Through the heart of my Alma Mater’s main campus runs a railroad. A slow freight drags through a few times a day, typically, covered in weathered graffiti. Whistle wailing and detuned bell chiming, it shakes the library where I lived most of my college days. As a student, I wore a lot of dark eye-make-up… Continue reading The Birth of Dronefall: The Seeds
The Birth of Dronefall: The Gap
I think I was thirteen years old when I dropped Return to Harmony on the floor and didn’t bother to pick it back up. I told my mom I didn’t like books that were about quote, “people’s lives and how they feel about them.” I really wasn’t that into the fluffy inner struggles of young… Continue reading The Birth of Dronefall: The Gap
The 2020’s Begin
Hey, what in the world? It’s 2020! This is the dawn of a new decade, you realize that? New year, new decade, leap year, election year, start of solar cycle 25. (Actually, solar cycle 25 began on Christmas Eve, 2019, when two reversed-polarity sunspots broke the deep solar minimum we’ve had for the second cycle… Continue reading The 2020’s Begin
Merry Christmas!
Christmas is practically here! I hope your season has been at least as merry and bright as mine, so far. I’m still rejoicing over the release of Dronefall Three, which is now available in paperback as well. Doesn’t look like I’ll be having a white Christmas this year, but I suppose you can win them… Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Rainchill Is Available on Kindle!
News at last! Today I got the email I’ve been anticipating literally since Spring—the email telling me Dronefall Three, Rainchill, is available to the reading public. Now, it’s still just the ebook right now, the paperback will be fast on its heels. But for those of you who can’t wait you can go get the… Continue reading Rainchill Is Available on Kindle!
How to Write Immersive Scenes
Good immersive writing is nothing short of pure magic. To be able to conjure up bold tactile images and surround your reader with your story in stereo—that’s what takes good writing to an unforgettable level. But how do you do it? Details, Details. I know you get a lot of modern writing gurus warning against… Continue reading How to Write Immersive Scenes
Happy Thanksgiving!
There are kind of a lot of things authors complain about. That’s understandable. Writing is hard. Editing is hard. Publishing is hard. Promotion is hard. Plots get tangled like those Christmas lights some of you have already gotten out. You get mediocre reviews, or bad reviews, or no reviews. You upload a cover and it… Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
Rainchill Cover & Blurb Reveal
So, remember that, uh…thing that chased Halcyon for several grueling blocks at the end of Lightwaste? Well, you haven’t seen that last of it. Dronefall Three, Rainchillis finally in the process of being released. I’ve hit several delays, as usual. I realize I keep telling people “It’s coming out this month,” and not making good… Continue reading Rainchill Cover & Blurb Reveal
Then Autumn Took Hold…
It always happens sometime around the end of August. I’ll be standing in the sun, smelling the new-mown grass, the sunscreen and the corn pollen and then suddenly…I recognize something in the slant of the sunlight. And in the middle of the close summer heat, something deep inside me whispers, “Oh boy, here it comes.”… Continue reading Then Autumn Took Hold…
Christian Speculative Writers: Your Mission Matters
Don’t underestimate the power of this genre group. You probably do. I did. I have to admit that even though I am a diehard speculative lover not to mention an almost strictly speculative author, I only recently realized why it was so important. Fantasy, science fiction, and futuristic genres are still somewhat neglected in the… Continue reading Christian Speculative Writers: Your Mission Matters