I left the blogworld a few weeks ago with the notion to find Zen, thinking that maybe it wasn’t possible, and even if it was, that I probably wouldn’t want to keep it. A little bit of paradise … who needs that? Nobody and I’ll tell you why. Once you get a taste of perfection,… Continue reading Zen and Writing
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Finding Zen
Mt. Hood, Timothy LakePhoto by William L. SullivanI'll be off the net for a week, finding Zen with family . . . can it be done? Even if I do find it, I'm not sure I'll recognize it or even want to keep it when I do. As Penelope Trunk put it, "Why would I… Continue reading Finding Zen
Unveiling the cover to my anthology collection…
I am feeling brave enough to release the cover to my new anthology collection of dark fiction and horror, "Of the Night." The artist is none other than . . . myself. I will have around twenty-five short stories and flash fiction that I've written in the last three years. There will also be at… Continue reading Unveiling the cover to my anthology collection…
Demon or Muse?
I have been revisiting the idea that many fiction writers (and other artists) write to 'unshackle' their demon(s). When I say demons, I do not want you to envision red-horned minions of Lucifer, but instead, the random and sometimes very specific dark thoughts and feelings in general that pain, worry, anger, or cause extreme doubt… Continue reading Demon or Muse?
Grave Echoes is getting a makeover…
Writing and publishing inevitably come with mistakes and errors, Godspeed us with lessons learned! I'm not one to rant, but publishing Grave Echoes came with a few disappointments. The first was discovering a week after signing my contract with AuthorHouse that Inkwaters Press wanted to publish my book. I couldn't bail out of my contract… Continue reading Grave Echoes is getting a makeover…
Erin Cole 