J.E.S. Hays recounts advice given by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta at Dragon Con. Most of the advice is pretty spot on – a worthwhile read. I respectfully disagree with the last and title point of the article. On some level, it isn’t terrible advice for most people. If someone you don’t know telling …
Category: Dark Thoughts, Reviews, and Such
Reblog Review Of Fairly Wicked Tales
I was honored when I read Frank Errington’s review of FAIRLY WICKED TALES edited by Stacey Turner with the good folks at Angelic Knight Press. I’ve spoken very highly of that publisher in the past and do so again. Their anthologies stand apart from the field and I’m thrilled to be included in more than …
Investing Small: Small Presses for Readers, Writers, and the Future of Civilization
I’m not sure that title is grand enough, but I’ll work on that later. I benefit greatly from the work of editors provided by the wonderful small presses that have given my words a chance. This is one of those posts that will involve me leaving out the names of some very kind, deserving groups …
Dying Days 4 … Location. Location. And a good kitchen … I mean, Location!
Welcome, Armand Rosamalia, to JayWilburn.com, the most boring named blog ever. I have shrunk him down and trapped him inside the computer Tron style. Only there are no cool death matches. Just a bunch of old men sitting around drinking. This is the only sport Armand and I are really built and conditioned for … …
#SummerZombie Rhonda Parrish — Summer of Zombie 2014 SPOTLIGHT ON: Rhonda Parrish
I’m thrilled to be hosting Rhonda Parrish on this stop of the Summer of Zombie 2014 Blog Tour. I seem to run into her everywhere in my writing life. She edits, writes, publishes, and saves primates. She talks about a few of her wordtastic projects in the SPOTLIGHT interview and her bio so check it …
Jessica McHugh video diary #AStoryAWeek #24HourWritingChallenge
Jessica McHugh shares a compilation of her descent into madness during a #24HourWritingChallenge. Enjoy the trip.
South Carolina Snow Day Video Record
We so rarely get snow in this part of the state, so we really appreciate days like this. With snow in the forecast, they called off school today yesterday afternoon to be safev and thank goodness they did. I took this picture from upstairs, so it really does not do the scene justice. I made …
Career Day with a zombie writer …
I’m doing a more complete article on this experience for the Dark Eclipse ezine in a future issue, but wanted to share some of the audio. The school where I used to teach invited me back in January for Career Day. It is odd to quit your job and then be asked to come back …
#24HourWritingChallenge Week 4 — Writing about the Underworld
Armand Rosamallia and April Hawks have declared a #24HourWritingChallenge for Thursday. Sometimes they are just joking, I get started, and they pull the football away from me like their Lucy to my Charlie Brown. Regardless, Thursday we will write as much as we can for as long as we can. Editing will be left for …
#24HourWritingChallenge Took a break from writing to talk about writing … No!
#24HourWritingChallenge Older kid to school … wife to work … fed and changed baby … put him down for a nap … inbetween WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! I stopped about thirty minutes ago (11:00 my time) to write an update, but I opened e-mail and Social Media … no!!! I “HAD” to respond to a couple …