Author: Travis Heermann

Whimsycon Schedule

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This weekend, March 1-3, I’ll be appearing at Whimsycon in Denver. I’ll have a vendor table and I’ll be taking part in various panels and readings with some illustrious colleagues. Fri, 8:00 PM-8:50 PM, Critique Groups: Care and Feeding Without Getting Your Hand Bitten (Mesa Verde C – Maker)Sat, 1:00 PM-1:50 PM, Building and Cultivating Your Creative Community (Mesa Verde C – Maker)Sat, 2:00 PM-2:50 PM, Learn to Love Your Writing (Mesa Verde C – Maker)Sat, 3:00 PM-3:50 PM, Sticking the Landing: How to End Your (Mesa Verde A – Steampunk)Sat, 8:00 PM-8:50 PM, Author Readings – Harrison, Heermann, Willis (Mesa Verde B – Victorian)

Horror Writers of America Red Tinsel Holiday Event

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The Colorado chapter of the Horror Writers of America is hosting a Red Tinsel Holiday Event. There will be readings, book signings, and giveaways! And a Stephen King trivia challenge. Drink specials, cocktail hour! Come join us and get your holiday horror on. Where: BookBar in Denver. When: 7:00-9:00 p.m., December 8, 2018. Scheduled to appear are: Carter Wilson Sean Eads Steve Rasnic Tem Stephen Graham Jones Mario Acevedo Angie Hodapp Warren Hammond Josh Viola Dean Wyant Larry Berry Carina Bisset Hillary Dodge Gary Robbe And yours truly! For more information: https://www.bookbardenver.com/event/hwa-colorados-red-tinsel-event  

Book Signing Event! – False Faces at the Tattered Cover

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I’m excited to announce that a tie-in story to my Ronin Trilogy universe, “Masks in Dark Earth,” just came out in a wonderful new anthology called False Faces. This story awakened a powerful desire to dive back into that world, and without really intending to, formed a bridge into what will become a new historical fantasy series. If you live in the Denver area, please come to our book signing event! When: Thursday, October 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Where: Tattered Cover Bookstore – Colfax Ave.

The Devil Resides in a Ground Full of Teeth

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I’m delighted for my novella “Where the Devil Resides” to share Alembical 4 with a story like “The Ground is Full of Teeth.” As I was reading Catherine Schaff-Stump’s dark, disturbing piece, I couldn’t help but recognize a fellow writer who also grew up in a very small town. Her keen eye for the details of small-town life spring out of every page. Astute readers will recognize also the thematic resonances between the two stories. You can thank a couple of awesome editors for that, Lawrence M. Schoen and Arthur Dorrance. So when Catherine suggested we trade blog posts talkingContinue readingThe Devil Resides in a Ground Full of Teeth

Guest Post – The Ground is Full of Teeth by Catherine Schaff-Stump

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When Travis and I talked about hosting each other because we are content mates in Alembical 4, I promised to talk about my horror novella The Ground is Full of Teeth. This is one of the most biographical pieces I have ever written.  I freely admit my novella is speculative fiction, so you might ask how something this supernatural and horrible can be about real life. The working title of this novella was The Werehumans. While the novel evolved from its original conception, the story remained largely the same. I grew up in Oscar Springs, the fictional name I gaveContinue readingGuest Post – The Ground is Full of Teeth by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Novellas and Screenplays and Festivals, Oh My!

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I’m excited about the way my neo-pulp steampunk noir story is getting some buzz. The novella “Where the Devil Resides” came out in Alembical 4 right before the World SF Convention. Woot! It is available in print and hardcover right now, with e-book coming soon. In a post-Civil War steampunk Florida, a minister’s teenage daughter is abducted by a band of vicious swamp rats and taken into the Everglades. To save his daughter from a fate worse than death, he must enlist the aid of an escaped slave woman, a mysterious Santeria priestess known as the Black Rose. This is excitingContinue readingNovellas and Screenplays and Festivals, Oh My!

Mad Max Meets Sons of Anarchy – Blood and Gasoline

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Want to hear something cool and exciting? I’ve got a new short story out in a new action-packed anthology from Hex Publishers. Blood and Gasoline, edited by Mario Acevedo, features my story “Kiss of the Sow,” a dystopian science fiction story featuring Mad Maxine Monahan, a retired pit fighter working a day job that goes horribly wrong. Plus there’s fusion-powered hover trains, super high-tech weapons, gas-powered dune buggies, a sassy artificial intelligence, and wild chase scenes. Available now! If high-octane action is your jam, show us some love.  

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

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Tremendous changes over the last couple of months. I’ve put together two complete new websites, one for my real name and another for my new pseudonym, T. James Logan. Of course, if you’re an entrepreneur, you know how web sites and marketing efforts can be a bottomless rabbit hole of things to do. The ways that technology can be networked over all sorts of platforms from desktops to smart phones is mind-boggling. Integrated mailing lists, giveaways, ebook marketing, social media, all of these things have an immense learning curve, adding up to weeks spent in which nothing but ad copyContinue readingCh-Ch-Ch-Changes

How Bad It Can Get and What Comes Next

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The discovery of identity theft is bound to be one of the most anxious and stressful moments a person can experience. When an identity thief gets his (or her) hands on your personal information, they gain the power to wreak havoc on your finances, credit and reputation. Minimize the chance that you will fall victim to an identity thief, and find out what to do if you suspect your identity has been compromised. Credit Sesame has created this guide to arm you with knowledge about how and when identity theft can happen, what the warning signs are, what prevention measuresContinue readingHow Bad It Can Get and What Comes Next

Launching a New Pen Name

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Authors often try to keep their pen names secret, like Stephen King did with Richard Bachman for many years. But not always. Others wear their pen names on their sleeves, like Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who openly writes under a different for each genre of her books. One name for SF, one for romance, one for mystery, etc. In cases like this, it’s strictly a branding issue. I feel it is time to bifurcate my brands, so I’m launching a new pen name, T. James Logan, to represent my efforts in YA fiction. T. James Logan’s first book will be Night ofContinue readingLaunching a New Pen Name

Screenplay Wins Award

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Over the weekend of February 16-18, 2018, I had the great pleasure of attending the Famous Monsters Silver Scream Festival in Santa Rosa, CA. I’m a monster geek from way back, so it was total thrill to be hanging out with film industry people and geeking out about horror films. I got to meet several icons of horror cinema: Ricou Browning, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, who was celebrating his 88th birthday that weekend; John Russo, the screenwriter on Night of the Living Dead; Jackie Kong, director of the cult classic Blood Diner; Kelli Maroney, actress in such horror classics as ChoppingContinue readingScreenplay Wins Award