Tag: horror

  • Soundtracking The Casquette Rose

    In a previous post, Soundtracking a Work in Progress, I introduced the soundtrack to my upcoming Louisiana Gothic novel, The Casquette Rose. Now that the novel is finished, I want to revisit this and talk about some more of the songs. Here’s the soundtrack: Vive la Rose – Nana Mouskouri Harvester of Eyes – Blue Oyster Cult…

  • Sins and Tragedies: The Darkness of The Casquette Rose

    On the 1st of September, I will reveal the cover of The Casquette Rose, my second Louisiana Gothic novel. This one will be far darker than my last novel, Wolf in the Sanctuary. Both focus on the interplay of history and its unconfessed, unatoned-for sins with the struggles of the present. However, while Wolf focused…

  • When Writing Gets Personal

    This isn’t the type of post I ever thought I would make as a writer. When I was a child and even through the early stages of my writing career, I thought I would tell stories about other people, using the “write what you know” maxim as a way to share things I had researched…

  • Destiny’s Gambit: The Book that Almost Was

    Destiny’s Gambit: The Book that Almost Was

    So, today I want to muse about a book I almost wrote as the seventh installment in The Adventures of Sam Hain: Destiny’s Gambit. That’s right, the original plan for the book that became Carmilla’s Gambit was to focus on Destiny’s mental and emotional struggles with her past as she returns to the field to…

  • Religious Trauma and Horror: Thoughts and Questions

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  • Louisiana Gothic: A Beautiful and Horrifying Gumbo

    Hey, I’ve got some cool stuff to show y’all this weekend once I get my concept art back from the artist I hired to help with my upcoming dark fantasy novelette/novella series. But I also want to talk about my Louisiana Gothic novel, my first real foray into longform horror of any kind, that I’m…

  • State of the Draft: Updates and Upcomings

    State of the Draft: Updates and Upcomings

    So, I didn’t post an update last week, and that was because the week got away from me. It’s Mardi Gras here in Louisiana, so my plan is to throw you something worth more than cheap beads. This post will serve as a formal announcement of where I am in the drafting process, what is…