If it Causes you to Sin

Whew! This is my last stop on the Mega Dark Blog Tour. Thank you S.M. White for hosting me. This time I am going to tell you a bit about my new short story, If it Causes you to Sin, as well as plans for future books.

A few months back, I saw a news story about a man who went into a home improvement store and tried to cut off his arms. He survived and so did his arms, but it got me thinking, what might be someone’s motivation for trying to harm themselves in such a material way. And that was the beginning of If it Causes you to Sin.

I forgot about the story (since I am in the middle of writing a book that I need to finish, but keep allowing myself to get sidetracked from) until I was asked to pen a possible entry into the Untold Podcast hosted by Nathan James Norman. He does a fantastic job with performing radio-type dramas for short stories under 3,000 words. I probably hadn’t written anything that short since grade school, but I was up for the challenge!

I managed to get the first draft of the manuscript just over the limit, and then let my wife read it. She hated it. She thought it was well written, but felt the overall message wasn’t clear. After a few heated discussions (see arguments), I decided to take some of her advice and re-write the whole thing. Lo and behold, my re-write was just under 3,000 words. Now that's what I call providence!

This time, I didn’t bother submitting it anywhere to have it published. I did it myself, with the graphic art for the cover provided by my talented wife (without whom I would be hopelessly lost), and is now available for free as a sample of my work.

So what about my plans for the future? Well, I fully intend to continue writing. I am currently in the last third of a book about night terrors and sleep paralysis. I'm still uncertain of where it will take me, so I'm going to let that one fester for a while after the first draft is completed. At that time I will probably get started on an 'alien story' I have already begun to plot in my mind. Perhaps I am following the cliché path of similar authors, as mentioned in my first post on this blog tour, but I don't care. I plan to follow the inspiration and know it is going to be fun to write, edit, and read. I can feel it! I hope you will join me as I continue spiraling further into the Mega Dark to fully expose the truth of our ancient enemy.

To find out more about me and my writing, visit my website at:

http://www.jesshanna.com/



The voices have accused him of unrepentant sin. He is ready to take desperate measures to absolve himself of guilt from his past and to stop the relentless torment. Prepare yourself for a descent into madness and pray it's not too late.