Anthony Elmore
- Location
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Birthday
- May 05
- Company
- www.barelyok.com
- Bio
- Anthony Elmore writes from his home in Roswell, Georgia. He’s a blood relation to Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth and has huge mutant big toes. He’s only proud of one of those distinctions. He suffers from a rare, yet uncategorized psychological condition where he is unable to pass a mirror or any reflective surface without making a funny face.
He is a lover of fine storytelling, history, silly jokes, books, Legos and spicy foods. He’s married to Anna, whom he depends on to keep his posture and his outlook upright.
His opinions on politics, religion and culture have forever excused him from jury duty, town meetings and most social events. He keeps a blog where he posts short “Odes to Found Objects”, opinions, observations and notes on the writing life at http://www.barelyok.com.
He’s nears completion of The Rapture Express, a young adult novel set in 1976 which blends KISS, pecan logs, Christians and Huggy Bear. He'll let you know once it’s finished.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Let’s Have an Ebook
Sleepover (We can even tell
Ghost Stories)
January 25, 2012 11:11PM - Savannah Sortie and God has a
knee-slapper
January 23, 2012 01:59PM - Guest Post at Blood and
Bullets Author James R.
Tuck’s Blog
January 04, 2012 10:49AM - Action Plan for 2012
January 02, 2012 02:12PM - A Cubicle Carol – a
Christmas Teaser for Farting
in Church
December 26, 2011 05:34PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “You should consider
ePublishing. I know many
writers want
acceptance from
the NYC…”
May 23, 2011 01:10PM - “@tinkertink: Yes, I know
all. Your crushes. Where you
kept
your stash. Your
Spand…”
April 10, 2011 05:17PM - “Blue: That would require
courage and will, which the
Dems
haven't had in a long
w…”
November 04, 2010 12:40PM - “To survive, and to see a
2012 victory, the GOP will
have to
focus on Jobs,
Jobs,…”
November 04, 2010 11:30AM - “I've envisioned the
first "Geek President", the
kind that
would
excite…”
October 28, 2010 11:30PM
Anthony Elmore's Links
- New list
- Diabetic in Candyland
Let’s Have an Ebook Sleepover (We can even tell Ghost Stories)
2012 is prophesized to be ePublishing’s breakout year. What’s been different about this movement is that writers have become more communitarian that competitive. We no longer have to compete for Team Traditional Publishing’s attention like the new kid at school. We can be a one-per… Read full post »
Savannah Sortie and God has a knee-slapper
If man plans and God laughs then if you’ve a lot of thunder during the last two weeks, then that’s just God slapping his knee. During 2011, I horded ten days of paid time off which would expire by January’s end. I scheduled this time well. I had one week of… Read full post »
Guest Post at Blood and Bullets Author James R. Tuck’s Blog
James R. Tuck, author of the upcoming Deacon Chalk: Occult Bounty-Hunter series, has invited me to post a guest blog at this site - In the Dark Night.
I’ve only recently known James from the writers critique group I attend and as a guest at Casa de Tuck’s Christmas fete. He’s large… Read full post »
Action Plan for 2012
I don’t do resolutions, but I don’t enter a new year aimlessly. Flush that hippie drum circle philosophy of just letting life flow. The only people that go with the flow are bad swimmers. The folks who go places make plans and raise their expectations beyond their latent ability. Any progress… Read full post »
A Cubicle Carol – a Christmas Teaser for Farting in Church
Here’s a big Christmas treat from my eBook, Farting in Church. Now that the Holiday fiasco is half way over, why not treat yourself to a few laughs. Only $.99. Don’t like it? Re-gift!
A Cubicle Carol
I looked at my schedule posted on the community wall, next to the pictures… Read full post »
A Cubicle Carol – a Christmas Teaser for Farting in Church
Here’s a big Christmas treat from my eBook, Farting in Church. Now that the Holiday fiasco is half way over, why not treat yourself to a few laughs. Only $.99. Don’t like it? Re-gift!
A Cubicle Carol
I looked at my schedule posted on the community wall, next to the pictures… Read full post »
TerribleMinds.com Writing Challenge – Christmas in a strange place
Tis’ the season for a TerribleMinds.com Writing Challenge.
“Twas the Night Before Christmas…”
Caleb slept the best he could by the fire’s dying coals, but true rest evaded him. He hated dreaming, because they were always warm, happy and full of bright lights. Even as he had… Read full post »
TerribleMinds.com Writing Challenge – Christmas in a strange place
Tis’ the season for a TerribleMinds.com Writing Challenge.
