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I plan to chronicle the steps I take as the Writer's Digest thriller/crime fiction weapons guide moves forward. The latest is submitting an expanded TOC (table of contents) to the editor this week.

On the outside, drafting a TOC seems like an alm...

Big. Gal-damn. News.

It was premature when I announced earlier this year that Writer's Digest wanted to publish an e-book of mine about writing fir...

I'm within striking distance of completing the first draft of my second novel. It's allllllmost there.

This actually doesn't mean anything. The real work is with editing. That can take as long as the original draft.

So that's my update on the novel. Once I get burned out on crime thrill...

A couple years back, I made a pretty terrific offer. It still stands today. If you donate any amount to the National Kidney Foundation, I'll send you e-book versions of my entire catalog for free. All you have to do is e-ma...

Do you want my job? Yes. You want my job. Here's why.

As some may know, I work full-time for F&W Media as an online editor. F&W is a publisher of magazines, book...

Leroy Vaughn, a frequent contributor to my online mag Fingerprints, has a new short tale of true crime up today. If police officers getting frisky with bar wenches in a sleezy part of town is your cup of tea, you need to

My second contribution to the 10 Days of Madness event went live today. My short horror story, Open the Door, is paired with an experimental piece of terror by J.J. Steinfeld. Click here to read both of them now.

Back in 2011, Chris Allinotte started 8 Days of Madness as an alternative for word junkies during March Madness. He put out the call for eight authors to submit short horror stories, then posted one story on

I've got a short story up at Out of the Gutter Online, and it's all about being paranoid. And huffing paint. And water boarding. And housing foreclosures. And conspiracy theories. Because why the hell not.

I'm calling out Allan Leverone for nabbing a nomination for a