The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s novels. 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 and Bev Vincent put up their posts …
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Before ‘Salem’s Lot #StephenKingRevisited
The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s novels. 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 and Bev Vincent put up their posts …
After Carrie #StephenKingRevisited
The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s novels. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance has a financial stake in this challenge. It is still not a terrible idea. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my long fiction. I think there are secrets to be discovered or rediscovered …
Stephen King Revisited — Before CARRIE #StephenKingRevisited
My name is Jay Wilburn and I am a writer. I have published novels and short stories. I’ve been paid pro rates. I work full-time as a writer. I have ghostwritten for men and women more important than myself. I am a writer. I have A LOT to learn. I writer horror, science fiction, fantasy, …
The One Trick Pony Rides Again for NaNoWriMo
For my respectable, non-writer friends, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is an Internet based motivational tool to use the month of November to complete a rough draft of a novel. One is expected to spend many more months editing the raw bits of story from that first draft, but it is a …
Exit The Imaginarium — I may have murdered an elf hooker
This is my Imaginarium wrap-up post. I’ll get to the confession portion soon, but the majority of the post will be a list of suggestions for next year in the form of complaints. 10) That Tea Cup Convention Next Door to Us was Especially Creepy. Seriously, their intensity about tea cup collecting made me reevaluate …
Imaginarium Con Day 1 — #EnterTheImaginarium
We had a great first day at Imaginarium Con. I’ve learned a lot about Louisville. For some reason, the city puts all their restaurants and bars at the back of their neighborhoods. They keep all their hippies on one street with some pretty good restaurants. It’s not a big city, so when you ask Google …
Top Ten Concerns Going into this Convention #EnterTheImaginarium
Many of us are preparing to head out to Imaginarium Con running from Friday, September 19th through Sunday, September 21st in Louisville Kentucky at the Crowne Plaza near the airport. It is a multi-genre convention because I’m a mulit-genre kind of guy. Folks are heading out Thursday and Friday by plane, by car, and I …
#EnterTheImaginarium — September 19 – 21 — Louisville, KY
Imaginarium Con in Louisville, Kentucky September 19 – 21 is shaping up into quite an event. Great publishers, writers, and readers from all genre are participating. I’m very excited to be participating as a guest and hope to see lots of readers there. My panel schedule is as follows: Friday, September 19 — 6pm — …
In Defense of the Small Town Setting in Horror
Lisa Morton wrote the column “The H Word: The Small Town Setting in Horror” for the online version of Nightmare Magazine’s site in 2013. Nightmare magazine is edited by John Joseph Adams. Both are nice, well-accomplished people in the genre and know their stuff in creating horror. The article came to my attention from a …