8/25 - today I'm a featured guest author at Kent Holloway's Online Blog. Check it out...
"The Lazarus Group" was a Runner-Up at Scriptapalooza! http://www.scriptapalooza.com/Winners.html
I have new kindle/ebook formats available for Silver and Gold and Second Coming
I have an online interview with the Eerie Digest, in their August 1 issue...
See my Q&A at MJ Rose's Reincarnation Blog: http://www.reincarnationist.org/?p=2040
Just back from 4 days at Thrillerfest. Great experience!
A great interview with me about THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE at The Big Thrill newsletter. http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2010/06/the-pharos-objective-by-david-sakmyster.html
6/26: Watch the Video Trailer for THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smiHvvuIjU0
4/24: Heading to Buffalo for EerieCon!
3/16: Silver and Gold has been named a finalist in Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year Awards! And a Finalist and 3rd Place finisher in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
2/21: Action Comics #1 (superman's first appearance) sells for $1M (followed days later by Detective Comics (Batman's first appearance) selling for $1.075M... I had a recent story about a couple that finds vintage Action Comics in their basement - and what happens when they try to sell them, but even I understimated the value... If interested, read the story here... The Wrong Basement.
***2/17: I've posted 4 'Lost Chapters' from Silver and Gold - early adventures of Joshua, more gold-rush fun and an epic journey. Read it here:
2/1: My short story, "Roadside Assistance", has been sold to HorrorWorld.com.
1/25: I'm excited to have signed with Los Angeles Screenwriting Manager, AWS Management.
12/26: The Script for Roadside Assistance was a Finalist in the Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition (top 5!)
Nice review in for 'The Wrong Basement' published by Abyss and Apex (Read it Here):
10/18: Just returned from the Screenplay Expo in Los Angeles, and pitching my scripts to production companies and directors. Great experience! And hopefully generated some interest...
10/15: My screenplay "Roadside Assistance" has won a Genre Award (and placed in the top 10) in Creative Screenwriting's 2009 Expo Screenplay Contest. Also earned an Honorable Mention (top 10 out of 700) in a separate Horror Screenplay Contest.
10/10: Variance Publishing has started the publicity for The Morpheus Initiative...
9/3: I've got a guest blogger spot here, at Gabrielle Harbowy's editorial blog, discussing elements of research.
8/22: My online Interview with Michael Plested about Silver and Gold, getting published and other fun stuff, is at Irreverent Muse.com
8/10: My short story, "Casualty Notification Officer" is available to read at Dark Recesses Magazine
8/1/09: Roadside Assistance is into the semi-final round of the Page International Screenwriting Contest
7/15/09: Silver and Gold hits the stands!
7/9/09: Off to NYC to attend the THRILLERFEST Conevention '09 (July9-11)
7/5/09: Talebones #38 is out, with my short story "Blackout Man".
I'm now officially represented by Foundry Literary Agency in NYC
7/1/09: Fate Magazine has published my non-fiction article on the haunting of the Belhurst Castle (in the May-Jun 2009 issue)
6/15/09: My short story, 'Casualty Notification Officer', will be in the next issue of Dark Recesses. (That makes two coming out in the next few months - with 'Blackout Man' in the next issue of Talebones).
SILVER AND GOLD can now be pre-ordered through amazon.com
5/09: The Spanish Translation of Twilight of the Fifth Sun is out from ViaMagna.
11/08: "Bait" appears in issue #7 of Black Static.
5/08: "Isolation" made it into the Quarterfinal Round at the 2008 Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting.
The Red Envelope was a finalist (top 20 out of 400) in The Horror Screenplay Contest
"Isolation", took home a Silver REMI award from the Worldfest Film Festival
