Hurrah for the Internet Speculative Fiction Database!!!

Hola amigos!

I sort of feel like my life is complete.

Check out the ISFDB! There's now a listing for J. N. Cameron!

And I'm super happy that The Toilet Zone is listed with Weirdbook 38, two publications I am extremely proud to be a part of.

Speaking of The Toilet Zone, it has been receiving well-deserved attention. Here's a review from IndiHorrorWriter.com! If you do a quick search, there are more reviews out there from writers like Brian James Lewis and others.

What's next? I have two short stories in quality anthologies in 2020, and another to be published in 2021. I continue to write daily, now that I'm free of my soul-crushing job and living on the severance package.

People keep asking me about writing a novel. I've written three, but I hate them all and continue to work on short stories. The words of Prof. Doug Unger still ring true to me..."Joe, you need to focus on revision."

I'm an amateur who needs to spend more time focusing on craft, so that's what I'm doing this year. Thankfully, I've been accepted into Fright Club, a writing workshop for members of the Horror Writers Association.

Here I am at a local coffee shop and dive. I've written many short stories here.

And here's a photo of my nephew and buddy, Gabriel. He loves big trucks, reading books, Transformers, and PAW Patrol. Everyone says he's like me, so I predict he'll grow up to be a writer of weird and fantastic fiction!

Until next time!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

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