It took Clint a few minutes to organize his thoughts. Before the explosion that had ruined most of his body, he had been a marine. He was used to reacting instinctively in battle. Sometimes he only remembered what had happened after the fact. The pain would set in soon, too,…
Clint floated easily on top of the waves, staring into the almost cloudless sky. The brilliant blue seemed to envelop him. The com had gone quiet after Molly chewed him out for no better reason than her own insecurities. That’s what he figured, anyway. It would take time for the…
[note]NaNoWriMo starts next Monday. Below is the flash fiction I’m expanding. It is also the beginning of the story. What I begin writing next week will continue immediately after this. The working title is Buckethead. As you can read below, it’s a term of…er…let’s say endearment. Tune in next week…
I had a wonderful surprise in my email last week–a notification that I’d received a donation from this website! It was from my sister, who said she just wanted to try it out (*wink, wink*), but it invigorated me immensely. I never expected to receive a donation. I put all…
Four Till Boom! Actually, there was a tie, so I made an executive decision. I was quite tempted to attempt Dinner at Twilight, but for the sake of the free-for-all that is NaNoWriMo, I think “Four Till Boom!” will be the easier choice. I apologize to those Dinner at Twilight…
All right, it’s time to give your two cents! Vote below for what sort of story you’d like to see me write for National Novel Writing Month! You’re allowed two votes. More complete summaries for the choices are in the previous post of this series. Voting ends Saturday, October 23,…
Ah…here it is. The second movie in the Taylor Trilogy. (See part one of this series for some background.) The year after The Agony & the Ecstasy, I decided to write a sequel from the girl’s point of view. I enlisted the help of Maura Oprisko, who has a wonderful…
Well, I finally decided that I will participate in NaNoWriMo, despite my crazy schedule. I’ve been wanting to do it for a long time but never worked up the guts. But I was thinking, “Hey, Nick, you ran a half-marathon a few weeks ago, why not do the literary equivalent?”…
Once upon a time, a long time ago (sophomore year of college), I decided to enter a film in the Taylor University Fort Wayne Falcon Film Festival. Now, I hadn’t much experience in film making (except for those stop action films I made as a child), and I had no…
Published April 3, 2010 After a long absence from the joys and rigors of a reporter’s life, I have found myself thrust back into my role as intermediary between personalities of note and the general public. Soon after my first re-publishing of my previous interviews, I received a called from…
Originally published January 5, 2008 Nick: For the first interview of 2008, I had to pull a few strings, make a few calls, but our guest today was kind enough to make the long trek to Kendallville for an exclusive. In the hot seat today is none other than Janus,…
Originally published on December 22, 2007 My dear readers, I am truly humbled by the response my first interview has made among certain circles. Within a day of its publication, I received no less than four phone calls from parties interested in my services. Even with the approach of Christmas…