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 …
Note: in case the title isn’t obvious enough this review of Star Wars the Force Awakens contains major spoilers about the movie. I shared my general, overall thoughts about the movie in another post. When I first heard about Star Wars being sold to Disney and the series being rebooted sans George Lucas I was skeptical. Not …
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A quick note. This review is spoiler free. Star Wars the Force Awakens has some pretty major plot twists and I talk about those in the spoiler edition review. Be sure to check back for that once it’s out as I share some additional thoughts and observations about the movie that are not included here. Anyone who has read my …
2015 As the sun sets on 2015 I thought I’d take a moment and look back at year 3 in the books. This has been a tough year for my writing career, no two ways about it. I didn’t get anything published and my existing books have not done well. It’s tempting to pin this on …
Here in the United States it’s Thanksgiving season. And there is so much I’m thankful for in 2015. Particularly with respect to this website I’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to all of the people who have shown an interest in my work or even just the things I’ve shared here. Writing is a …
Here’s a quote that certainly resonates with me. Too many good books? Not so, says Martin Luther. This is one of the reasons why I feel compelled to take up the pen and write. Here’s the actual Luther quote on books along with a graphic I put together to display it. There never yet have …
