Author Central at Amazon!

Finally got connected with some helpful people at KDP/Author Central over at amazon.com! I’ve got a brand new, sleek author page up and running for “a stump.” I’m working with them to get my previously published titles switched over (with reviews!). I’m very thankful to be able to transfer, and with a minimum amount of …

Happenings

There’s a lot going on these days at Fiction by a stump! I’ve launched my book, The Endless Summer, and I’m finalizing the manuscript for The Falling Woman, which is an eclectic compilation of my short stories and poetry. I’ve started a podcast with Greg Krojac dedicated to short reads (everything from drabbles to short …

Now Available!

Update!

I’ve finally updated my site! I have to admit, this is the thing that I’m the worst at. I just don’t like doing updates. I don’t like blogging, and I don’t like formatting. I don’t like editing pictures, and I don’t like inserting media and hyperlinks. However, I realize that this is how we communicate …

Summer Steeds

What lies below this paragraph is a piece of flash fiction that’s a part of a much larger story. However, it’s not as much a fiction as it is a remembrance. A remembrance of one of the most steadfast of childhood friends. I hope that these 400-ish words bring back memories of your own childhood …

Afternoons and Ice Creams

A brand new flash fiction from the upcoming anthology “The Endless Summer.”

The Climbing Tree

I rarely post my writing directly on my blog, but I just completed the first draft of a flash fiction that I’ll be incorporating into my anthology The Endless Summer. In this time of panic and confusion, I hope that it transports you to a better, past time during a summer when you used to …

Growing Pains

I think it’s time. Everything in me tells me “Start. Now.” “Start what?” you ask? A longer story. I’ve been writing short stories for about three years now. I’ve had several published by others and self-published one. The bulk of those stories have been 4,000 words and under. A novella is 10,000-40,000 words. The thought …

My First Story

When I chose to start writing fiction professionally (if that’s what you could call what I do–professional), I didn’t do so because I thought that I’d make money (I’ve made about $12), and I didn’t do it because I thought I was a good writer (I have yet to win my Pulitzer). I did it …

The Year in Review

Looking back over 2019, it was a pretty successful year for me, as a writer. I had eight pieces of fiction published and edited several works, including an anthology that spent a month as the #1 bestselling anthology on Kindle (I wasn’t the sole editor, or even head editor on that project, though). However, when …