Everybody is blogging about 12/12/12 so I figured I better get in on this stuff cuz I don’t want my blog to be the only one that Internet archeologists dig up in a thousand years that doesn’t have a mention…
Things and Ideas (plus 12/12/12)
Tag: short story
Another Story in the Wind: An Uncommon Collection (Anthology)
I already told you about the new eBook, Conversations with my Cat, that I released today (you can buy it here). Well, you also have the opportunity to purchase a shared-world anthology with one of my stories in it, and…
Writing Journal: Y2 Day 151
I haven’t been keeping up with the writing journal lately. This is due mostly to not knowing what to say. Or maybe not having anything to talk about. Sam Kane books 1 & 2 are being shopped by The Agent,…
Writing Journal: Y2 Day 123
It’s been a long time since my last Writing Journal (50 days). I’ve started and stopped several new journal posts in that time. I can make excuses about why I haven’t journaled, including the whole unemployment thing, but really it…
Free Story: Sword & Sorcery
Untitled Sword & Sorcery Short Story Length: 4,591 Draft: 1st Draft, no edits by: Patrick Hester © 2011 All Rights Reserved The Witch King, bored, called upon the demi-god Utesh, for inspiration. A hundred bodies littered the ground below the…
Writing Journal: Day 31
Well, after sending the first 50 pages of my novel off to @TyBarbary for beta reading, my word count dropped by about a hundred words. Ah well, that’s okay – plenty more where those came from. I did that to…
Short Story Excerpt: Solar City
Keeping up with the ‘short story a week’ goal I have set for myself, I decided to revisit a piece of Flash Fiction I wrote a while ago called ‘Welcome to Solar City‘. To this day, it’s one of my…
Short Story Excerpt: Murder
I said I was gonna write a short story a week and one week in, I’m 1 for 1! I even sent it around for some feedback (Thanks to everyone who got back to me – I really appreciate it!!).…
Changes
I’m looking at making some changes around here. Websites Among the changes I am working on is a change to my websites. Chiefly, atfmb.com and FunctionalNerds.com. Although I like the design and layout of atfmb.com for the most part, and…
Sample-My New Short Story
One day I was sitting here and I thought, we need more cowboys in space. This lead me to sit down at the computer and start writing. The result was originally called ‘The Brothers of Katie Rose’; an homage to…