I’ve often said that eating and reading are my favorite hobbies, best done together. While usually I like to consume my books with wine or some form of chocolate, since I’ve moved to the south,…
Some days you win, and some days, well, it’s not so good. I’d made a big push to finish the rewrite of Game of Lies and get it to my editor. And started planning the…
There’s an odd debate in sci-fi and fantasy writers’ circles. Some of them absolutely hate maps and say they are useless. And that readers don’t care about them. I happen to like maps, of any…
In case you were wondering where I am with Game of Lies, I’ve got some news for you. In a day or so, I’ll be sending it to my editor. While I’d originally planned to…
The last few weeks have been so disturbing and heart wrenching. It’s hard to even know what to say. Somehow, we’ll get through this, and hopefully, recent events will spark some much-needed changes. May we…
Now that Flight of the Spark is out in the world, I’m deep in throws of two major projects. Two of them involved the fantasy world of Flight of the Spark. First up is a…
What I Learned the Hard Way My first novel (the soon to be released yet untitled fantasy) took me 6 years to write. One reason was that at times I worked on some other major…
Shortly after I started working on my novel, I drew a sketch of the world that I was creating. It was a bad one. But it was enough to keep me oriented. So I didn’t…
Ever wonder why people are the way they are? I do. Maybe that’s why I enjoy creating backstory for my characters. This week I started writing a short story about James, who plays…
I’m often asked how I come up with my ideas. Good question. Sometimes I sit down and try to conjure up the most awesome idea. Half an hour of concentrated brainstorming usually doesn’t get…