Today I have a really cool announcement I’d like to share with you. As of today, the booktrack for is now available! What’s a booktrack, you ask? No, it’s not a place where books race around a course at dizzying speeds to see who’s the winner. It’s something much much cooler (though a book race would be pretty …
2013 It’s been a little more than a year since I published Into the Vast and I thought I’d take a moment to look back at my first year in publishing as well as take a look ahead to what’s in store for 2014. Into the Vast was released in September of 2012 with a and then …
Grand Prize winner: Renee Manning 2nd Prize: Chris Morcom 3rd Prize: Christa Scott Into the Vast Contest Winners: Autographed Copies: Jaime and Kristen Digital Copies: Halita, Jan, Madonna, Julie, and Aaron A big thank you to all who participated. The autographed copies should be in the mail soon. I hope you enjoy your …
virid If you’ve been reading this series for any length of time, you probably know that I have a penchant for older sounding words. I just find them generally more eloquent and expressive than more modern sounding phrases, I suppose. I also feel that they broaden my horizon as a writer and allow me to …
somatic This word is somewhat uncommon. You’ll most likely come across it only if you’re a doctor, a biologist, or talking to one. It comes from the Greek word, ‘soma’ which refers to the body. In English, something somatic is something having to do with the body as well. A few synonyms are bodily, corporal, …
doughty This word has long been a favorite of mine. I can’t remember exactly when I first heard it, but I’m sure it was in a sentence something like, “he was a doughty fighter.” The word means persistent or brave or tough. In my mind in connotes a sort of “stick-to-it-ness”. I suppose one of …
Here’s something new: Into the Vast in magazine format. It’s just the first chapter, but the trailer is also included and it lets you turn pages in a way that mimics the way a magazine or e-reader might work. It’s basically a suped up sampler. I’ll also put a link to it on the downloads page. But …
reeve Here’s a word you might not be familiar with – unless you’re from Canada (and even then, maybe not). It is the title given to the mayor of a village or the leader of a town. The only place I believe it is still used today is in Canada, in small rural villages in …
