by Admin | Jun 24, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Earlier this week, I told you all about the indefatigable Anthony Trollope, and how he filled whole library shelves by writing 250 words a day, day in and day out. I remember. As did I, but what I remembered turned out to be wrong. Which is to say that I stand...
by Admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Anthologies, Audiobooks, Books, News + Events, Newsletter
Sometime last year I started writing a new piece of fiction. It was very dark, very nasty, and more than a little disturbing, and when I was about 15,000 words into it, I found I didn’t want to write any more of it. While I wasn’t yet ready to toss it, I...
by Admin | Mar 19, 2019 | Anthologies, At Home in the Dark, Books, News + Events, Newsletter
Well, which is it? Good or bad? That depends. Let me explain. I wish you would. Indeed. As most of you know, Subterranean Press is set to publish the only hardcover edition of my cross-genre anthology, At Home in the Dark. It’s limited to 500 signed and numbered...
by Admin | Mar 10, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Are you out of your mind? Well, that’s not really for me to say. Why do you ask? What kind of a header is that, telling your readers not to waste their time on your newsletter? I just thought— Or is it all some kind of devious reverse psychology? You tell...
by Admin | Mar 4, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Newsletter
Okay, I give up. What’s that header supposed to mean? It means I couldn’t think of a title. The one thing I have to do today is get this newsletter out, and the first step toward that end is to come up with a header, and I couldn’t do it. Um…...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Anthologies, Books, News, News + Events, Newsletter
You’ve got to be kidding. Three newsletters in three weeks? What can I say? Far too much, evidently. Months go by without word from you, and then you turn up in our mailboxes every seven days. Um— You’re like a college student who’s running out of...