A New Me (Part I)
Greetings and salu—salu—damn, I know this word. Shit. No, that’s not it. That book that is also an animated movie, the one with the pig and the spider—aha! Charlotte’s Web! Yes, that’s it. No, that’s not the word, just the Read More…
Cycles
Most authors have cycles or a process they use when writing a novel, myself included. Over the years, mine has changed here and there as my abilities and knowledge in my craft changed (aka improved), but nothing changed it more Read More…
A Journey
I’m about to say something really cliche, but bear with me. Writing is a journey, and it should be. So why the cliche? This comes from a conversation I was having this past weekend with my wife, Molli, about how Read More…
Some Data
I’m a huge fan of data, so I have some data for you. 😉 I seem to have made it through some long COVID brick wall or over the hump or whatever you want to call it. My creativity has Read More…
Edge of the World
I don’t write poetry often, mostly because I don’t think I’m all that good at it, but some-what because of an asshole professor in college. It was an Introduction to Poetry Writing course as an undergrad and for our first Read More…
Atypical Day
Note the title. The play on words is intentional because if people bother to write it out, most people talk about a “typical day” in the life of a writer, a parent, or whatever, but nothing in my world is Read More…
Outcasts Story Bundle
Amaskan’s Blood is one of 14 books in this batch of StoryBundle’s book bundles. This one, themed the Outcasts Story Bundle, is curated by Danielle Ackley-McPhail and features outsiders, rebels, underdogs, and free-thinkers. What’s StoryBundle? If you’re not familiar with Read More…
What am I?
I used to do this posts every month to chat about what I’m reading, watching, playing, or otherwise enjoying and I stopped somewhere along the way. I think life got a bit chaotic, and I didn’t feel like I had Read More…
GenAI is Theft
The Atlantic just released a huge exposé on how Meta (the company behind Facebook, Threads, Instagram, etc.) has stolen millions of books in order to train their GenAI engines. They aren’t the first company to do so and unless we Read More…
Book 101 Review Pt 4
I love cross-genre writing so it makes sense that I would make a holiday-themed spec fic collection.” For the month of February, I’m the Author of the Month on the Book 101 Review, a podcast with over 700 episodes and Read More…
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