Author of Hunted, The Relics of War, The Caein Legacy, & The Mage War Chronicles
Empathy and my Writing Process Let me preface this post with a story. The company I currently work for is very big on culture and has taken a number of steps to help promote the well-being of employees. I have never worked anywhere with a culture quite like it, and it’s 90% of the reason […]
Fun Stats About my Books I wrote a post a few months ago about “darkness” and included some stats at the end for my books. (See: I Write Darkness.) That post was prompted by my revisions of Serpentus, which was the most emotionally-difficult book I’ve written to date. If you’ve read The Relics of War, […]
The Source of the ANTs (for Exile) A few months ago, I posted about ANTs (automatic negative thoughts), in part to help myself work through some pre-publication fears, but also because I thought some people might find the information helpful. As those who follow my blog or social media regularly are aware, the publication in […]
Some Writing Updates As usual, I have a lot going on with my writing, and it has been a while since I last posted an update. So here we go… Recent Releases & Upcoming Release Schedule: In April, I released an ebook bundle of The Relics of War. It includes all 3 books in the […]
The Magi of Guardian Book 2 in The Caein Legacy is very much Alexander’s story, as told from Andrew’s perspective as his guardian. Alex has found his way to the Southlands and is embarking on his pilgrimage to become a mage. A number of new characters are introduced in Guardian, and many of them are […]
Inside The Ballad of Alchemy and Steel This post was requested by a reader who wanted to know more about the writing process for my “sort of” prequel to The Relics of War trilogy. I wasn’t initially planning to write any other stories beyond the trilogy, but when I was in the middle of rewriting […]
A new project First off, some exciting (for me) news: I finished writing book 5 in The Mage War Chronicles and I decided on a title. It’ll be called Catalyst of the Storm. I don’t have a page on my website for Catalyst yet, but I have updated the series’ main page to include the […]
The Present A.I. Conundrum There has been a lot of chatter the last few months about artificial intelligence and its role in creative enterprises. Many people in the field (artists, authors, musicians, photographers, voice actors, etc.) are really starting to become nervous as more and more AI-generated content is released into the wild. And I’m […]
Exile is now available! On the anniversary of the date I began writing Exile (May 24), it officially published. Thank you to everyone who supported me and encouraged me to continue pursuing this path. I really, truly believed Exile was a story worth sharing, even after countless query rejections or non-responses. I love this story. […]
BookBub and My Recent Featured Deal I didn’t know about BookBub when I first published Hunted back in 2020. Honestly, I didn’t know about a lot of things back then, but I was determined to learn as much as I could about advertising and marketing. I’m still learning. I joined a number of Facebook groups […]
