Writing

The Horror Writers Association - a fine group of other scary folk. I also belong to their New England chapter.

I've attended two writing workshops and highly recommend both. The Clarion Workshop in Science Fiction and Fantasy - a six-week workshop held every June at Michigan State University. Viable Paradise - a one-week workshop held every fall on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Gothic.net - the most respected horror webzine around. It costs $15 a year, but it's money well-spent.

Computers

WebMonkey - a great web reference.

Software Reality - "your pinch of salt."

People

Amity Lee-Bradley - my oldest and dearest friend. Also one of the smartest and sweetest people I know.

Nancy Etchemendy - Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Her collection Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural is just out from Cricket Books.

Amy Grech - HWA webmistress, writer, and owner of her own web design company, Crimson Screams.

Dan Keohane - His collection Christmas Trees and Monkeys is available—as we speak!

Jack Passarella - another Bram Stoker winner, this time for his novel Wither. The sequel, Wither's Rain, is out in February 2003.

L. L. Soares - a writer friend who lives in the Boston area. Lauran and his wife Laura (hmm!) are both horror writers. Lauran's story "Little Black Dress" was the most read story at Gothic.net in 2001.

Misc

NECON - an intimate writer's convention held in Rhode Island every July.

The Onion - my most trusted news source!

The Internet Movie Database - I could spend all day there.

For family and other interested parties, here are some scans of my wife Valerie's artwork.