Journey still rocks.

I took my 9 year old son, Sammy, to see Journey tonight. When I say he is Journey fan, it is probably the biggest understatement of the year. We had very good seats right near the stage, but not on the floor (I didn't want Sammy's view to be blocked.) We had an awesome time and my ears are ringing voraciously. A roadie and a police officer thought Sammy was something special, I suppose, banging his head and rocking out, so they both brought him some band guitar picks for a total of seven! Night Ranger opened and they were pretty good! Sammy chatted with one of the guitar players for Night Ranger, telling him he did a good job on guitar. He shook Sammy's hand and said "Thanks for saying that!" All in all, we had a blast. Sammy got a tour shirt and tour bandanna as souvenirs (as well as the picks.)

Dead Set:: A Zombie Anthology

Great news! I am now co-editing a new zombie anthology called "Dead Set" from 23 House Publishing! My co-editor is the great Joe McKinney, a fellow author, and surprisingly, a homicide detective with the San Antonio Police Department. I have a well-worn copy of his novel "Dead City" on my bookshelf. We have started getting submissions and are reading and reviewing them. Want to submit? Go to http://www.23house.com/zombie
for the guidelines and submission information.
I also contacted author Steve Alten about submitting, and he said that he would! Well, we will see how that goes! It's not a paying publication, so he might change his mind once he reads that on the submission page...let's hope not...I would love to get him in there!
We have a submission by David Dunwoody, another excellent author!
Things are getting great and I am having a blast with this!

On a personal note, we got a little dog and named him Fang! He is the best dog ever!

Great News!

After selling a copy of "Zombology" to the senior editor at 23 House Publishing (one Mitchel Whitington) he contacted me about sending me a complimentary copy of "Night of Blood 2," a vampire anthology. Well, I received it in the mail along with a proposal to co-edit an anthology of zombie short stories with author Joe McKinney! Imagine my surprise! After reading over the guidelines and expectations, I accepted! So, in the next few weeks, I will begin putting out the call for submissions. Joe and I will also have stories in the anthology. I am VERY excited about this and feel like doors are opening faster than I ever expected. I have been writing more, and just submitted a short story titled "River Runs True" to the Ladies of Horror Anthology that Library of the Living Dead Press will be publsihing. I am very glad to be writing; it give me a creative outlet, and it lets me tell my stories to whoever will read them.

None of this would be possible without Michael West, aka "Dr. Pus." What a great guy - don't let the nick name fool ya!

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