It was a late night in 2009. High-school me rolled out of bed to get some water. Opening cabinets and filling the glass, I was trying to move in a way that generated as little noise as possible, so as… Continue Reading
A lot of times, I get the feeling like creative people only make blogs to complain about every little thing that isn’t going well in their lives. So, to counter that, here’s a post leaving a permanent record of something… Continue Reading
I was talking with a writer friend of mine, and I had an interesting takeaway from it. It applies to writing, but it could really apply to anything creative or that takes consistent effort. Take any mention of book, story,… Continue Reading
In my WordPress dashboard, this post is dated back to 2018. Only now, in the tail end of 2019, am I getting back around to finishing it. Ironic, isn’t it? For the first few years of my “career” as a… Continue Reading
Hello! This is a little virtual tea time chat that Melanie Ifield and I came up with! I hope you find it interesting. If you like this and think we should do more, please leave a comment to let me… Continue Reading
“As with most of the future worlds in science fiction, you are not talking about the future. You are talking about the present. You are using the future as a way of giving a bit of room to move.” -Alan… Continue Reading
Hi folks! I just got a guest post featured on the blog of my good friend and fellow author Melanie Ifield. Melanie is an all-ages fantasy author who asked me to make a post expressing why I wrote the Feedback… Continue Reading
Last time I did an update on my writing projects and noted just how many crazy things had happened over the first half of this year. Well, at least I can claim things are moving faster, because the following two months, August… Continue Reading
It’s extremely important to know what differentiates you from your peers. Emphasis on “peers”, as opposed to other writers in general. Being able to say “I write dark fantasy.” is not enough. At best, it differentiates you from the other… Continue Reading
Hello! Have you ever heard of a genre and thought “What the heck is that?” This is What’s That Genre? As part of a new series of posts, I discuss and outline the many different genres and divisions between the vast world of… Continue Reading