Craft 101 – Writing ‘Filler’ Scenes
A 101 Level Craft question I see all the time! I see a lot of mostly newbie writers asking version of this basic question: How do I write filler scenes, or scenes in which nothing important happens but feel necessary (for some reason) to pad out the word count and not make everything seem rushed? How can I make those scenes interesting? and my sibling in Christ I’m going to […]
Progress Report!
Welp, I had high hopes for starting out this year. I wanted to hit the ground running with The Radiant Tomb (The Circle and the Shadow Book 2) and really make great progress through the book In January. But when the very first workday arrived, I came down with some sort of Respiratory virus, which basically ate a week and a half of my productivity. But there’s the thing: This […]
New Body Manifesto
One thing I need to do in the new year, is to take care of myself better. Specifically, take care of my body. I know this seems like a weird statement coming from me because I’ve written several times about my successful fitness journey over the last year or so, but there are still some things out of balance. And I’m going to be super honest about this with you […]
Slow Burn, Long Tail
I’m already on record, stating how 2025 was a banner year for me. I feel kind of weird stating that, since it sucked so bad for so many other people, but for me it went really well (effects of the national and international shitshow notwithstanding). I had four releases, wrote two entire novels, moved into graphic design professionally, and established a work and life schedule that was productive and, more […]
2025 Year in Review
2025 was kind of a big year for me, even if it wasn’t in any major groundbreaking way (I did not crack the USA Today list, sorry to say). However … I published 4 books: Beneath the Silent Stars (Broken Stars Finale)Ghosts of Exile and Other Stories (My first short story collection) World Enough and Time (Standalone Contemporary Sci-Fi romance) The Lion and the Sparrow (Standalone Fantasy Romance) I ended […]
The ComeDown(tm)
As humans, we have the tendency to frame things in terms of future circumstances. I’ll be happy when … After this week things will calms down … when I finish these projects I can finally relax … Once these three things happen, I will be satisfied … and this feels true to us, because why wouldn’t it? And to a certain extent, when the goals are centered on removing obstacles […]