We are closing in on 2023, and I am closing in on my goal to finish book 3 by the end of the month. With 1,970 words written tonight, I’ve written the heartbreaking and emotional (for me) crescendo to the story. It’s taken a lot out of me, but I’m ultimately happy because it means…
The end is near! I’ve seen it with my own eyes … more or less. After a productive session of 1,700 words today (plus some editing and rearranging), I crossed the 130,000 word mark for the draft of Days of the Dark. I now have the road map for the ending of book three, and…
I woke up feeling dangerous. It’s now my goal to finish the first draft of Days of the Dark (Book three of the HIGHGLADE series) before the end of the year. And that’s … checks calendar … 19 days. In the words of a very wise engine, “I think I can.” Here’s a sneak peek at the…
My favorite question to be asked is, “So who’s going to play Thornton in the movie?” and I like it for two reasons: (1) it assumes that my book will be made into a movie, and (2), because Josh Hartnett is a great guy and would probably be really receptive to being in a project…
One of the most rewarding things on this planet is working with people that you love, and I’m lucky enough to have a brother who not only shares in my love for fiction and fantasy, but my love for writing as well. While on my most recent deployment, my brother Matt and I set out…
It’s been just over a year since my first book was first published, and I’ve had a few people ask me for advice. Seeing as how I’m about to publish my second book, I thought now would be a good time to wrap up all the lessons I learned from the first one and try…
Some of my favorite stories start with the words “What if” When I was a kid, I had a subscription to Marvel Comics, and one of the titles that came to me each month was the “What If” series. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s basically the Twilight Zone in comic book form: a…
I found myself waiting in an airport with about 12 hours to kill, so I turned to the one thing that I know will help the hours fly by for me: writing. One thing that I had always wanted to do, though, was work on a story through Wattpad. If you don’t know what Wattpad…
