Good Stories and the Other Crap We Write

Reading the review on Utopia for Shock Radio reminded me of a thought that pops into my head once in a while, about how an author can write something people think is so compelling, yet follow up with something that is pretty much crap. I'm positive every author out there has experienced this thought.

I'm a firm believer that everything an author writes is a reflection of that author. Every story is a piece of the writer, so to speak. So, just like we have our good days and bad days, we have our good stories and bad stories. Take Shock Radio, for instance. Shortly after it came out, I felt a touch of embarrassment for having included the last story in it. It was junk. Reading Utopia's review just reaffirmed that opinion; she was spot on with her appraisal, which I whole-heartedly appreciate. I wonder why I included it in the first place.

Some of my other books give me the same feeling, but I'm not going to pull any of them. It would be dishonest at this point to do so, not to mention a terrible exercise in assuaging my ego. I'm sure every author out there has books he or she would prefer not be available, ones they wish they hadn't published in the first place. But they're there, and they still reflect something about the author . . . even if makes them say, "what the fuck was I thinking?"

They liked it! They really liked it!

I wish I had known about this when it happened, but it's nice to get the recognition regardless.  It appears my anthology, Shock Radio and Other Tales of Supernatural Erotica, was chosen as first runner-up by Book Utopia for their favorite short stories of 2009.  Check it out here: http://bookutopia.blogspot.com/2009/12/favorite-short-stories-of-2009.html

The Great Unveiling

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