The worlds kind of crazy right now so take a second and enjoy these pictures of Peanut being cute

Days 2 & 3 of #600x150 are combined. Day 2 I wrote 536 words in my dinosaur vs mercenary novella. Day 3 was a self care day spent playing Metal Gear Solid Delta. Despite playing the original more times than I can count I’m really enjoying the updates graphics.

Day 1 of #600x150 I wrote 500 words in a short story for an anthology of stories set in Iowa and 281 in my novella Toxic Rex. Didn’t get much done in the novella as I wanted but it was still a successful day!

While you’re waiting for my next book you should check out my Patreon. I’ve been posting things on there for a couple months now. It’s full of weekly updates, short stories, and chapters to my next novella! www.patreon.com/AlexanderCBa...

@cynthiapelayo.bsky.social I’m just finding out about #600x150 and it sounds like the motivation I really need right now. Is it too late to join in?

Introducing The Wife to one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors!! (Book is Dark Hollow by @briankeene.bsky.social )

Once again my writing assistant has fallen asleep on the job leaving me to do all the work 🤣

Welp I guess I learned a lesson today. Spent around 20 minutes adding open calls from a publisher to my spreadsheet only to find out they use (at least one) A.I covers. Always do your research folks!

@briankeene.bsky.social was it Xander Harris who has an album based off Urban Gothic or was that someone else?

I just watched Day of the Dead (1985) for the first time and I have to say it was really damn good. My official ranking of the trilogy is: 1. Dawn of the Dead 2. Night of the Living Dead 3. Day of the Dead That being said they’re all in my Top ten movies of all time

Iowa folks! If you’re in Marion or the surrounding areas come see me and a few others at our signing at Half Price Books this Sunday (the 6th) from 1-4. It’ll be the debut of Fall of River City Books Three!

I will now have ammo for the rest of my life!

Coming soon! Cover by @mattwildasin.bsky.social

I've got your back

Can someone explain to me why this 6 month old gerblin sighs like she just got done working a 14 hour shift as a waitress on a Sunday? 🤣

20 days ago I learned a publisher was looking for a 20k zombie novella. Seeing a challenge I reached out to see if they would give me 20 days to submit something for consideration. They agreed Now 20 days and 20,137 words later the novella is done! Going to edit then send it off

If your partner got turned into a block of cheese and had all the properties of a normal block of cheese would I be more disrespectful to eat them or let them go moldy?

Someone is trying to help me store my comics 🤣

Well looks like I’m trapped here for awhile 🤣

#MandoWriMo day 6 my best day yet with 1,076 split between two projects. I guess it helps having a kitten locked in my office recovering from being spayed Day 7 went to help my mom wash her walls and move some furniture before they were painted even got 141 words squeezed in

#MandoWriMo day 5 was able to get 363 words don’t. Can’t remember why I didn’t get more done. Day 6. Didn’t get anything day. Took time to processes everything and took care of Peanut post spay surgery (she’s already back to her playful happy self)

Day 3 of #MandoWriMo was a day off to spend some quality time relaxing with the wife Day for got 617 done between two projects despite not really feeling like writing. Got a lot of other stuff done as well so over all I’m calling it a win

While I won't be doing NaNoWriMo in November I have decided I will be doing MandoWriMo. Basically its the same thing, try to write my butt off during the month with posting my numbers each day under the #MandoWriMo. Feel free to join in with the same hashtag. Let's get some words done!

Day 1 of #MandoWriMo consisted of no words as I was out of the house most of the day. Day 2 was better with 654 in my short story featuring mobsters vs zombies

First ever stack of books has been signed! While these are spoken for I will have more available for $12 a piece!

Now that it’s in the final stages I feel okay to announce that my debut novella and first in a zombie series (more than likely will be a trilogy but you never know) Fall of River City book one will be coming out March 27th 2024 Will you survive the fall? Cover by @mattwildasin.bsky.social

Today was my first day at K & W Electric Inc. ( doing construction work). I’m burnt to a crisp, sore as hell and tired as heck. All in all it was a good day 😋

What’s your favorite “zombie” book? ( I put zombie in quotes because I know there are many different definitions of the creature)

Out of ALL the books I’ve bought over the years this is a first. Every third page just fell out of the book. I kind want to leave pages randomly around town for a new marketing strategy 🤣

Two things I didn’t expect to see today when I woke up 1) a duck about a foot away from me 2) Cynthia Pelayo’s book at my Barns and Noble in the *middle of nowhere* Iowa. Seeing both made my day better

Holy shit looking for a job sucks. Anyone want to be my benefactor so I can just focus on writing 🤣

Write just over 1,000 words by hand today. I’m experimenting to see if I’m more productive writing my first draft long hand before I copy it onto my laptop. Plus the hope is to use up some of notebooks I have.

Authors/writers what is your day job?

Had a really good writing day. Wrote 2,205 words to finish a short story. Plan on editing it tomorrow before starting the next short as well as getting back to my novella. Gonna be a good week!

I have two stories out for consideration right now. Here’s hoping at least one of them gets accepted!

Just finished RE: Death Island Was it over the top? Yes Was it ridiculous at times? Yes Was the story predictable? Oh yeah Was it an enjoyable movie? Hell yes! Did it scratch my RE Nerd itch seeing most of the main characters together in one film? FUCK YES

Finally hit 100,000 words for my writing year (September 1st to August 31st) way behind where I want to be but still proud of how much I’ve gotten done in this hellscape of a year. Going to keep moving forward

Would you consider a bounty of the supernatural set in Old West an Occult Detective?

Final got to see Evil Dead Rise. Damn what a great movie! Definitely in my top 3 of the franchise

Does anyone have any advice for someone looking for a professional writing job? I recently got laid off from my previous job and thought this would be a good opportunity to explore some options closer to what I really want to do.

Today was a good writing day. Hit 1,031 words in a short story and 81 words in a novella for a total of 1,114. Hoping to hit 1,500 tomorrow!

Yesterday was the first time since being furloughed during Covid that I sat down at my desk with the intention to write all day. It was a STRUGGLE, but I did get 592 words written. It’s a good start but now I need to keep it up everyday

Yesterday I was able to score this beautiful edition of C. Robert Cargill’s Sea of Rust published through Subterranean Press Only problem is some MONSTER tore out the signature page