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  • Spec Pub Kickstarter – LOADING…THE MACHINE CHILD by TT Madden

    Spec Pub Kickstarter – LOADING…THE MACHINE CHILD by TT Madden

    It’s a hard time to publish indie but Spec Pub is running our second ever kickstarter to fund our second novella of utter speculation. This book is fun, weird, deep and, I think, rather important. LOADING…THE MACHINE CHILD is written by a frequent contributor to Spec Pub, TT Madden. Read more

  • Scenes from StokerCon 2025

    Scenes from StokerCon 2025

    I have found my people. A week after getting home, I am finally recovered enough to share some of my pictures from the weekend in Stamford Ct. My editorial partner, River Eno, and I went non-stop all weekend with new and old friends, amazing panels and late night ghost hunts around the hotel. Some highlights Read more

  • Housekeeping

    Housekeeping

    I promised a brief update of whats going on, so here we go. Read more

  • Being an Indie Publisher

    Being an Indie Publisher

    Indie presses always have a bit of an uphill battle. Both lauded as fresh, new, exciting, a place for new ideas and authors and disparaged as out there, cheap, poor quality, a place for weird shit and authors. They are, of course, all those things Read more

  • Award Eligible Books 2024

    Award Eligible Books 2024

    It’s that time of year and this year has been a weird one. I haven’t put out many of my own short stories recently, although I hope I have a few in the pipeline for next year. This year I put out some work that I’m really proud of, with Speculation Publication and of my Read more

  • Some points that stuck from my workshop

    Some points that stuck from my workshop

    some of the big points we hit that can help you get writing, stay writing, and make what you’ve written shine. Read more

  • Lessons Learned, Part 2, The Story of Lady

    Lessons Learned, Part 2, The Story of Lady

    I posted a little last week about what I learned on the path to publishing my first novel and I wanted to expand on one of the lessons that I really struggled with and how I wasn’t able to achieve my goal until I learned it. For a long time I burned myself out trying Read more

  • Check in

    Check in

    The last month has been BUSY and although I really wanted to keep up the momentum of posting every week, I just ran out of steam by the time I got here, but it’s all very good things. Read more

  • Join me this week to talk Historical Fiction

    Join me this week to talk Historical Fiction

    On Thursday, May 30, I will be part of the “Truth Through Fiction” panel at the Doylestown Historical Society. Along with historical fiction authors, Melissa D. Sullivan (who you might remember if you’ve listen to the most recent Utter Speculation Podcast) and Natalie Zellat Dyen, I will be discussing “How Historical Fiction Excavates the Past… Read more

  • Reading In Doylestown on March 7

    Reading In Doylestown on March 7

    I will be reading an excerpt from one of my upcoming books at this event, next Thursday. If you’re in the area, stop by and join us. Read more