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Teenage Beast: The Tuesday Doodle

Posted on September 22, 2026 by Joe_Williams

The writing of my Teenage Beast novel continues as I work my way into the second draft. I’m spending my first waking hour working away at it. It’s becoming more cohesive, and I’ll get there. Slow and steady wins the … Continue reading →

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Teenage Beast: 102 Days Later

Posted on September 16, 2026 by Joe_Williams

I started writing Teenage Beast on June 7th of this year as a lark. It was going to be a comic book script, but as I started writing scene directions, I found myself getting more and more into the heads … Continue reading →

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Teenage Beast: The Home Stretch

Posted on August 27, 2026 by Joe_Williams

This morning I finished the main body of the first draft of my horror novel, Teenage Beast.

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Teenage Beast: Words and Pictures

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Joe_Williams

As I have written before, I have been writing a horror novel — Teenage Beast — since June 7th and frankly, I am surprised by my progress. I thought I would spend several days staring at a flashing cursor, not … Continue reading →

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Two Months, Four Days and 38,329 Words Later

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Joe_Williams

I’m still writing. Somehow I have managed to keep to my morning ritual. Sadly, if this were a gym membership, I would have crapped out on it long ago. Writing is a lot less physically taxing, but it is mentally … Continue reading →

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A Face in the Crowd

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Joe_Williams

I’m about 70 pages into the first draft of my Teenage Beast story. I envision it as a comic, but I am writing it out as a full prose story because that is simply the way it wants to come … Continue reading →

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Punk Rock Girl

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Joe

Although it’s been a while since I have posted drawings on this site, I have still been plugging away in my sketchbooks continuing to make my dirty little marks within them as one of my teachers in art school used … Continue reading →

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Teenage Beast • Coming Through!

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I continue to carve out the Teenage Beast story in my sketchbooks. In this case, I am finishing up a 7-inch by 10-inch Canson XL Mixed Media pad. I pencil in my characters and then ink them in with my … Continue reading →

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Midnight Cowboy

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Joe_Williams

I saw this guy when I was on a Route 23 Bus stopped at the traffic light at 11th and Pine in Philadelphia. This guy (a kid, really) was fishing an alternative weekly newspaper from one of the honor boxes … Continue reading →

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