“Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive…Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive” — Jackson Browne. … “Running On Empty.”
I chose that quote to open with, as I am a writer with a full time job. For some forty plus hours a week I enter data for a major corporation. The point being I enter data 5 days a week to survive…I write to keep my passion alive. I have a family, and an extended family as well. Still I have managed to produce and sell an extensive amount of short works, pen two novels, and have nearly completed my third. If that’s not enough time filler, I am currently the managing editor at Eve Blaack Publications presiding of two periodicals.
I’ve read several other writer’s blogs who make a point to tell of the thousands of words they’ve wrote yesterday. These people actually make their living with words. The rest of us survive working somewhere else, and live our lives with our words. We all hope to combine the two, and work toward that goal. Until then, I’m here, just like many of you: day job, personal matters, bills to pay, a car that breaks down when it is needed, and an ache deep in the guts to write.
Currently my wife, Jacki, and I have been tweaking my third novel, “Friend” and should have it ready by year’s end. I heard from Eric S. Browne, the editor of the werewolves and war anthology, “Wolves Of War”; my short story “Homecoming” is slated for release this fall in the collection through The Library Of Horror Press, a small but up and coming publishing house.
“Hacker’s Source” has gone green and our debut PDF issue is currently available at http://www.eveblaackpub.com/. It can be downloaded for a $2.50 full color a $1.88 b&w. For those hardcore enthusiasts, it can still be ordered in hardcopy through the link on the order page. There is an interesting interview with me in the issue, for those of you interested. “Hacker’s Digest” our all prose edition, is in its final editing stages, and will be available for a free download soon.
I found a well produced little podcast available for download at http://dr-pus.podomatic.com// It’s an enjoyable little mix of music fiction and a few opinion pieces all based around the theme of the undead. A lot of fun for free.
Currently reading:
“Sunset and Sawdust” by Joe R. Lansdale
“What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” by Marshall Goldsmith
“Spirit of Shaolin” by David Carradine
“Visions of Sarah” (Screenplay) by Joseph M. Monks
Yes, I still find time to read!
That’s about it for now. Perhaps I can make this a regular update, if anyone is interested.
Frank