My short story Theta, set in the very near future. Written in the hope that art will not imitate life, especially if we can all summon the collective clarity and wisdom to do what needs to be done. He sat down at his computer desk for a baked beans and toast lunch after …
Category: Fiction
The Blind Leading the Sighted: Help me develop a blind character for my novel!
My name is Jeffrey Matucha. I have six novels on Amazon and I am currently working on my seventh novel titled A Long Slow Aftermath. In this novel I have a blind character named Toshi who is significant part of the story. This is a questionnaire that I have created for blind people because I …
Sex Talk – An excerpt from my novel-in-progress A Long Slow Aftermath
This is an excerpt from my novel-in-progress A Long Slow Aftermath. This scene introduces the main character Preston’s Narcotics Anonymous friends Haste and Durant as they talk about the art of going South of the border! “I swear, I can still taste her,” said Haste. “Taste her?” asked Preston. “Her pussy. I …
Author Interviews: Macabre, Real, Surreal, and Too real
I’ve interviewed a few up and coming writers for this site. Here are my four author interviews in one place! Kim Acrylic “It’s on the edge between young adult and erotica. It’s really hard to narrow it down to a simple, common description. I like to think it pushes boundaries and genre bends.” Rock …
Quotes from my new novel Stella Maris
These are selected quotes from my new novel Stella Maris, available in paperback and on Kindle! Think of them as mini excerpts! “How the fuck do you remember my birthday?” “It’s still etched on the one brain cell I didn’t burn out,” said Lori as she tapped the side of her head with …
That Book Marketing Thang (Again!) – The Burden of the Indie Author
I recently published my fifth novel What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? and I’m really driven to market this book and try and make it successful. I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written, and my best chance for making a splash on the book scene. But, as many indie …
What the Hell are You Doing? – When Your Book’s Characters Come Alive
“…don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t.” – Anne Lamott “So I told you about Annie Rage an’ my band, an’ you wont tell me about your artwork, so you gotta draw me a picture.” He took the paper and pen. “What do you want me to draw?” …
The Evolution of Skye Wright – The Writing Process
I created the character Skye Wright when I wrote a series of sketched out urban stories called Gutter Folklore. It was my first ever attempt to write a book. In it, I decided to create a lot of typical and high-volume inner city characters, such as the surly punk, a gratuitous junky, a musician with …
Having Fun With Facebook Advertising Algorithms. No, Really!
In order to promote my works of literature I maintain a Facebook page called Jeffrey Vernon Matucha, Author. Facebook pages are de rigeur for people who want to promote just about anything on social media, and Facebook knows it. Facebook offers an advertising service known as Post boosts. Basically you can post something on your …
Dry Heave Records
This is an early chapter from my novel-in-progress What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? This work is the sequel to my novel Crash Shadow: A Tale of Two Addicts. I have prepared this opening and am offering it up for feedback, as it is still a work in progress. “She wanted to call …