My Updates
Update: On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, I undertook my 6th NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November.
Update: On Sunday, July 3, 2011, my tweet Let There Be Wine was published by Wine Story 140.
Update: On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, I received word that my drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) That Popping Sound had been accepted for publication at Weirdyear.
Update: On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, I received word that my drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) The Darkroom had been accepted for publication at Widowmoon Press.
Update: On Monday, February 7, 2011, I had One Sentence published. You can read it at One Sentence.
Update: On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, I completed my fifth National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I finished the year with 50,015 words. You can read all about it at My National Novel Writing Month - 2010.
Update: On Sunday, October 24, 2010, my six sentences The Fog was published on the Six Sentence Website.
Update: On Thursday, October 20, 2010, I found out that my six sentences The Fog will be published this Sunday, October 24th. I will post a link here so you can read it on the Six Sentence Website.
Update: On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, I had One Sentence published. You can read it at One Sentence.
Update: On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, I had One Sentence published. You can read it at One Sentence.
Update: On Wednesday, September 1, 2010, My short story Phlebotomists Anonymous was published in Issue 47 of Dark Fire Fiction.
Update: On Wednesday, July 7, 2010, I had my Six Sentences Chill of Autumn published at sixsentences.blogspot.com.
Update: On Monday, June 28, 2010, I found out that my submission for the Six Sentences contest "The Mysterious Dr. Ramsey" has been accepted and is being published. The book is available from https://www.createspace.com/3464803. My name appears 56 seconds into the video announcing the list of authors selected. You can click on this link to find out more about Six Sentences.
Update: On Sunday, June 13, 2010. I've been slacking of late. I haven't been writing or submitting much of anything. Time to get back into the swing of things.
Update: On Monday, June 2, 2010, my short story Woman Called Witch was published in the June 2010 issue of Niteblade Fantasy and Horror Magazine.
Update: On Monday, May 24, 2010, my short story My Symantha was published by the The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.
Update: On Thursday, April 8, 2010, I had One Sentence published. You can read it at One Sentence.
Update: On Monday, April 5, 2010, my drabble fiction (a story of exactly 100 words) Turn the Water Off was published by Weirdyear.
Update: On Tuesday, March 30, 2010, I found out that my short story Phlebotomists Anonymous will published in Issue 47 of Dark Fire Fiction. Issue 47 will be published in September 2010.
Update: On Sunday, March 14, 2010, I found out that my six sentence submissions "Growing Pains" had been accepted in Six Sentences — Volume 3. That is great news and I'm looking forward to the book publication in April 2010! My selection was announced on Sunday, March 14, 2010 on a video announcing a partial list of authors selected for Six Sentences - Volume 3. My name shows up at 4:45 into the video! Or click on this link to find out more about Six Sentences.
Update: On Friday, March 10, 2010, I received my copy of Issue 24 of Delivered. My drabble, Timing, was featured in this issue on page 29. It was delivered from England so it was probably published on March 1, 2010.
Update: On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Niteblade Fantasy and Horror Magazine accepted my short story Woman Called Witch for publication in their June 2010 issue.
Update: On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, The Daily Flash: 365 Days of Flash Fiction accepted a second story from me! Winds of Hunger for publication. It will be published as the story for March 21st. Look for The Daily Flash to come out around December 2010.
Update: On Sunday, March 7, 2010, Bewildering Stories accepted my short story Kutter for publication. It will be published later in the fall of 2010.
Update: On Sunday, February 28, 2010, Weirdyear accepted my drabble fiction (a story of exactly 100 words) Turn the Water Off for publication. It is scheduled to be published on April 5, 2010.
Update: On Saturday, February 27, 2010, Pow Fast Flash Fiction accepted my flash fiction story Black Magic for publication. It was published later that same day here.
Update: On Saturday, February 13, 2010, I received word from Delivered that my drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) Timing had been accepted for publication and would probably come out in their March Issue.
Update: On Friday, February 12, 2010, I had One Sentence published. You can read it at One Sentence.
