Chapter 33

Interview with my good friend, writer Jimmy Reed - Thank you, Jimmy, for sharing with us!!!!; doctor visit; new interviews with writers and visual artists (even if they are slight mentions) are on the way; the continuation of my editing routine with “Like the universe gasping for air;” Getting ready for Comicon; Much Thanks to Ian for sending me some of his poetry and for his lovely letter to me; Hoping for the best with my job interview on Thursday and the possibility of a writing job at “Purgatory Magazine,” so wish me luck on both endeavors; Lots of new things on the horizon; The end of “The Ever”.

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Chapter 32

New exciting things happening: new horror novel finished, contract for new poetry book signed and sent, received call about a job interview-all very cool; Talking about how we end a book and what happens after the ending; Epilepsy; Mentioning how I was able to come up with idea of the new horror novel that I just completed, “Like the universe gasping for air"; Cauterization scheduled by my OBGYN for Monday afternoon; Hoping that I am not grossing people out with my medical descriptions and explaining that I have a very small gag reflex for horror or gore; Why everything “Twilight” sucks; My love of “Buffy” and we are into the final stretch of “The Ever".

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Chapter 31

Finishing writing “Like the Universe Gasping for Air,” and the grief and happiness that comes with the completion of a project; Six pages into the new novel “We, James,”  Deciding to speak to my insane and evil Grandmother/Stepmother; Why I can’t seem to get a job?; OBGYN appointment to stop the bleeding; Getting ready for Comicon; Reading from the last chapter of “The Ever.”

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Chapter 30

Becoming less mundane when I speak; New writing projects; Comicon; “Spectacular Productions,”-sending my new horror novel “Like the universe gasping for air” to their submissions in April;  “Scribbcrib-“ the publisher of my new poetry book “Searching for Solace; “The Kitschy Cupcake,”-primarily a horror inspired designer and artist with her work on “Etsy”-will be doing an interview with her closer to Comicon in May and I will be not only wearing her designs to Comicon, but I will also be promoting her work and my work while I am there; How do we come up with new ideas; What inspires us; The continuation of “The Ever” and awaiting a review from Coffee and a Good Book.

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Chapter 29

Consistency in writing; making sure that you like what you write; taking constructive criticism; finding the motivation to keep going-to keep writing-even when you might not ‘feel’ like it; Book collection gone amok; Talking advice from the great and powerful David Hayes ; trying to find more humor in things; new job prospect; waiting for legal paperwork i.e. contract for new poetry collection; the sad state of affairs in finding “Jane Eyre” in the dollar bin at Target; nervous about live podcast at Comicon; reading from the final chapter of “The Ever.”

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Chapter 27

A writers perception; Good medical news; Working on the new book and trying to finish; Images that scare us; Mixing non-fiction with fiction and creating a genre; People watching; The rest of “The Mistakes” and beginning the last chapter of “The Ever.”

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Chapter 26

The separation of your writing self and your in-person self; Where do writers get their ideas?; A shout out to Halo Piercing; The beginning of the short story “The Mistakes” and finishing a chapter of “The Ever”. Next time, the perception of writers... how do we perceive of the things around us?

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Chapter 25

Superheroes; Being normal, nice, or ordinary; Pursuing the truth as a writer; Notification of publication for “Searching for Solace,” The final poems from “Searching for Solace,” Beginning a new chapter in “The Ever”.

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Chapter 24

Finding your passion and happiness in life; trying to be a paid writer; More poems from “Searching for Solace” and finishing a chapter from “The Ever”.

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Chapter 23

Interview with Beth Price of "The Haunted Writer"; Medical updates; Thank yous; New jobs and degrees; Readings from “Searching for Solace” and “The Ever”.

Find Beth Price at thehauntedwriter.com. 

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Chapter 22

Applying for writing jobs; Working on making your writing age well; Interviews coming up; Poems from “Searching for Solace” and finishing a chapter in “The Ever”.

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Chapter 21

Defining ourselves as people and writers... character development... Philip Roth’s “Everyman”... Readings from the new poetry book “Searching for Solace” and continuing onward with “The Ever”.

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Chapter 20

Answering Ian’s question; why today’s horror movies aren’t as good; using depression as a tool to write; the end of “The Control Room or the demands of Heather,” ending a chapter of “The Ever” and beginning a new chapter; Next time: new poetry book “Searching for Solace";  more information on Comicon to come.

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Chapter 19

Daily activities; Being persistent in your work as a writer; David Hayes and his new book "American Guignol"; Readings from "The Control Room or the demands of Heather" and "The Ever"; Becoming older.

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Chapter 18

The hardship of a writer's life... looking for a job... continuing to dream. Readings from “The Control Room or the demands of Heather” and “The Ever”.

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Chapter 17

Becoming more assertive with my work; The powers that be are running out of ideas; Being brave with your writing; Expand your focus when you write and keep going; More poems from “The Control Room or the demands of Heather” and Chapter Two of “The Ever”.

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Chapter 16

Characters and how to work on writing them, the new book, goings on, readings from “The Control Room or the demands of Heather” and “The Ever; “ Corey and his epilepsy.

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Chapter 15

Recovery; thank yous; “The Ever” and “The Control Room or the demands of Heather; “ Johnny and chapter seventeen of the new book.

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Chapter 13

Life; post-op doctor’s visit; what they found during surgery; readings from “The Control Room or The Demands of Heather” and “The Ever.”

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Chapter 12

Poetry and parts of The Ever, thoughts about life as it goes and hopes for input.

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