• Home
  • Black Earth
  • Expired Reality
  • Editing Services
  • Me, Myself, and I…

Author. Publisher. Editor. Creative Entrepreneur.

  • Home
  • Black Earth
  • Expired Reality
  • Editing Services
  • Me, Myself, and I…
  • Home
  • Black Earth
  • Expired Reality
  • Editing Services
  • Me, Myself, and I…

Recent Posts

  • Intentional Weakness
    In Divorce, Faith, Featured, life
  • The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 2)
    In Featured, Writing
  • Passion’s Thief
    In Featured
  • Featured,  Writing

    The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 2)

    September 20, 2019 /

    Curiosity had always scratched at his insides, luring him into the fields of science, technology, and astronomy. The Black Door, however, was something completely different. It was something that fell between the shelves of Tinson’s chosen fields of research. The Black Door was something supernatural, something alien. Something bizarre.

    read more
    davidnalderman 3 Comments

    You May Also Like

    Passion’s Thief

    September 13, 2019

    Intentional Weakness

    October 4, 2019
  • Writing

    The Friday Muse – Hidden

    June 2, 2017 /

    Blood soaked the carpet, surrounding Rune like a blossoming rose. What he thought would have been the killing blow by Hastings simply put him in a state of misery he had never experienced before. His skull ached as if it were being tightened in a vice, and the rest of his broken form cried out in echoes of pain that mimicked the agonizing cries of a banshee. He didn’t have to guess that his wounds might be fatal by this point. And even if they weren’t, he knew Hastings would finish the job once he was finished cleaning up his wounded face. But the fact that Rune might be at…

    read more
    davidnalderman 1 Comment

    You May Also Like

    Free Books

    July 20, 2016

    The Christian Fiction Mess

    January 17, 2017

    The Friday Muse – The Princess of Para

    June 23, 2017
  • The Friday Muse,  Writing

    Eight Ball, Corner Pocket

    March 10, 2017 /

    “Eight ball, corner pocket,” Shane called out. His trembling hands coated the pool stick in slippery sweat, making it difficult to position his shot. Sergio leaned against the pool table, a smirk slowly bleeding across his face. “You just called your fate, ese.” Gripping the pool stick, Shane lowered himself to the table and attempted to line up his shot. His rapidly pounding heart reminded him of how ridiculous it was that his fate and the fate of his wife and kid rested on a simple game of pool. His mind tried to trace the events that led him here… He caught his wife cheating with his best friend. That’s…

    read more
    davidnalderman 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – More Red Crane

    February 12, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Runaway

    September 16, 2016

    The Friday Muse – First Draft of Red Crane is Done!

    April 15, 2016
  • Writing

    The Friday Muse – My Fiction Year In Review

    January 6, 2017 /

    This last year I floundered a bit at different times with my commitment to write new fiction every Friday, but I picked up the mantle once again towards the end and started writing out full short fiction pieces both to get into the practice of writing every week and to get in the habit of being less shy with what I write. In case you missed any of my fiction pieces, here’s a comprehensive list of the most recent batch with links to each. New stories will pick up again next Friday. Have a great weekend! The Stars Are Brightly Shining Snowfall In EuropeThe Mad Sea End Transmission The Man…

    read more
    davidnalderman 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse: Darkness Pierced (Part 3)

    February 10, 2017

    The Friday Muse – The Unending Staircase

    March 17, 2017

    The Christian Fiction Mess

    January 17, 2017
  • The Friday Muse,  Writing

    The Friday Muse – Winter In Provin

    November 18, 2016 /

    There’s times I’m ungrateful for this apartment. It’s small. It always smells of rice – even though I’ve never cooked rice in the five years I’ve lived here. The heater rumbles like a steam train. The washing machine, even louder. There’s this owl that always visits the porch and leaves behind gifts for me to clean up. But there are things I love about this apartment too. In the summer, it will warm up to seventy degrees. The rent used to be cheap. My neighbors were always pretty quiet and polite. And there was this owl that came by and let me pet him whenever I felt like going out…

    read more
    davidnalderman 1 Comment

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – Contessa

    December 18, 2015

    The Friday Muse – Darkness Pierced

    January 27, 2017

    The Friday Muse – Solitude

    February 19, 2016
  • The Friday Muse

    The Friday Muse – Top Secret

    January 29, 2016 /

    It’s Friday! That’s definitely a good thing for more reasons than I can account for here in this blog. For one, though, it means it’s another Friday Muse piece. This one is a slice of flash fiction about the lost city of Atlantis…

    read more
    davidnalderman 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – The Unending Staircase

    March 17, 2017

    The Friday Muse – Sapphire

    March 4, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Legion Theory

    January 8, 2016
  • The Friday Muse

    The Friday Muse – The Tomb Raider

    October 30, 2015 /

    As I have a great love for the Tomb Raider franchise and for fantasy, I decided to merge the two for today’s Friday Muse piece. Enjoy!

    read more
    davidnalderman 1 Comment

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – Detective Hale

    January 15, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Snowfall In Europe

    December 16, 2016

    The Friday Muse – The Stars Are Brightly Shining

    December 23, 2016
  • The Friday Muse

    The Friday Muse – Moonlight

    October 9, 2015 /

    Today’s Friday Muse piece is an attempt at first-person POV, which I haven’t actually done in a while. It’s also a bit longer than some of my other Muse pieces, but that’s always a good thing.

    read more
    davidnalderman 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – City of Flames

