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T-Minus Less Than a Month
How...how did we get to less than a month till book launch? It feels like just yesterday I was in Ocean City, sequestering myself to no...
Oct 7, 20212 min read
NaNoWriMo
Commonly referred to as "National Novel Writing Month" or "NaNoWriMo" for short. I think it's pronounced "nan-oh-ree-mo" At least that's...
Nov 1, 20192 min read
We're Nearly There, We're Nearly There,
WE'RE NEARLY THERE. My brain screams as I'm half a chapter away from one of the scenes I have been dying to write for two years. I have...
Oct 18, 20192 min read
One Down, One to Go
After what feels like forever, I have finally managed to get past the first battle of book 3. I'm not necessarily happy with everything...
Sep 27, 20192 min read
Let's Get This Train A-Rollin'
After the typical summer hiatus I take due to camp charging headlong onto the scene with all the ferocity of a runaway train, I'm yanking...
Sep 18, 20193 min read
Timing, And How Mine Isn't Great
So we're nearly at that time again folks. That time where I basically disappear into the void that is Mission Weeks and will be...
Jun 7, 20194 min read
Writing "Advice" and my General Hatred of Random Tumblr Posts Extolling the "Perfect
*Deep breath* Okay, let me ask for forgiveness here. I am one of those people that is far more comfortable speaking my mind from behind a...
May 23, 20194 min read
Songs on Repeat
Music is pretty well the biggest motivation for me as a writer. I know lots of writers feel the same, with music of all genres playing...
May 15, 20192 min read
Book Rewrites and Character Changes Oh My
I am FINALLY nearing the main climax of the first act in book 3. It only took, what, three weeks? It was like pulling teeth because it's...
May 8, 20192 min read
Regarding Book 2
It was somewhere in 2011 that I started to write what would be the first draft of book 2 at the behest of one of my friends. I spat the...
Apr 13, 20192 min read
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