Faye McCray

It’s such a strange life we writers lead.  For the past few weeks, I have been working hard refining Yellow Belt.  Yellow Belt is the next story in the Dani’s Belts series which follows my protagonist, Dani, as she struggles to survive the zombie apocalypse. It is unlike anything I have ever written.  My writing is usually very literary and heavily grounded…

I’m giving I’ve given away 3 FREE Copies of my short story, White Belt!!    A college student ditched by her boyfriend braves ground zero of the zombie apocalypse in BCBG platform wedges and a sundress.   Enter here to win: a Rafflecopter giveaway Winners will be announced Friday, November 15th!  Congrats also to Angelica…

1. The sun is far too bright. 2. I randomly pump myself up to stay awake.  3. I find myself waking up when I didn’t know I was asleep.       4.  I overreact to any sign of conflict. 5. Everything is funny.  6. And yet, everything is sad.     7. I almost never make it to the bed. Raise your hand if you’re taking…

Yawn. I am TYYYYY-URD. A week ago today, I took my first big step into the world of a published author by self-publishing my short story, White Belt.  I sought to prove three things to myself: I could meet a deadline. I could write horror without peeing in my panties or writing “just kidding” at…

I made contact with an awesome editor a few months ago who reminded me to keep writing.  So I did.  Boyfriend is still in traditional publishing limbo but in the mean time, I have decided to self publish a new series of short stories called, Dani’s Belts.  The stories follow Dani Thomas, an unlikely protagonist of the…

A college student ditched by her boyfriend braves ground zero of the zombie apocalypse in BCBG platform wedges and a sundress.     Order my new short story, White Belt on Kindle for FREE on Halloween! After that, it’s not free (but it’s $0.99 which is practically free!). Don’t have a Kindle? Click here to get the…

11 days to my short story debuts on Kindle, woot, woot! If you happen to follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you may have noticed I have been oddly quiet. No worries… I am not lying face down on my keyboard (most days). I have been typing away, hoping to have a quality product ready…

As I await word on my manuscript, I am preparing myself for the life of a professional writer.  One of the luxuries of writing my first novel was that there were no stakes.  I got lost in my characters, their stories, and their drama and I wasn’t concerned about much else.   It wasn’t until…

THE TWILIGHT ZONE I scare really easily. …like too easily. To this day a picture of Rod Serling smoking a cigarette scares the crap out of me just because of the memory of Twilight Zone marathons I was forced to endure as a child (Thanks, Mom). As a victim of my own overactive imagination, real…

Writers are an interesting breed.  We are voyeurs.  We find inspiration in the most mundane things.  From watching a tear stained child skip the edges of the floor tiles in a department store to passing an abandoned rest area towering beneath the trees under the glow of the moonlight.  We watch.  We imagine.  Then we retreat to…