This week marked the one year anniversary of the release of my debut novel HOST. In that time I’ve sold close to seven hundred copies across digital and print. I’m a few hundred copies away from breaking even. Not too Read more
Like the Atari game of the same name (or the reboot SNES title), Act III’s can be like pits in the jungle. One second you’re cruising along vine to vine then it’s down a pit of despair with no return Read more
Last month I went on a little road trip with my mom to North Carolina to visit some family friends, we decided to take a little detour to West Virginia to visit the Green Bank Observatory. GBO plays a big Read more
As part of my revisit basics of writing while I pick away at my second novel, I started to explore scene transitions. In early drafts of HOST, scene transitions were not intentional for me. I think some aspects and points Read more
How is it May already? Deep into finding ways to promote HOST, and finishing a first draft of my next book, I’ve been picking away at my reading list (although I am behind by six books already). I read these Read more
Now that I’m full steam ahead with book two (as of this writing about 30% done), I’m revisiting some basics of writing to; 1) inspire the writing process and 2) keep learning. Recently got into chapter structure and how this Read more
I’ve been playing video games for a long time. From Frogger on Atari, to Mario on NES, to TMNT in the arcade, to Last of Us on Playstation. It’s been a long gaming career with no pay or a 401k. Read more
I was terrible in writing, literature, and English courses as a kid. My high school freshman year English teacher sucked the life out of writing. Until I took a creative writing class senior, my interest in writing was drained. Creative Read more
I’m excited to announce my first book event of 2024! I was recently accepted to RJ Julia’s local author series event for fiction on Wednesday, March 6th at 5pm. RJ Julia Booksellers is an independent book store with locations in Read more
Just a note, doing the same load of laundry twice in a day doesn’t make it cleaner. But it’s a great way to not get important shit done. This is going to be a rambling rant about motivation, proceed with Read more