Alas, no satisfaction cans’t I receive

Update 4/24/17: I won! Will wonders never cease? Last night, I happened upon this contest from Korrektiv Press to turn a pop song into a sonnet. I’ve had way too much fun writing this, so I thought I’d share and invite you to join in! Feel free to post...

Outrage is Not a Virtue

Every day, we in the twenty-first century turn on our TVs or open our internet newsfeeds, and we are bombarded by outrage.  This group trampled on the rights of that group.  This politician said and/ or did something genuinely despicable – again.  A lot of innocent...

Horror: The Genre of the Sacred – A Sneak Preview

I’m gearing up to be one of the presenters at the Catholic Writers Guild Online Conference, February 17-19, 2017. It’s three jam-packed days of writing wisdom and fellowship, and it will only cost you 40 bucks! I’ll be one of the many fonts of writing knowledge from...

Ghosts for Christmas Present

It’s not exactly news that many, if not most, of the traditions we associate with Christmas have absolutely nothing to do with the Birth of Christ. Trees. Stockings. Cards. Eggnog. Fruit cake. Reindeer. An argument can be made for Santa, or at least St. Nicholas,...

Sam the Zombie Fish

  When I wrote a vampire novel, I assumed – naturally enough – that the entire concept of the undead was fictional. Silly me. Because now I have a zombie living (existing? un-living?) in my house. It all started back on Labor Day, when I finally broke down and...