Hey guys, I really enjoyed the three years or so I spent blogging here; I'd still be doing it if I hadn't decided to get serious about writing fiction.

Since I left, I've written three novel manuscripts and a bunch of short stories, having gotten published (or soon to be published) in Crime and Suspense, FlashShot, Black Hound Magazine, Twisted Dreams Magazine, Mysterical-E, and Shroud Magazine. My short fiction has been included in two print anthologies: Ten for Ten (2008) and Northern Haunts (2009)

I tell you all this because I could use your help. I have a manuscript entered in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award contest, co-sponsored by Penguin Books and Publishers Weekly. The book's title is PASKAGANKEE, and it is still alive in the contest's quarterfinal round. At stake is a publishing contract with Penguin and valuable exposure.

If you're interested, you can visit the contest site and download a copy of my novel's excerpt - the first 5000 words - FREE at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG3BI6. You can also post a review of the excerpt if you like.

I realize this isn't sports related and I apologize, but I got to know a lot of you folks pretty well while I was here and thought you might like to know what I've been up to. Thanks a lot for checking me out if you decide to do so, and we now return you to your local sports programming...