Characters gain substance because of their past. Sometimes the author feeling that weight can help transfer that to the page. Phillip Tomasso gives me a spot on his blog to discuss this idea. Read More …

The Guy that Introduced Me to Zombies

July 6, 2015

I’d like to thank Jack Wallen for giving me a piece of his corner of the Internet to tell this personal story. There was a guy that told me a a zombie story in a dorm room in the 1990’s. Eventually I would have a career of writing zombies, drag queens, horror, and music. I …

Interview with Jay Wilburn the author of The Dead Song Legend

June 18, 2015

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Debriefing Luke Spooner

May 26, 2015

This interview is a bit self-serving. Luke Spooner has been the cover artist and illustrator for a wide range of projects of which I have been a part. A lot of those will be used as examples through the interview. Most recently, he signed on to be the cover artist and illustrator for The Dead …

Bryan Eckardt, the producer, talks about the music of Dead Song

May 23, 2015

Bryan Eckardt is the talented producer behind the music of THE SOUND MAY SUFFER — Songs from the Dead Song Legend Book 1: January. The five song soundtrack is recorded as if live by the characters of the story in the world of the novel by Jay Wilburn, The Dead Song Legend Dodecology Book 1: …

Before Rage #StephenKingRevisited

May 18, 2015

The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s works in the order that they were published. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance had the vision. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my long fiction. I think there is something to be learned through this challenge. As Richard Chizmar …