Which may seem like a good problem to have, except I'm supposed to be editing. Since I finished my novella, I've written five short stories, and just signed up to write another... and I've only edited, partially, one chapter of my novel. I know I need to focus on editing, or the writing was for …
Happy Death Day
In the style of Groundhog Day, or more recently Edge of Tomorrow, Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) is a college student living the same day over and over. Except she keeps getting murdered. I never know what to expect from movies anymore, but I usually default toward expecting them to be dumb. This one was less …
The grind
I logged into my Submissions Grinder account for the first time since 2014, and boy did I used to submit a lot of stories everywhere... I miss that. Writing novels has kind of taken a lot of the excitement and feeling of making progress out of writing for me, since they take so damn long. …
A short story appears
I've written one for the first time in months, and all in one sitting--something i haven't done in over 5 years. It was exhilarating, satisfying and gave me lots of brain endorphins--it also turned out really good! How did this happen? I signed up on Thursday for a contest which had a deadline of Sunday …
Alien Covenant: why
There's a first time for everything, and I guess people who haven't seen any alien movies might find this interesting and exciting. But can you even make it into adulthood without being exposed to the xenomorph and the chest burster and face hugger? Is it going to be shocking or scary in the least to …
Jonas David 