Author, English Professor & Word Slinger. Associate Member @sfwa.bsky.social & @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social Opinions expressed are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mvoflp5hyc2kHey. New cryptid just dropped.17 Sep 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoflp5hyc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mvblfpdhss2kI need more readers. More wild-eyed devoted fans who like horror and fantasy and weird stuff. More bizarre dreamers and fantastic fabulists. Anyway, give us a follow then. #horror #fiction #books #weirdness11 Sep 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvblfpdhss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3msiktezeu22nThe worst thing to be in America now is an intellectual. What a horrible feeling to know the house is burning while those around you are oblivious and stoke the flames.07 Aug 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiktezeu22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mpvr3dy3ks2rWrite the story you need to read. Draw the picture you need to see. Compose the song you need to hear. Art is a feeling, a compulsion towards creation. Be courageous and make art today. #writing05 Jul 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvr3dy3ks2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mptq66xg7s2fHappy 250th Birthday, America! You don’t look a day over 200. Eat barbecue, smash tyranny, live free. #America25004 Jul 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptq66xg7s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mouulf4lcc27What do you call it where you feel washed-up but you were never anything to begin with?22 Jun 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouulf4lcc27https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3morcnlryhs2sAccountability Report: Wrote 1,100 words today. Are they all keepers? Probably not, but the manuscript is now 19,000 words. That’s something at least. #writing21 Jun 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3morcnlryhs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mooqsuqfvs25Accountability Report: Wrote 1,900 words today, a whole chapter. The manuscript is roughly 18,000 words. Not slowing down. Onward! #writing20 Jun 2026 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mooqsuqfvs25https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3moln7spubc2aAccountability Report: 940 words written today. Not as many as yesterday but another chapter is finished. Onward! #writing18 Jun 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3moln7spubc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3molkssldyk2aIf you like Widow’s Bay and you want something to read between seasons, I recommend my folk horror novel The Ocean Hugs Hard. Something sinister lurks amid the dunes and cottages: a string of murders, a secret cult, and a history the locals don’t talk about. #books Purchase links in comments18 Jun 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3molkssldyk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3moczjkmvb22tWrite the stories that make you uncomfortable, the stories that challenge you, the stories that drag you out of bed at 2 a.m. Find that idea and nourish it into existence. Throw that little bastard kicking and screaming onto the page. #5amwritersclub15 Jun 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3moczjkmvb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mo6zifelgc2bThree short stories edited. Markets researched. Onward! #writing13 Jun 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6zifelgc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mnx5msjkzk2uIf you’ve had a teacher in your life who left a positive impact or opened the world of possibilities to you in any way, please let them know. Life is short and our old teachers won’t be around forever.10 Jun 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnx5msjkzk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mnheibj4ys2mWriters are powerful beings. You choose what stories to tell, you choose how, you function on a creative wave few mortals understand. There’s pain. There’s loneliness. But there’s also a sense that your words are powerful convictions. #5amwritersclub04 Jun 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnheibj4ys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mnclnnehlk2yYes, I’ll be going to StokerCon. Yes, I’ll have books to sign. Yes, there will be custom bookmarks. May even squeeze in some writing, too. ✍️02 Jun 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnclnnehlk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mna6jwszfk2hAs the world collapses and society unraveles like a mothballed sweater, I can now say that I received five years of positive feedback from my students. Every semester they’ve enjoyed my teaching style, even the ones who hated English and writing said they liked my class. Yay teaching! #teaching01 Jun 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna6jwszfk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mn6tkexkc227That feeling you get when you think of a better ending to your short story AFTER you submitted it. 😫01 Jun 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6tkexkc227https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mmuvqoluwk2eI don’t know what’s more disturbing, that I wrote a story about a serial killer or that the serial killer eats granola bars.28 May 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuvqoluwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mms7zvtd5s2b“Rage Room” sent to the publisher, secret cryptid manuscript printed for editing, and two short stories await my attention. #writing27 May 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mms7zvtd5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mmpnqlaazc25Final edits on my story for the Villains anthology, then editing two stories that will be submitted Friday! StokerCon next week! #writing25 May 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpnqlaazc25https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mmg24goy722qI wrote 3,300 words today, a brand new short story!22 May 2026 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmg24goy722qhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mmbmuxygrs2pOkay, writers! Let’s do this! *screaming myself awake* *consulting hastily-scribbled notes* *brewing mug of wakey bean juice* *slapping imagination in the face with a dead haddock* *mining all that repressed trauma* *primal screaming in front of open Word doc* #5amwritersclub20 May 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbmuxygrs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mma7k2vtus2eWhat’s the point of writing anymore? If some mediocrity craps out an AI-generated novel and sells it, what’s the point of sacrificing time and energy improving your writing through discipline and skill? When the AI slop sells better than a novel that took the writer time to write, why bother?19 May 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma7k2vtus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mm4lj7lps223Write what you want even if others aren’t reading it. The void taunts you like your worst schoolyard bully. Most of the time you’ll fight for relevance in a world that doesn’t want your stories. And this indifference gnaws at your soul. #5amwritersclub18 May 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4lj7lps223https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mm2ttlzmzc27Word of the day: Antidisestablishmentarianism. If that’s your safe word, you’re probably gonna die.17 May 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2ttlzmzc27https://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mm23gkn4ls2hYour holy grail as a writer is reaching readers and leaving a lasting impression. Make them feel something and remember you. That’s the high I’m chasing, my impossible quest for relevance, the North Star guiding me to the keyboard. Just show up and write. #5amwritersclub17 May 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm23gkn4ls2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mlaxlgn57s2zOne of my poems will be published in New Jersey Bards Poetry Review 2026! I’ll be a published poet! #5amwritersclub07 May 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaxlgn57s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mktic6g4b22eAccountability check: Wrote 1,100 words today on a new project. ✍️ #novel #writing #darkacademia02 May 2026 01:24 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktic6g4b22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mkrtkaacrk2zWriting a new novel is like diving into a world you’ve never encountered before, but one that excites at every turn. Keep up the momentum, writers. Dive into your writing and pursue it relentlessly. Onward! #5amwritersclub01 May 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrtkaacrk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/scribe.bsky.social/post/3mkpmm3x6q22fApril 30 is National Bugs Bunny Day AND National Oatmeal Cookie Day! Celebrate accordingly.30 Apr 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:tencmdcmdkicbs6otm2n3q66/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpmm3x6q22f