It’s been a while since the last blog, and I thought it high time to drop a line or two.  First off for those of you who have asked about my Mom, yes, she’s riding the chemo train again.  She had a bad bout with bronchitis, and while at the hospital they discovered the tumor had grown.  Mom is what I like to call Yankee-tough, it’s what some would call full of piss and vinegar.  She’s still more aggravated than depressed over the entire ordeal, so that is a good thing. 

Since I haven’t spoken of this since switching to Keeper Web Design, just to bring you up to speed, my mother was diagnosed with stage three lung cancer a few years back.  That first round of chemo took her hair, but not her spirit.  My father, brother and I shaved our heads in solidarity.  I keep a myspace page dedicated to her semi monthly blog updates.  If you are interested you can find it at http://www.myspace.com/nohairclub

Since my last blog, Jacki and I went to a Colt Ford show.  If you can imagine the blending of Country music with Hip Hop, you get a vague idea where this Georgia boy comes from musically.  As odd as it sounds, it actually works.  He’s got some stuff on YouTube.  Do yourself a favor and search him out sometime. If he brings his show near you, I would recommend buying a ticket.  Ford puts on one of the most diverse, high energy and fun shows we’ve seen in a long time.

On the writing front, Joe Monks and I are continuing to put together that audio project, now titled Head Trauma.  It has turned out to be a real enjoyable project for me.  I had gotten away from the short story format, and forgot just how fun they are.  Whereas a novel is a labor of love that lasts several months or even a year from start to finish, shorts offer something entirely different.  Each story idea that comes to you brings the joy of an expectant father.  You wonder about it, think of how great it’s going to be when it arrives, how beautiful it will be.  Then when you finish the first draft and look at it, you realize it has a pointed head, and will take some time before the soft spot is gone and it resembles what you first thought it would be.

It’s probably more fun for me than Joe.  He’s responsible for actually putting it together, all I am doing is supplying some of the fodder to fill it up. Being that Joe lost his eyesight a few years back, he has spent more time listening to audio books, and giving them the complete attention they deserve than I have. For me storytelling is a lot like fine cooking; the presentation is second only to content, and under Joe’s guiding hand, I have no doubt this will be “served” to perfection.

Speaking of shorts, I received an invite from Boyd Harris to submit a story for their upcoming anthology +The Horror Library+ Volume 4.  I’ve read Volume 1 of the project and it seems like a good mix of quality work in there. I’ll keep you posted on that.

Facebook friends will soon see I am putting a page up dedicated just to my work and will keep all news pertaining to my stories dedicated to that page.  If you want to stay connected to notices of what’s going on there, you’ll have to accept the Fan of invitation when it arrives.

Jacki and I have agreed to do a couple zombie cameos in Christopher Kahler’s highly  anticipated retelling of Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From  Outer Space, “Graverobbers From Outer Space”  http://graverobbersfromouterspace.com/   I am also doing a voice over for the movie utilizing the phony radio program I created, The Jack Wildman Show.  “Jack’s” program has been recorded for a few independent movies to fill in background noise in car interior shots.

Guess that is it for now.  As always, thanks for stopping by.

Frank