Update: Monday, February 1, 2010 — Looking for writing ideas? Check out My Writing Prompts. I'm looking forward to updating them every month so if you want ideas to help you write, come here!
Update: On Saturday, January 30, 2010, I submitted my flash fiction (in this case, a story of less than 500 words) My Second Life to the 2011 flash anthology Daily Flash: 365 Days of Flash Fiction. Less than an hour later, I received word that my story was accepted and will be published as the story for October 1st. Look for The Daily Flash to come out around December 2010.
Update: On Monday, January 25, 2010, my drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) The Colonists was published by Abandoned Towers. Look for it in the Science Fiction section.
Update: On Sunday, January 24, 2010, I learned that my six sentences were published in the very first issue of The 6S Review, a Six Sentences publication. You can order a copy at https://www.createspace.com/3426567.
Update: On Sunday, January 24, 2010, I learned that my drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) The Colonists was accepted for publication by Abandoned Towers.
Update: On Friday, January 22, 2010, I learned that my short story The Pixie Purse was accepted for publication by Short-Story.Me. They said it will be published in about four weeks.
Update: On Sunday, January 17, 2010, my short story All For Jack was accepted for publication by House of Horror. It will be published in Issue #12.
Update: On Monday, January 4, 2010, my tweet Programming Error was published by Thaumatrope.
Update: On Thursday, December 31, 2009, I found out that one of my tweet was accepted by Thaumatrope for publication. It will come out on January 4, 2010.
Update: On Wednesday, December 30, 2009, I had my six sentences, Gunpoint accepted for publication. It will be published in Issue 1 of The 6S Review, due out in January 2010.
Update: On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, I had One Sentence published. You can read it at One Sentence.
Update: On Thursday, December 17, 2009, I found out that one of my stories made the first cut of "Tweet me a Story." Now I need your votes. Go out to Tweet me a Story and if you like my story, please vote for me!
Update: On Sunday, November 29, 2009, I won my fourth NaNoWriMo and completed my seventh novel called Hard Taffy.
Update: On Thursday, November 26, 2009, (Thanksgiving) my flash fiction Her Face Framed by Flowers was published by Flashes In The Dark.
Update: On Friday, November 6, 2009, my flash fiction Her Face Framed by Flowers was accepted for publication by Flashes In The Dark. It will be published on November 26, 2009.
Update: On Saturday, October 31, 2009, my short story, The Ghost of Sadie Worth, was accepted for publication by House of Horror. It will be published in Issue #8, due out January 1, 2010!
Update: On Saturday, October 24, 2009, my novel, A New Witch, received Honorable Mention in the San Gabriel Writers' League WritingSmarter manuscript contest.
Update: On Monday, October 12, 2009, my short story My Symantha was accepted for publication in the The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine.
Update: On Monday, October 5, 2009, my flash fiction (in this case, a story of less than 500 words) Plummet was accepted for publication in the Elements of Horror Anthology.
Update: On Thursday, October 1, 2009, my drabble fiction (a story of exactly 150 words) Paradise was published at AlienSkin Magazine.
Update: On Thursday, October 1, 2009, my tweet (a story of 140 characters or less) Demons in Space was published by Tweet the Meat.
Update: On Saturday, September 26, 2009, my drabble fiction (a story of exactly 150 words) Paradise was accepted for publication in the October/November 2009 issue of AlienSkin Magazine.
Update: On Friday, September 25, 2009, my tweet fiction (a story of 140 characters or less) story, Demons in Space, was accepted for publication by Tweet the Meat.
Update: On Friday, September 25, 2009, my drabble fiction, Hanging, was published on The Drabblecast, Episode 131. You can listen to my drabble at Drabblecast 131 — Storm Comes A' Calling' by Jeremiah Tolbert Drabble — Hanging by Doug McIntire.
Update: On Wednesday, September 23, 2009, I was notified that my novel, A New Witch, was one of seven finalists in the San Gabriel Writers' League WritingSmarter manuscript contest. The winner will be announced on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 11:30am.
Update: On Saturday, September 19, 2009, my tweet fiction (140 characters or less) Cab was published by Wine Story 140.
