Macabre Musings: A Fascination of the Dark & Morbid

"Wow, that's so morbid." "You're so dark..." "Do you...do you like murderers?" I don't know how many other people get these reactions when talking about a few of their favorite things. If you like the things I do and really find yourself invested in them, you may have heard replies like these, too. Now, usually, …

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My “Let’s Not Meet” Story: Creeper at the Walgreens

As I say in my "Welcome" section, I listen to a few podcasts that many would consider dark and sometimes morbid. One of the lesser podcasts I'll listen to that really pushes my paranoia up a level is called Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast recorded by Andrew Tate. Tate accepts and narrates listener-submitted …

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“I’ll Write It When I’m Ready” And Other Lies We Say

There's that one story that you've had in a drawer at the back of your mind for ages. It's going to be the greatest project ever. It may get you that agent who hasn't bitten the hook yet, shoot your print to the front of every bookstore across the globe, and make that startling collision …

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You’ve Got To Read To Write

Want to know a secret, writer? If you want to be a great writer, you must discipline yourself to be a great reader as well. It's never surprising that a writer was once an avid reader in their younger days. That's how many get their start, but what many neglect to learn or practice is …

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Writer For Hire

It is undeniable that one of the greatest and most worrying of pains in the process is the inevitable job search. Everyone has gone through it: you search the same internet scavenger hunt but you try to word yourself differently hoping different results come up that don't include a CDL or a lifetime worth of …

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