Writing & comics, mostly. I'm also a Linux geek, an Open Source fan, and I write with OpenOffice.org. I'm a yellow belt in Shuri-ryu karate-do and I've also begun practicing kendo and some sai katas.
Music
These days I'm hooked ..kick Murphys. I like some punk, but I'm mostly a rock/metal fan, particularly old Metallica and Pantera. When I write I look for things without or with very few lyrics. The Conan the Barbarian soundtrack is a favorite, as is Symphonic Pink Floyd.
Movies
I'm a big Tarantino fan. I also dug the hell out of A History of Violence.
Television
The Shield is on top of my must-see list. I watch 24 for the pure humor potential, and Prison Break still has my interest. Lost is tanking hard, and it's looking like I'll be sitting through another mid-season slump of Battlestar Galactica. It's good to have The Closer back, though, and I've gotten hooked on Heroes.
Books
My reading habits have slipped mightilty of late, and my to-be-read pile has overflowed my nightstand and covers a chunk of floor next to the bed. I've been buried in comics and magazines the last few months. Right now I'm halfway through Carl Hiaasen's Strip Tease and next up is Tom Piccirilli's The Dead Letters.
Heroes
Heroes are overrated, and they typically let you down when you meet them.
There's probably more to me than that, but that's the bit folks always want to hear about. I've been published in the horror small press on and off since 1999, with short stories and novellas appearing in several anthologies.
My first novel, Deadliest of the Species, won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Nove for works published in 2001, and I've discovered the statue makes a lovely paperweight.
This year I branched into comics. My first comic, Werewolves: Call of the Wild, was published by Moonstone Books earler this year, and you can still find all three issues on the shelves.
Issue #1
I've got two more comics in the works, one called Wounded Gods with artist Patrick Hoover and the other a yet untitled work in collaboration with Bryan Baugh. Neither have been placed with a publisher yet, but I plan on rectifying that soon.
If prose is more your thing, check out Muy Mal, where Weston Ochse, John Urbancik and myself are writing free serialized fiction set in a shared dark fantasy world. My contributions, "Bastard Precinct" and "Down Vendetta Road", are crime thrillers with a supernatural edge.
I've recently started studying martial arts, specifically Shuri-ryu karate-do with the Academy of Okinawan Karate. My son and I are currently yellow belts.
And if you just want to get into my head, surf on over to my web site and sniff around!
Heya Mike, thanks for the add. Always love to see your work, enjoyed the last blog on the nature of dreams thoroughly (that show is definitely wild... frozen chicken?!).
Take care and keep in touch, hope all is well on your end over there.
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Hello I wish you and your family and friends a happy new year. May this new year bring you all that you want deep in your heart HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008 Take care William
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