“Twas the Night Before Christmas…”
Caleb slept the best he could by the fire’s dying coals, but true rest evaded him. He hated dreaming, because they were always warm, happy and full of bright lights. Even as he had… Read full post »
Elf on the shelf is watching you, thoughtcriminal
Have a safe and non-subversive
Christmas. Santa’s eyes are everywhere.Elf on the shelf is watching you, thoughtcriminal
Second Book Blues
Writing your first book is a buzz. Writing your second book is the buzzkill. The day I finished my first book, I stood up from my chair and bellowed like a methed out Klingon, “Today, I am a writer.”
I thought my second book would flawlessly eject from my being like… Read full post »
Second Book Blues
Writing your first book is a buzz. Writing your second book is the buzzkill. The day I finished my first book, I stood up from my chair and bellowed like a methed out Klingon, “Today, I am a writer.”
I thought my second book would flawlessly eject from my being like… Read full post »
Flash Fiction Challenge: “Frog Powder Seagull Tower Scissors”
I’m stepping up to The Wendigo’s Flash Fiction Challenge. My word of choice – seagull.
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She loved feeding baking soda dusted crackers to the seagulls at the beach, making them go “boom.†She cackled every time as they soared away the cracker, seized up mid-air and… Read full post »
Flash Fiction Challenge: “Frog Powder Seagull Tower Scissors”
I’m stepping up to The Wendigo’s Flash Fiction Challenge. My word of choice – seagull.
—–
She loved feeding baking soda dusted crackers to the seagulls at the beach, making them go “boom.†She cackled every time as they soared away the cracker, seized up mid-air and… Read full post »
Terribleminds.com Challenge: Corporate Abuse
What lies below is a truncated version of a short story I wrote, depicting a real vision I had during a temp job at a bankcorp. It lasted a week, but I never knew how fearful a corporation can make you, dangling the hope of a permanent job, healthcare and a future in front of… Read full post »
Terribleminds.com Challenge: Corporate Abuse
What lies below is a truncated version of a short story I wrote, depicting a real vision I had during a temp job at a bankcorp. It lasted a week, but I never knew how fearful a corporation can make you, dangling the hope of a permanent job, healthcare and a future in front of… Read full post »
A Halloween Treat: Hand Delivered
Here’s a fructose sweetened, tooth decaying delight for all my readers. “Hand Delivered” is one of the stories included in my ebook Farting in Church, only $.99  for Amazon Kindle or eBook, PDF and other formats. I swear, the following story  is 100% true.
Hand Delivered
A Halloween Treat: Hand Delivered
Here’s a fructose sweetened, tooth decaying delight for all my readers. “Hand Delivered” is one of the stories included in my ebook Farting in Church, only $.99  for Amazon Kindle or eBook, PDF and other formats. I swear, the following story  is 100% true.
Hand Delivered
Hail Atlanta!
The latest book is three quarters complete. I’m now on the rope bridge over the chasm, where it’s either make it to the other side or plunge. This is always the scariest part of the story, where the main event is imminent.
I’m now as nervous as my protagonist as expectations… Read full post »
Hail Atlanta!
The latest book is three quarters complete. I’m now on the rope bridge over the chasm, where it’s either make it to the other side or plunge. This is always the scariest part of the story, where the main event is imminent.
I’m now as nervous as my protagonist as expectations… Read full post »
The News From Condostan – Flash Fiction Challenge
Peccavi! (I have sinned in Latin). I missed last week’s TerribleMinds flash fiction challenge due to unscheduled car issues. Instead of spending thousands on an elderly truck that’s breathing its last, I found the ultimate workaround – buy a new car. I spent the weekend shopping for… Read full post »
The News From Condostan – Flash Fiction Challenge
Peccavi! (I have sinned in Latin). I missed last week’s TerribleMinds flash fiction challenge due to unscheduled car issues. Instead of spending thousands on an elderly truck that’s breathing its last, I found the ultimate workaround – buy a new car. I spent the weekend shopping for… Read full post »
Flash Fiction Challenge: Have a Monster for Breakfast Today
The Wendig has commissioned me to create an abomination, a sty in the creators eye, a monster. Below is the result.
The Keeper showed his badge to the Police Sargent who waved him through. He ducked under the police tape and crossed the sidewalk, stepping over torn bodies, severed parts. A… Read full post »
Flash Fiction Challenge: Have a Monster for Breakfast Today
The Wendig has commissioned me to create an abomination, a sty in the creators eye, a monster. Below is the result.
The Keeper showed his badge to the Police Sargent who waved him through. He ducked under the police tape and crossed the sidewalk, stepping over torn bodies, severed parts. A… Read full post »
Nostalgia is the Braincrack
I have one complete novel, and by this time my excitement
has devolved into nostalgia. Nostalgia is just another brand of
brain crack.
It’s sweet, comforting but it wears off fast and
leaves you with a bitter aftertaste like Splenda. It wastes lean
tissue on building temples to the past and… Read full post »
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