Update: On Sunday, August 16, 2009, my drabble fiction The Last Phone Call was published at FlashShot.
Update: On Thursday, August 6, 2009, my flash fiction Her Face Framed by Flowers was published by The Daily Tourniquet.
Update: On Friday, July 17, 2009, my drabble Convulsions was published by Sex and Murder.
Update: On Tuesday, July 7, 2009, my drabble The Last Phone Call was accepted for publication at FlashShot.
Update: On Monday, July 6, 2009, my six words were named the Six Word Memoir of the Day, making me the Six Word Memoirist of the Day at SMITH Magazine. You can see my six words here.
Update: On Saturday, July 4, 2009, I found out my drabble Convulsions was accepted for publication at Sex and Murder.
Update: On Wednesday, May 27, 2009, I had my Six Sentences The Crooked House published at sixsentences.blogspot.com.
Update: On Thursday, April 30, 2009, my short story, Kutter was published in the April-June 2009 printed issue of NVF Magazine. I'm not sure if the issue is still available. I have received emails that indicate that there won't be anymore printed versions of NVF Magazine.
Update: On Monday, April 27, 2009, MicroHorror published my flash fiction story, Schizophrenia! Click here to go directly to the story: Schizophrenia by Doug McIntire on MicroHorror.
Update: On Thursday, April 16, 2009, Flash Fire 500 published my flash fiction story, My Second Life! Click here to go directly to the story: http://flashfire500.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-second-life-by-doug-mcintire.html.
Update: On Thursday, April 16, 2009, I received word from Flash Fire 500 that my flash fiction, My Second Life has been accepted for publication!
Update: On Monday, April 13, 2009, I received word from Sinister Tales that my short story, Male Order has been accepted for publication and will be appearing in their next issue, Volume 4.3!
Update: On Tuesday, April 7, 2009, Six Sentences — Volume 2, another Six Sentences anthology, is available to order. Go to www.createspace.com/3378173 to order it. And yes, the reason I've listed it here is because I'm featured in it.
Update: On Monday, March 30, 2009, my drabble (a story of exactly 100 words) Bad Magic was published in the April Issue of Bards and Sages Quarterly.
Update: On Sunday, March 22, 2009, I had my Six Sentences Through the Door published at sixsentences.blogspot.com. This makes 5 I've had published at Six Sentences, plus the forthcoming Six Sentences — Volume 2.
Update: On Thursday, March 12, 2009, my flash fiction, Black Magic, was accepted for publication at Clonepod as a podcast. They told me the piece was perfect for them and that I should see it published in about a month.
Update: On Sunday, March 8, 2009, I had my Six Sentences Sandals published at sixsentences.blogspot.com. Go check it out.
Update: On Wednesday, February 25, 2009, I received my copy of Issue #13 of The Drabbler. My drabble, Consumption Demon, was one of the drabbles featured in this issue.
Update: On Sunday, February 15, 2009, I finished the first round of editing for The Life of Larry. The Life of Larry is my first novel, and the second one I've gone back to edit. I first completed it on November 26, 2006. The novel now stands at 336 pages and 70,689 words. The first novel I finished editing was A New Witch.
Update: On Thursday, February 12, 2009, I found out that one of my submissions had been accepted in Six Sentences — Volume 2. That is great news and I'm looking forward to the book publication in March 2009! My selection was announced on Thursday, February 12, 2009 on a YouTube Video announcing a partial list of authors selected for Six Sentences - Volume 2. My name shows up at 2:02 into the video! Or click on this link to find out more about Six Sentences.
Update: On Friday, February 6, 2009, Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine published my short story, The Ghost of Sadie Worth as a free podcast. Go out to their website give it a listen or download it onto you MP3 player. I hope you enjoy it.
Update: On Friday, January 16, 2009, I received word from Bards and Sages Quarterly that they have accepted my drabble — a story of exactly 100 words — called Bad Magic for publication in their April issue.
Update: On Thursday, January 15, 2009, I received word from The Drabbler that they have accepted my drabble — a story of exactly 100 words — called Consumption Demon for publication in issue #13.
