Ever need a kick in the pants? Or just a hot cup of cocoa on a cold winter’s day? Sometimes it feels like life is stuck in butter-churn mode—lots of work and going nowhere. If you’re like me every once in a while you need a wake-me-up call or a reminder of what life’s all …
“A house without books is like a room without windows.” Horace Mann The more I read and muck about with words, the most amazed I am by the simple act of printed pages, bound in lovely tomes. The profundity of the fact that the weight of worlds sits on my shelves is not lost upon …
Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen mast! Batten down the hatches! Fill the ink wells and run the spell check! Tears will be shed and hearts will be broken, but the writing must go on.
The Risen movie is a unique blend of historical drama, mystery thriller, and Christian exposition. It follows the story of the roman tribune Clavius as he hunts for the body of Jesus Christ, following the events surrounding his death and resurrection. As a historical drama, it evokes the mood and feel of ancient Rome in convincing fashion. As …
Welcome to part 3 and the final installment in my Chronotrace Sequence Postmortem, wherein I break down some of what went into bringing this three book, dystopian series to life. Last time I discussed what went into my decision to independently publish the series. This time around I’d like to wrap up by talking a little bit about how …
In case you missed it, my dystopian science fiction series, The Chronotrace Sequence, has just wrapped up. And now that I’ve had a chance to catch my breath a bit, it seems fitting to pause and reflect on what went into bringing this three volume series to life. So here’s my postmortem on all the agony and …
With the upcoming release of Ascent of the Nebula on February 9th, I recently updated the Chronotrace Sequence Glossary on my downloads page with terms from all three books. And today I’d like to give you a little behind the scenes look at how some of these words made their way into the series. I consider the inventing of …
I shared some initial thoughts on this topic a few weeks ago in Part 1. Today I’d like to finish up these musings by sharing a few other temptations I (and likely many other authors) struggle with. The temptation I’d like to talk about today comes into play when dealing with criticism or a lack of …
