My Own Little World
Fantasy Landscape by Tyler Edlin I'm standing on a gray-stone bridge. The murky waters below flow along the reinforced channels, racing...
That Which Scares Us
Title Unknown - Daniil Kozlovsky (full image below) We all have things that scare us, unsettle us, or shake us to our core. Some people...
Target Practice
"Christmas Elf" by Icklepeeps I'll be honest, I sat down to the computer today and felt a strong compulsion to pick up with my writing on...
Family Matters
The 2018 Holiday Season has officially started. I'm feeling sentimental and maybe just a bit sugar buzzed after finishing off the last of...
Characters According to Mars and Venus
This week has been a bit of a whirlwind in terms of appointments, family outings, and trying to get shiz done on Book 3. Lucky for me, I...
Building Character
Shoveling snow. Mowing lawns. Sacking groceries. Tossing hay bails. Detassling corn. Babysitting. All of these things are said to "build...
Heroes and Villains
At the heart of every story is a central character (or group of characters) that the creator makes an effort to get the reader/viewer to...
Finding a Voice
The guides and gurus of the publishing world all say the same thing. Create a great story, give it a professional polish, and put it out...
Up in Smoke
This week... I tell you what folks, if I've ever romanticized what it means to be a writer and author, I'd like to apologize. Clearly you...
Romancing the Tome
Several Blog posts back, I commented that moving forward in my book series, particularly with volume three, was going to require some...
