I’m happy to report that my submission to a magazine has been accepted! “The Kill” will be in the inaugural issue of If&When , a literary journal journal. I’ll post again when the issue is on sale. –Steven

It’s been quite an exciting few months. My wife and I were kicked out of our rental, and since we are hardworking individuals, we were able to find, finance and move into a house. Yep, we bought a house. It’s been quite rough on writing, with all of the packing, plan making, […]

A few months ago (around the end of March) I entered a short story into a competition held by the SLO NightWriters. Not being a member, and not really knowing what they do as an organization, I tried to not get my hopes up at all. I didn’t know who […]

I recently finished editing Win Some, Lose Some. I think I’ve learned a lot from that project. I learned what it is to have and complete such a large commitment, but also how to sacrifice what I once thought was good story-telling for something that made more sense for the […]

I submitted my short story, The Kill, to SLO NightWriters about a month ago. To my great surprise, I was accepted as a finalist in the Short Story category, along with 7 other participants. Whoa. Let me take a step back here. It was very difficult to let my work out […]

I recently stared to re-read and edit “Win Some, Lose Some.” I’m glad that I decided to wait a while, let it breath a bit. The process of re-reading is somewhat difficult as I don’t want to get lost in my own story. I find myself, from time to time, […]

I finished the last book. And by finished, I mean I finished getting down all of the thoughts swirling around in my head. The book is in no way completed. I am going to have to spend quite a while editing, improving, changing, etc. I do believe that I have […]

So close yet so far. Almost finished with “Win Some, Lose Some”. By finished I mean that I’m almost done with the draft I’m working on. It has always been difficult for me to re-write something. I suppose it’s the same with all authors, but I have a particular hatred […]

“Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.” -Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (said by Ford Prefect) I find that the more I delve into writing, and more specifically, writing for the purpose of a website, getting a portfolio ready or for it’s original intent: fun, the more […]

While searching for content to add to this website, I’ve come across some bits of unfinished writing that are both really good and really bad. One of the samples I was going to use was from a short story I started about two years ago. Being recently laid off, it […]