Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog, Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He also the author of the soon-to-be-published novels: The Cormorant, Blightborn (Heartland Book #2), Heartland Book #3, Dinocalypse Forever, Frack You, and The Hellsblood Bride. Also coming soon is his compilation book of writing advice from this very blog: The Kick-Ass Writer, coming from Writers Digest.
He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is an alum of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, showed at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producers Ted Hope and Anne Carey. Together they co-wrote the digital transmedia drama Collapsus, which was nominated for an International Digital Emmy and a Games 4 Change award.
Chuck has contributed over two million words to the game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He was a frequent contributor to The Escapist, writing about games and pop culture.
Much of his writing advice has been collected in various writing- and storytelling-related e-books.
He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, two dogs, and tiny human.
He is likely drunk and untrustworthy. This blog is NSFW and probably NSFL.
You may reach him at terribleminds [at] gmail [dot] com.
That is a bee-fly. It is not a bee, but rather, a fly that looks like a bee. Can you blame the fly? Flies are ugly little raisins. Bees are awesome. Everyone loves bees. If you are a fly, try to look like a bee instead. Bees get honey. Flies get turds. There’s your life lesson. Don’t be a fly. Be a bee. The end.
Nicola McDonagh
April 18, 2016 at 10:03 AM //
Nice photo. Bee flies actually feed from the pollen/nectar of flowers, hence the long tongue. They don’t eat turds like other flies. They are important pollinators. Anyway, if flies didn’t eat turds, we would have poo everywhere. I say, cheers to the turd-eating flies – we need you too. Was that Nerdy enough? 🙂
terribleminds
April 18, 2016 at 10:19 AM //
I apologize — I actually knew this stuff and should’ve clarified that. Many flies eat all kinds of not-turdy things. 🙂
Joshua Allen
April 18, 2016 at 1:23 PM //
Bee flies also don’t just look like bees, their larvae eat bee larvae. There are lots of flies that look like bees that aren’t bee flies (i.e., hoverflies).
keruin
April 18, 2016 at 10:10 AM //
It’s so furry it looks mammalian.
Kim
April 18, 2016 at 10:31 AM //
As in busy like a bee or shoo fly pie?
Elizabeth Rose
April 18, 2016 at 10:40 AM //
But what if you’re born a fly? Perhaps you buy a bee costume. A fly in bee’s clothing?
Bree
April 18, 2016 at 11:48 AM //
Nawww look how cute and fluffy he is. I just want to give him a big hug. Yes I do. Yes I do. He’s so cute, I just want to give him a widdle cuddly wuddly…
Ahem.
I watched the additional material on the DVD of Eight Legged Freaks (yes, I watched the movie, THEN watched the additionals… I’m a little bit sad and pathetic) and they said when they tried to come up with a massive spider, they tried just using a big, big picture of a tarantula, but it was so fluffy it looked far too cute…
Joshua Allen
April 18, 2016 at 1:25 PM //
My tarantula is both cute and kind of adorable. If I breathe on her she freaks out and hides, convinced I’m going to eat her. When I feed her, she hides in the corner and does the tarantula equivalent of “if I cover my eyes you can’t see me.”
Penquillity
April 18, 2016 at 1:56 PM //
A bee fly, not a bee
That is the question
Deb cerrito
April 18, 2016 at 2:12 PM //
Lmao… Thanks I needed that today!
kay
April 19, 2016 at 3:30 AM //
a Wendig-esque meditation to go along with the deep thought… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92i5m3tV5XY
Eugenie Black
April 19, 2016 at 3:51 AM //
Don’t worry, bee happy