Sailing the Digital High Seas
As an author in the modern age, the internet is more than just another tool. Learning to navigate its complex waters is an intrinsic part of what it means to be an author.
Articles, Opinion, Writing & Publishing
Articles, Opinion
Practicing Gratitude On My Favorite Holiday
But when I found myself staring down the barrel of my novel’s rapidly approaching launch date with no connections, no money and no marketing plan, I knew I had to do something to get the word out there. So I turned to the avenue that was most readily available and convenient to me; social media.
Articles, Opinion
Books Are Tools, Not Art Pieces
I have always seen books as tools, not art pieces. Fundamentally, a book is a medium for passing along stories, wisdom and information from person to person.
Book Updates, My Writing, News, Writing & Publishing
Launch Day
I woke up this morning as a published author. It’s a strange thing to think and an even stranger thing to say out load.
Articles, My Writing, Writing & Publishing
Unpacking Inspiration
Since announcing my first novel, one topic seems to come up over and over again in conversation; what inspired me to write The Scion Conspiracy and the Crucible of Legacy series?
Book Updates, News, Writing & Publishing
Taking My Own Medicine
As it turns out, editing and writing are two very different things.
Articles, Why You Should Read
Death, Dismemberment and Dark Humor
By contrast, Abercombie beats his readers with a warhammer while delivering a battlecry.
Articles, Book Updates, Writing & Publishing
A Long Time Coming
I often daydream about slapping my younger self across the face for wasting so much of the stuff now that I’m scraping out my writing in the precious moments when I’m not under the tyranny of my tiny terrors.
Articles, Why You Should Read
Reliving Childhood Trauma
I can confidently say I doubt there is any other author who has pumped more nightmare fuel into the overactive imaginations of children.