Update: On Sunday, January 11, 2009, I received word from The Drabblecast that they have accepted my drabble — a story of exactly 100 words — called Hanging for publication as a podcast in an upcoming episode. Each episode of The Drabblecast usually features a drabble before the main story.
Update: I added a page for some of My Recipes. I know it doesn't have anything to do with writing, but I thought if might be kind of fun.
Update: On Wednesday, December 31, 2008, SNM Horror Magazine published All For Jack in their January 2009 issue.
Update: On Monday, December 22, 2008, SNM Horror Magazine accepted For Jack for publication in their January 2009 issue.
Update: On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, The Monsters Next Door published Number Two for Brains.
Update: On Sunday, December 7, 2008, I had my Six Sentences Dear Diary published at sixsentences.blogspot.com. Go check it out.
Update: On December 4, 2008, I found out that I have another Six Sentences being published on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at sixsentences.blogspot.com. My entry this time is called Dear Diary. Be sure to check it out.
Update: On December 1, 2008, I received word that the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine is going to publish another one of my short stories as a podcast. The story is called (at present) The Ghost of Sadie Worth. They have asked me to change the ending and the name of the ghost, which will then, in turn, change the title of the story. I'm not sure when it will be published, but I'm hoping in January or February of 2009.
Update: On November 29, 2008, SNM Horror Magazine published an interview with yours truly! Check it out under Crystal's Reviews.
Update: On November 1, 2008, SNM Horror Magazine published Phlebotomists Anonymous. They changed the name to Phlebotomists Anon, but the story received 2nd Place for the month of November, out of 41 submissions! Yeah!
Update: On October 30, 2008, I had another Six Sentences published. Go to sixsentences.blogspot.com to see what I had to say about Being a Stepdad.
Update: On October 15, 2008, the Halloween anthology, And Soon...The Darkness from NVF Magazine is available to order! Go to Turner Maxwell Books to purchase it. Turner Maxwell is a British publisher, so Some notes on purchasing: The price of shipping includes the price for International shipping, so you can order it from the US. Also, you have to have a PayPal account to order. The price is £7.99 plus £2.50 shipping, for a total of £10.49. That comes out to about $20 US. Six books is about the optimum number to maximize shipping. Six books comes out to about $112 US, so about $19 a piece.
Update: October 5, 2008 — Kutter has been selected to be included in the short story Halloween anthology And Soon...The Darkness that is being edited and published by NVF Magazine.
Update: September 30, 2008 — Pixie Vision has been published by The Abacot Journal.
Update: September 25, 2008 — Two things to announce again! First of all, Pixie Vision has been accepted for publication by The Abacot Journal. They will be publishing it in October 2008.
Second, Kutter has also been accepted for publication. It will be forthcoming in the April — July 2009 printed issue of NVF Magazine.
Update: September 9th, 2008 — Two things to announce! First of all, Woman Called Witch has now been turned into a podcast and is available on the Dunesteef website. It was published on Saturday, September 6, 2008.
Second, I've also been published on Six Sentences on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. This was my third submission and it was much harder to get published here than I thought it would be.
Update: August 21st, 2008 — I've been published! It was the fourth story that has been accepted for publication, but the first one to actually be published! I'm so excited!
Check it out. The story is titled My Superpower and the publication is The Tiny Globule. Click here to go right to my story!
Update: August 13th, 2008 — I've had a second short story accepted for publication! Woman Called Witch is being turned into a Podcast. Go to My Writing to learn more.
Even more good news! I've had my third short story accepted for publication! When it rains, it pours! Number Two for Brains has been accepted for publication in the November 2008 issue of The Monsters Next Door!
Update: August 11th, 2008 — I've added a section called My Other Writing to My Writing. It includes my Six Sentences submissions and some haiku I've been writing. Check it out.
Update: July 19th, 2008 — I've created a blog for my website. Go to My Blog to check it out.
Update: June 26th, 2008 — One of my short stories, Phlebotomists Anonymous, has been picked up for publication! Go to My Writing or the June 2008 entry of my Newsletters learn more.