Latest Newsletter Now Out; Fri. 13th 'Trespassers' Contest

A 1992 photo portrait of actor James Earl Jones.

James Earl Jones ("Star Wars", "The Lion King"), Jan. 17, 1932 - Sept. 9, 2024
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

I got a late start writing this post, so it will be a short one.

I don't really have a lot going on this week to talk about as far as any updates in my writing projects go. In science fiction news, James Earl Jones, who did the voices of Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy and Mufusa in the original animated feature of "The Lion King", died on September 9th. He was 93. Mike Glyer down at his blog, File 770, has a short but nice article that pays tribute to him.

As of this writing, I'm almost done proofreading one story for my upcoming short fiction collection, "Bad Apps". I'm about two pages away from completing the proofreading which is mostly for grammar and mechanics. The other story I'm currently working on for the collection, I'm about halfway through in revising the main character.

I talk about "Bad Apps" in more detail in my newsletter, "Night Creatures' Call", of which the latest edition released last Monday September 9th. Those of you who are subscribed, check your in-boxes for it if you haven't already done so. If you don't see it, check your spam box. In this issue, I go behind the scenes of one story from "Bad Apps". Plus I talk about something new to the book! If you're not subscribed to this free newsletter, you can subscribe here.

Last Friday the 13th, I kind of spur-of-the-moment launched a contest for a free copy of my latest short book of alien terror, "The Trespassers"! For those of you who missed the deadline to subscribe to the newsletter for a free copy of "The Trespassers", you have a chance to win one by entering the Friday 13th "Trespass" a Black Cat's Path contest! You can participate in the contest at my Facebook author page. When you get there, look for the Friday 13th black cat post where you'll find all the details there on how to enter. The deadline to enter is this this Friday September 20.

That's all that I have today. Next week I'm going to try to have something on AI in science fiction, so be here then!

Until next time . . .

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