I felt I should take a break from promoting Dronefall and share a review of a recent read. What? I get assigned a random book to read and review by an indie author I’ve never heard of, in a genre that often disappoints me and I…actually kind of liked it? What sorcery is this? It’s… Continue reading Review of Akrad’s Children
Excerpt from Dronefall Chapter One
I have something for you all. If you read the title of this post, you probably know what it is, so I won’t tell you. Here, you can read it. As long as people jumped off trains, there would be hope for the world. They called the Trans-Pest Express “The Blindworm.” It was really an… Continue reading Excerpt from Dronefall Chapter One
Interview With Leah E Good
Here’s someone you probably know but may not have heard from in a while. Christian dystopian author Leah E Good was good enough to was generous enough to let me interview her. I know Leah’s been an inspiration to many Christian readers and aspiring authors alike. If you have not read Counted Worthy…why? Personally, I… Continue reading Interview With Leah E Good
Dronefall Now Available on Amazon!
I thought Dronefall would be published by the end of Janduary of ’17. When January passed, I thought it would be February, then March…then April. Sixteen months later, or World Book Day, Dronefall went live on Amazon. A lot happened in all that waiting time. In retrospect, I’m glad for it. I got a lot… Continue reading Dronefall Now Available on Amazon!
First Draft of Dronefall II, Lightwaste—Complete!
I won’t pretend it doesn’t feel a little weird, finishing the second book before the first is out. But progress is progress, and it probably won’t hurt me (or readers) to shorten that gap between the publication of the first and second books. Nine days ago, I was spinning my wheels a bit and… Continue reading First Draft of Dronefall II, Lightwaste—Complete!
White Wolf and Ash Princess Blog Tour, Day Seven!
Well, I’m excited to be taking part in my first blog-tour. I’ve never done this before, but I made a resolution this year to start promoting other authors, and this is a great way to start. It’s also a great book to start with. But first things first, I must add a quick confession. When… Continue reading White Wolf and Ash Princess Blog Tour, Day Seven!
Strange Ways I Fight Writer’s Block
Writer’s block does happen. I have heard people rant about how it’s just your imagination and how “real” writers don’t get writer’s block. “Just keep writing,” they say. “It’s an excuse for laziness,” they say. Oh, okay, if that’s your philosophy, fine, be a snob about it. But for the rest of us, something’s got… Continue reading Strange Ways I Fight Writer’s Block
Seven Plans for Twenty-Eighteen
NEW YEAR! 2018 Welcome to 2018 everyone. I don’t know quite when it happened, but sometime within the past decade I transitioned from pronouncing the first two digits “Two-Thousand” and started saying “Twenty.” So, I will say again, welcome to Twenty-Eighteen. I have, of course, as always, a lot of ambitious plans and unrealistic… Continue reading Seven Plans for Twenty-Eighteen
Why Write Poetry?
If you normally write fiction, poetry may or may not be something you think much about. Maybe you’re so absorbed in mapping out your story-world, developing your characters, and fine-tuning your plot that you feel like writing poetry would be a distraction. After all, novel-writing is hard work, and takes focus. Why should you divert… Continue reading Why Write Poetry?
20 Prying Questions for Your Characters
If you’ve done a lot of character questionnaires before, you probably know where your main character was born, the names and ages of their siblings, their favorite food, their favorite color…those things you timidly ask your new pen-pal in the first letter. But here’s the thing: there’s absolutely no reason to be shy with your… Continue reading 20 Prying Questions for Your Characters