Bio Shocked

Well, the bio has officially been written.  I had a hard time not making it sound like a personal ad from a psychopath, so instead I decided to just go with it thanks to some encouragement from my Facebook friends.  Although given the fact that 90% of the stuff in it is technically true, hopefully it does not sound too much like a psychopath.

Anyway, here it is in all its glory:

Simon Weathers enjoys long walks through the forests of Cimmeria, visits to the seaport of Innsmouth, and the occasional puff from his calabash pipe.  He spends his days investigating automobile accidents and his nights curled up next to a warm gun.  In his spare time Simon likes to write about crime, horror, and fantasy type stuff in the form of short fiction, blog fiction, and comic book scripts.  When he is not busy transcribing what the voices in his head tell him to, Mr. Weathers can be found blogging on his personal website at www.simonweathers.com.

Happy Tuesday

Stop the presses.  I am no longer looking to e-publish “Big Fish, Little Fish” myself.  That’s right folks, it has been picked up for publication by Sex and Murder Magazine for their 19th issue which is slated for release “soon”.  It will be available in print or you can purchase it in various Ebook formats at their website; http://sexandmurder.com.

For those of you who need a reminder, “Big Fish, Little Fish” is my short crime fiction story I started submitting to publications back in February.  It seems that notification from Sex and Murder to let me know that they were going to publish my story somehow managed to elude my inbox.  Damn spam filters. 

Anyway, to my surprise I received the proof for the next issue for my review and a request for a short bio to be placed in the issue my story appears.  Now I just have to figure out what to put in my bio.

Moving Forward

Well, I received some good feedback, most of it sent directly to me.  Among the suggestions, ones that stick out to me are to make Ken Jay a more likable character and to play up the aspect that he is doing it all for his son a bit more.  It has also been suggested to give the dialogue more personality to help contrast the three characters more.  I originally was specifically trying to not do this as it is too easy to read as stereotyping but I like the idea of trying to use it to better contrast the characters.

Any other suggestions or thoughts on these changes, feel free to post in the comments or send to me.  I'll take a couple of weeks to rewrite then look into E-publishing.