I’ve just added a new short story to my site and Scribd. Time to Get Up is about a young man who goes with his mother to bail his kid sister out of jail. You can find it in the Short Stories section to the right.
While you’re there, you can also read Waiting, a short story about a young man who returns to his home town for an ex-girlfriend’s wedding.
Thanks for reading! Comments always appreciated!

I love writing and I love being a writer. Even if I never get anything into traditional print or make any money for it, I’ll probably keep doing it because writing is my favorite thing to do. It also keeps me mentally stable (well, as mentally stable as a writer can be) – if I don’t write I get cantankerous, irritable, and socially withdrawn. I don’t have it, I get serious withdrawals. Who cares – I wouldn’t trade it for ANYTHING.
However, it does have its drawbacks. Fear of failure is …

Since I started working fulltime, my pockets are fuller, but the pace of my writing has vastly slowed. Primarily it’s due to time constraints. The six hours I used to spend each day sitting at my keyboard typing and staring out the window have dwindled to a mere one or none. Sometimes I am able to catch a few minutes at work, in between projects, to tap out a few minutes worth of words, but all in all I’ve dwindled from 10k words a week to a meager 2k.
It’s unfortunate, …