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  • Cover Art is Here!

    Cover Art is Here!

    The cover art for my upcoming book has arrived! A hearty thanks to Ebook Launch for their great work and professionalism. They were a joy to work with. A God Walks Up to the Bar, my very first published book, will be available later this year. Stay tuned! Read more

  • My Characters are Alive and Won’t Listen to What I Tell Them

    So, I sit down, turn on my computer, pull up my story file, and start writing. All is well. What will I have my characters do today? Dialogue. Action. Characterization. Building a world from words. I’m king of this world. Everyone has to do what I say. Right? Hang on. Why did Bob say that?… Read more

  • Finding Humanity in Greek Myth

    Achilles was a paragon of ancient Greek heroes. He was nigh-unkillable, an unstoppable juggernaut on the battlefield, bloodthirsty, battle-hungry, feared and respected in equal measure. So, what did this warrior do when he ended up on the losing side of a quarrel with the Mycenaean king Agamemnon during the Trojan War? He ran to his… Read more

  • Sit Down, Shut up, and Do the Work

    We’ve all been there. The nagging in the back of your mind telling you that you’ve skipped out long enough on finishing that one last chore. Time to write out that shopping list for the big party next weekend. Time to balance your budget. Time to write thank-you letters to everyone who sent you house-warming… Read more

  • On Inspiration

    Where does inspiration come from? Where do the writers and artists of our time get their ideas? I can’t speak for others, but I get mine from everywhere imaginable. I’ve had weird dreams at 3 AM that stick with me and coalesce into workable material. Or maybe I have a particularly memorable conversation with a… Read more

  • Myths in the Modern Day

    Myths in the Modern Day

    Myths have been around a long time. They’re old. Really, really old. Like, carved-onto-stone-walls-inside-pharaohs’-tombs old. Or even, predates-written-language-altogether old. But if they are so old, why do we still study them? Heck, why can any movie aficionado and bookworm recognize characters like Heracles, Apollo, Thor, Osiris, Gilgamesh, and Amaterasu? And why do we still enjoy… Read more