My husband the writer: Pretty cool huh? Gotta get the word out, and what...

My husband the writer:
Pretty cool huh? Gotta get the word out, and what...: "Pretty cool huh? Gotta get the word out, and what better way than to canvas your neighborhood!?"

Pretty cool huh? Gotta get the word out, and what better way than to canvas your neighborhood!?

My husband the writer: What can you expect from J.M. Tresaugue's short st...

My husband the writer: What can you expect from J.M. Tresaugue's short st...: "Somewhere in the depths within us all we possess good and evil, honorable and shameful, ugly and beautiful. J.M. Tresaugue’s Shadows Beyon..."

What can you expect from J.M. Tresaugue's short story collection??

Somewhere in the depths within us all we possess good and evil, honorable and shameful, ugly and beautiful.  J.M. Tresaugue’s Shadows Beyond the Flames and Other Stories proves just that.  Within each of us we have the power to do great good, and in the blink of an eye, we can turn into a depraved, immoral human being.  You find variations of these human characteristics within the contents of stories such as The Manual and Sometimes Always.  However, within Graphic Burn we are given a glimpse of what being a better person truly means. 

There are stories that grip us, stories that shake us to our cores, and stories that inspire. The stories contained within this volume touch on a little of everything; from the macabre, to the hopeful, but mainly the darkness within us.  You won’t be disappointed with the variety of science fiction, horror, fantasy, strange, unusual, and revenge thrown in for good measure in Shadows Beyond the Flames and Other Stories.  J.M. Tresaugue’s crafting of a story is a brilliant exercise in literature.

You can follow J.M. Tresaugue at http://www.jmtresaugue.blogspot.com/, www.twitter.com/jmtresaugue, and http://www.jmtresauguebooks.webs.com/!

J. M. Tresaugue: THE NEVER ENDING REVISION

J. M. Tresaugue: THE NEVER ENDING REVISION: "A poem is never finished, only abandoned.--Paul Valery The same can easily be said of novels and blogs, or almost any..."

Do you ever feel like a writing widow?

If you have a significant other, in my case a husband, who is a dedicated writer and blogger, and Tweeter, and Facebooker, et al., you can understand the term "writing widow". You support your better half in all of their endeavors, including writing and publishing their works. But let's get real, you wish there were more hours in the day so that you could get the same attention from them that they give to their writing. It's not being selfish, it's being real. It's a fine line you are walking to be supportive of their full-time, and sometimes all-the-time, writing...and being non-conducive to their creative process. With my husband he tries very hard to balance everything, and there are times I feel ignored, let's not mince words. But, in the end, he's doing what he loves, which makes him a happier person and in the end I win. It's been a lifelong passion for him, and I vowed when we got together, long before getting married, that I would support his work, he deserves it.

So, you're not a bad person if you think you aren't seeing enough of your spouse. I think you'd be a bad person if you thought you WERE seeing enough of your spouse! It's human nature to want to be the center of your spouse's world, and I'm no different. I love the attention he gives me. I love his writing. I love that he tries to do both. Just hang in there folks, there is a balance to be found, and you are not the only one who feels like a "writing widow".

Please visit my husbands author spotlight on http://www.lulu.com/ where you can view the first 10 pages of his short story collection for FREE! http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/treefrog98104atgmaildotcom

He's releasing his first collection!

On July 29th my husband (J.M. Tresaugue) is releasing his first short story collection. Please stay tuned, it will be available on http://www.lulu.com/ and his own site that will be released the same day.