Recycled Writing: From Script to Book
I’ve long been an advocate for repurposed writing. After finishing my latest novella, part of an anthology of teen-led Noir stories to be published later this year, I realized it is the final work that…
Tag: Writing
WTF Am I Reading?: Sawney’s Twisted Short Stories
EVERYONE IS A MOON is my definitive collection of short stories (at least, until I write a bunch more). While I’ve categorized the book as Dark Fiction as a whole, I don’t think that label…
UGLYVILLE: Writing an Untypical Young Adult Book
My new novella UGLYVILLE has just been released, and, like my debut novel DEAD SIZE, I once again can’t really tell you who the audience is for it. A Young Adult book perhaps… if the…
Flash Fiction: A Hole Away from Home
In recognition of me starting my Masters program in Writing Studies, a piece of flash fiction(?) from my early years as a writer. Recently, while sifting through some ancient papers of mine, I found this…
Author Talk: Rocking Q&A with Russ Colchamiro
I will be hawking my wares, reading from said wares, and possibly defiling same said wares at the upcoming TWISTED WORLD VILLAINS & VIXENS convention in Philadelphia (well, King of Prussia, but close enough) the weekend of…
Short Stories, New Voices
As a young teen I wasn’t the avid reader of novels I am today. Maybe I didn’t have the patience for them back then; my hyperkinetic mind couldn’t yet commit to long-form genre literature. I…
The Cult of Originality vs. The Coffers of Formula
I have a chronic creativity problem: I like to be different. I love originality. This may sound like a great problem to have… except it becomes a challenge when marketing my writing. Take my debut…
Sawney Answers His Critics: Hi, Critics!
With my debut novel DEAD SIZE having amassed over forty reviews to date on Amazon and Goodreads combined, I thought it would be fun to respond to my book’s few detractors. (I know these sites…
The Story of the Story of the DEAD SIZE Novel
Now that my DEAD SIZE novel debut has been unleashed on an unsuspecting world and it’s amassing reviews both good (most!) and bad (a couple), I felt this might be an opportune time to share…
Not-Quite-DIY Self-Publishing Tips
So the day I’ve been waiting for—the day I’ve been working for—has arrived. My debut novel DEAD SIZE is published! (Through self-publishing, to be precise.) It’s now out there for all the world (or at least…