My next release (scheduled for March 18th) will be “Getting Personal” I had two self-made story prompts that I referenced for “Getting Personal” – each entered into my IDEAS file over ten years ago: Personal Injury Specialists – when the injury needs to be personal, and Dangerous Bidding. I know the story that resulted had … Continue reading
Today is the release day for “Lasting Impression.” The story came into my mind with the image of a strange creature fading into the woods. I thought it might be a good origin story for Sheriff Audrey Harper in “Sasqwhat?” and then the story rolled out from there (and in typical PANTSER fashion, the creature … Continue reading
TODAY IS THE RELEASE DAY for Swordsmaster – my first novel (the one that I keep saying has been FORTY YEARS IN THE MAKING!) Here’s the blurb: Fate is neither something to run away from, nor something to run towards. The first bright-eye to be seen on the mountain in living memory, Sandrik didn’t want … Continue reading
The preorder campaign for Swordsmaster is in progress, so the excerpts will continue to be from my first novel (the one that I keep saying has been FORTY YEARS IN THE MAKING!) Here’s the blurb: Fate is neither something to run away from, nor something to run towards. The first bright-eye to be seen on … Continue reading
I remember doing an exercise a few years back when I was first getting into writing. I was working through this book I still have somewhere (if I was writing this at home, I could probably turn around and find it in the bookcase, but the slab leak has us out of the house right … Continue reading
9-11-2001. Every time this anniversary rolls around, it seems more and more unreal that it happened. But it did. I remember I’d gone into work early, and someone said a plane had crashed in New York, and sitting at my desk checking the news online. Getting home to my family and spending the day in … Continue reading
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