    July 22, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Snowfall In Europe

    December 16, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Imprisoned

    May 6, 2016
  • The Friday Muse

    The Friday Muse – The War

    September 25, 2015 /

    Today’s Friday Muse piece is a fun piece of flash fiction I wrote to illustrate a fun tale a child’s grandfather has to tell him. I like this piece because, unlike many of the other Friday Muse pieces I’ve written, it’s more lighthearted and fun.

    read more
    davidnalderman 2 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – My Grandmother’s Untimely Death and Why I Write

    August 12, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Future Plans

    February 5, 2016

    The Friday Muse – Bottle In The Water

    October 23, 2015
  • The Friday Muse

    The Friday Muse – Dead Train

    September 18, 2015 /

    Today’s Friday Muse piece is another piece to what has potential of becoming a much bigger story. The fact that Anaisha is mentioned in the story should clue you in that this takes place in my Expired Reality/Black Earth universe, but I’m not sure of when in my timeline it takes place.

    read more
    davidnalderman 0 Comments

    You May Also Like

    The Friday Muse – Dark Horizons

    April 22, 2016

    The Friday Muse – NaNo Win and Misc Projects

    December 11, 2015

    The Friday Muse – More Red Crane

    February 12, 2016
 Older Posts

 

David N. Alderman

Author. Publisher. Editor. Creative Entrepreneur.

Become a Patron!

Instagram

Art day! Minecraft blocks and 3D houses... #art #f Art day! Minecraft blocks and 3D houses... #art #familytime #minecraft
Happy 4th, everyone! Got to celebrate my half-brot Happy 4th, everyone! Got to celebrate my half-brother Caleb's birthday tonight, and got to spend quality time with the whole family. #familytime #4thofjuly #birthday
My son certainly has my sense of humor. This was h My son certainly has my sense of humor. This was his farter's - father's - day gift to me. 🤣🤣🤣 #fathersday #funnykids
With his usual grace and sophistication, here is m With his usual grace and sophistication, here is my brother performing a reading of Minecraft... #storytime #minecraft
Dinner with the bros! #familytime #Sundaydinner #g Dinner with the bros! #familytime #Sundaydinner #gilbert
I haven't been to a movie in months. Going to the I haven't been to a movie in months. Going to the theater is probably one of the things I have missed the most since the quarantine began. Once I heard Fat Cats in Gilbert was open once again, I decided I needed a night out with myself, even if it's to see a movie I already saw months ago -  Jumanji: The Next Level. (I also got a haircut! 😄)
Each week my son is with me, we do Fort Night: bui Each week my son is with me, we do Fort Night: build a fort, play Minecraft, and I wake up with a backache from sleeping on a beanbag. 🤣🤣🤣 #memories #fortnight
Some days seem harder than others to get through. Some days seem harder than others to get through. Yesterday, my brother and I (and my son) worked on both of my cars from 8am to 1030pm. I am grateful to have two vehicles, but both of them have been on their dying breathes for the last 6 months now, and it's everything I can do to keep one or the other running enough so I can just get to work every day. Yesterday consisted of a new radiator, thermostat, A/C recharge, power steering pump adjustment, hose replacement, battery replacement, and multiple trips to AutoZone. Both cars still have issues to be resolved - and some issues that cannot or are not worth resolving. I am exhausted and hoping to be able to save some money soon - instead of spending it on car repairs - so I can get a more reliable car and not have to do this every other weekend. 😔
Got to spend a few extra hours with my little budd Got to spend a few extra hours with my little buddy today. An afternoon filled with lemonade, Legos, Minecraft, and Lego Ninjago!

Recent Posts

  • Intentional Weakness October 4, 2019
  • The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 2) September 20, 2019
  • Passion’s Thief September 13, 2019
  • The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 1) September 6, 2019
  • From the Ashes September 2, 2019

Recent Comments

  • Davidmam on Jaded
  • 먹튀검증 on The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 2)
  • 먹튀폴리스 on The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 2)
  • MichaelSor on Jaded
  • DavidGrari on Jaded

Archives

Tags

abuse Aliens Arizona Bay Area bitterness Black Doors Black Earth California Christian fiction Christianity darkness David N. Alderman Dreams edgy Christian speculative fiction encouragement endurance Expired Reality Faith fantasy featured fiction flash fiction Goals God hope Horror life NaNoWriMo perseverance Projects publishing Red Crane Salt and Lyte San Francisco science fiction short fiction short stories short story supernatural the Black Earth series The Crossover Alliance The Expired Reality Series The Friday Muse thriller writing

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Recent Posts

  • Intentional Weakness
    In Divorce, Faith, Featured, life
  • The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 2)
    In Featured, Writing
  • Passion’s Thief
    In Featured
  • The Friday Muse – Tinson’s Door (Part 1)
    In Writing
  • From the Ashes
    In Faith, The Friday Muse, Writing
  • The Shattered Pieces
    In Divorce, life

Categories

  • A Look Back
  • arts and entertainment
  • Book Release
  • Book Signing
  • broadcasting
  • business
  • calling
  • Camp NaNoWriMo 2016
  • Christian Fiction
  • Christianity
  • Collectibles
  • Divorce
  • Dreams
  • Extra Life
  • Faith
  • Featured
  • Giveaway
  • Goals
  • Grand Opening
  • history
  • Indiana Jones
  • Kickstarter
  • life
  • Logo Design
  • NanoWrimo
  • National Novel Writing Month
  • Parenting
  • Publishing
  • Publishing Company
  • Story Review
  • The Crossover Alliance
  • The Friday Muse
  • Uncategorized
  • Update
  • Veterans Day
  • Website Design
  • Writing
©2019 - All Rights Reserved.
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.