It is done. After over a year of writing, editing, and reading, I present this to you: My debut work is finished and published, both digitally and in print. It's been a wild ride,  full of doubts and failures, but I've finally found my first story to tell. Through the Lichgate started as just "Lich," … Continue reading Through the Lichgate

I write Fantasy. Urban fantasy, mostly. I imagine that I'll eventually branch out and give Science Fiction a shot, or try something more realistic, but so far I have stuck with Fantasy. I like fantasy. Why? I told myself for years that it was because I liked writing without restraints, without being bound by the … Continue reading The Support of the Setting

As you might can tell, looking at the archive, this blog has been on hiatus. And oh, what a hiatus it has been. I can't go into full details yet, as those are subject to change, but I am currently proofreading the final draft of my first novel. I've been calling the book LICH, but … Continue reading The Results of My Hiatus

So life has been a torrent of things lately. Bought a house, started a new project at work, been planning vacations and summer and so on and so forth. I've been busy, and I have two books out to beta readers. So, aside from writing the occasional flash fiction bit and critiquing other works, I've … Continue reading Reaffirming My Love

Hi. It's been a while. How have you been? I'm sure that my absence has left a deep hole in your hearts. I apologize. It was never my intention to rob the world of myself. My regret runs deep, and it's not as if I've been too busy to post. Not at all. All pretentious … Continue reading Where Am I?

As anyone who has read my work before would know, I am working on a book with the draft name: Disbelief Suspended. It is a strange fantasy book, with a few elements of absurdist parody, wrapped in a 70s-era world with epic elements. Overall, though, it is a story of a young man that hasn't … Continue reading Writing Myself Into a Corner

I've been working on a manuscript for the past two months or so, and it recently got to the point that I felt like I was going in too many different directions. I was frustrated, not by the writing, but at what I had written. Finally, I sat down, and asked myself a simple question. … Continue reading Q&A

I had a lot of free time growing up. I wish I had spent more of it writing. That said, I have a demo CD for a band that I was in. I was the drummer. That was worth it. I have a video game that I created, one that I still enjoy playing occasionally. … Continue reading Basket Eggs

"You wrote a book?" asked the interested stranger. "Sure did," I said, my mind turning to all of the hours I spent tapping out words on my keyboard. The dream that I had made into reality. It was done. I had done it. And then, as I reminisced, the stranger asked a question. "What is … Continue reading A Tale of Failure, Pitches, and Hooks

It's time for a random-thought rambly mess of a post. Let's get it over with. Ever heard the term "So bad it's good"? Ever see a cash-in adaptation of a toy into a movie that was horrendous? Ever read a book that tried to mimic the style of success and fail miserably? These media failures, whether … Continue reading How Good is a Bad Book?