Thursday, September 3, 2009

Welcome One and All

   
Thanks for dropping by.

This, obviously, is my first blog, so if you came in late, don't worry, you haven't really missed anything and I'm bound to repeat myself anyway. I should probably fill in all the past details and questions that seem to interest people about being a debt collector but I'm sure that we'll have time for all that later. Probably around intermission.

But the specific motivation for finally creating this blogsite now is that I have just achieved my second publishing credit and somehow it all seems more 'real?' My short story, The Cat called Follow Me, was accepted by House of Horror (UK) and appears in their current September issue (No. 4). Simply go to the page and click on the Issue 4 cover art in the centre of the screen - by the way the cat shown in the bottom right corner of the page is the cat from my story.On the next page, click on the door marked 'The Basement' and you will find the listing for my story.
It's a nice little horror piece - which isn't, or more accurately wasn't, really one of my fields - which makes it all the more satisfying!

If you do happen to take a look, make sure that you have a read of Eugene Gramelis' What's Eating you? Eugene is a friend and fellow writer who has racked up a string of great short story publication credits over the last couple of years and is now seriously threatening to unleash his talent on a full length novel. His web page is certainly worth a look to see that being a full time husband, father and barrister doesn't mean you can't find time to write.

As per the short bio at the top of the page, I'm currently trying to wait patiently for the copy editing of my own manuscript, Jack Be Nimble, to be completed. Hopefully, it's 'the one' but only time will tell...

Anyway...thanks for taking the time to stop by and I'll see you again soon.