for burgers and their resultant effect on him took his life when he let loose a long, roaring fart — filled with methane gas, just as he turned on the … More The Inevitable Edible — A 100-word Drabble
On July 30, 2020, Spillwords Press not only published my poem, Tomb of Our Love, but included it in their Features area which is an honour. You can read it here. On July 29, 2020, Paper Djinn Press accepted my short story, Unseen Magic, for publication on September 2, 2020. If you haven’t heard about … More Planning Ahead
It is with great excitement that I introduce a new element to my blog, “This Month’s Featured Author”. To kick things off, let’s get started with my friend, Author Sharon K. Connell whom I have only met recently as I endeavoured to switch genres from Horror to Fantasy, Inspirational and Christian fiction. In the short … More Featured Author – August 2020
The lack of content here since February 26th is not indicative that I have abandoned my little blog, nor it is evidence that I have not been writing. To the contrary, I have been quite busy with real life and grabbing moments here and there to write. Here is what I’ve been up to lately… … More Five Months and Counting…
