The Moonlit Road is officially a #1 on Amazon

Billy August 11, 2020 3,135 Comments

Well, Monday was an interesting day. My first solo project, The Moonlit Road launched in the morning and I set about promoting it. Well, promoting is a bold word. I actually had a lot of real job work to do so I was only really able to post links on a few Facebook groups and actually got within arm’s length of Twitter to let them know too.

Around noon, I was curious so I checked my stats. I was thrilled that my little book seemed to be a contender. I was #1015 in Horror Anthologies and #4407 in Fiction Anthologies. To me, that was absolutely CRUSHING IT! (more…)

a strange glitch…

Billy August 5, 2020 11,078 Comments

Many of you may have noticed that you can purchase the paperback version of the book now while the e-book is still in pre-order mode. This was not done on purpose, and I hope to have it fixed today.

Let me explain.

When preparing a book launch, you need certain ingredients. You need to have a whole lot of words in some sort of order, and then you need a cover and a table of contents. You need acknowledgements and chapter headings, and if you’re so inclined, an “About the author”, which for me is the hardest thing to do out of all of it. (more…)

Thank You’s and Shout-Outs

Billy August 3, 2020 2,484 Comments

 

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I would say that introductions are in order but I think I always struggle to sound interesting and clever for a few sentences and it never quite works and I get frustrated and go do something else, always having this seed of a great idea in my head for what should be an article to share with my friends and fans, but ends up being something I trick myself out of doing.

So, if you want my origin story, check out one or another of my podcasts, or just hang out for a while and see if you like what you read. (more…)

May 14 2019

Billy May 14, 2019 1,624 Comments

Well, I said I was going to use the site for journaling so that I could keep in touch with you and tell you what’s going on. See, I write to slowly and edit too obsessively to have a new story for you each week. This is especially true now as I’m trying to finish a couple of longer pieces then edit some others to have a bunch of original content for my (hopefully) upcoming solo record. I mean book.

So, what’s been going on? (more…)

News, Thoughts, and Updates

Billy May 3, 2019 2,870 Comments

Okay, so I had a nice, long, friendly post explaining life, the universe, and everything and was just about to publish it when a single keystroke deleted it all and auto-save finished the job.

So, because time is short already, here’s the concise version:

  1. I’ve been busy.
  2. I’ve been having a break from both writing and social media interaction these past few weeks and it’s been fantastic.
  3. (Not the writing part, the social media part)
  4. I serve too many masters and my efforts in upcoming days will be to consolidate some functions so that I’m not flitting from site to site, page to page, group to group, twitter to twitter, redditt to reddit, etc to etc.
  5. Because when you focus any attention on one of those things, the rest get pissy for being neglected and there’s nothing that says, “Modern Man” better than trying to give the metaphorical tit to a bunch of whiny algorithms ALL. THE. TIME.
  6. I think I’m going to use this site more often to discuss things that are more personal. I’ve got the podcast but the theme and the rss setup is not conducive to written posts. Not a huge deal to fix, but I have this site too, so what the hell?
  7. So then, I’m not making any promises but you’ll probably see more coming out of here in the near future.
  8. Avengers End Game and Game of Thrones were both amazing, global testaments to the power of story and character. Loved every second of them both.
  9. Got to go, busy, busy, buzy.
  10. Love you all.

 

 

The Wrong Roads Anthology is Here!

Billy April 3, 2019 2,952 Comments

Hello everyone! Does it seem like a while since we talked? Well, let me tell you what’s been going on.

My life has been playing out sort of like a country song. In February, Kid 1 got sick and spent a week in the hospital. While this was happening, Kid 2 had the flu.

Everyone recovered and we had about a week of semi-normal, then Kid 1 got the flu. Then Wife got the flu.

Then, she went to go take a hot bath and realized that the water heater had gone out. Parts, pieces, plumbers, and a bit of flooding ensued, and all-told we were out of hot water for nearly five days. On the fifth day, the tree in our front yard fell over.

So, I’ve been dealing with some stuff.

In dealing with the stuff, I sort of missed the launch of my newest book, The Wrong Roads. This is an anthology covering road trips gone wrong in all fifty states. It is an awesome book featuring some of the best up-and-coming horror writers in the field. And the paperback version is only $7.75 right now!

Click here to buy the book and as always, please read it and leave a review for us. Reviews are the most effective way you can help an author out, so please give us one when you can.

That’s all for now!

Billy

See, I told you I had a lot going on behind the scenes!!!

Billy February 6, 2019 45 Comments
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Hello everyone, when last we spoke, I told you I had a bunch of stuff going on behind the scenes and that it was difficult to keep all the balls in the air and keep churning out new stories for the website all the time.

I know that sounds like the typical blogger excuse for scrolling mean tweets, but in my case it was the truth.  Now I can share all the stuff that’s been happening.

In late January, Tavistock Galleria came out. This is a collaboration among 14 authors centered around a dying and haunted shopping mall. Response to Tavistock has been overwhelmingly positive and we’ve hit #1 on Amazon (more…)

New Orleans

Billy January 8, 2019 19 Comments

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New Orleans

I pulled into the driveway at about 3pm that Friday. My birthday was the next day, so I had cut out of work early so I could catch up with friends and drink beer on a patio somewhere. When I drove up, I saw my girlfriend, Michelle, getting out of her car and coming to meet me.

“Hey, what’s going on?” I asked.

“Nothing much,” she said, a bit of a smile belying a secret she was trying hard not to tell, “How was your day?”

“Not bad,” I offered, “Ready to shut it down and get the party started.”

“Where you wanna go?” she asked.

“Surprise me.” (more…)

2018 in Review and a Peek into 2019

Billy December 20, 2018 4 Comments

Hello there, hope everyone is doing well. It’s been a bit quiet around here lately and with the New Year approaching, I thought I’d take a moment to let you know what’s been going on. I know you may be thinking I’m over here wasting time, but I assure you I am not. Let me tell you how 2018 went for me:

In January I made the resolution to finally, after 35 years of dicking around and telling myself I should, get serious about my writing. See, I’ve always been able to turn a phrase, and I’ve always know I had a talent for it. But you know,  writing is hard. It really, really is. Even when you have a knack for it, (more…)