What Comes to Mind
Here I will post updates on my writing, some short ramblings about the hurdles and joys I encounter on my journey, and anything I find interesting that I want to share.
October 2024 Writing Update – Where My Words Take Me
It is the end of October. The greens of summer have given way to the golds and reds of autumn, the acorns are piling up higher than the mound of Halloween candy my son came home with, and my least-favorite day of the year – the first Tuesday of November – is a short...
Book of Choices Combined Hardcover Edition Now Available
Just a short post to announce that the Book of Choices anthologies have been released as a combined hardcover edition. My story Repercussions appears in Volume 1, which is still available for purchase as well. If you did not buy volume 1 on its own, this is a great...
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
No, it's not Christmas. It's not even wintertime. It is the time when thousands of proud nerds like me gather in a celebration of all the media we love, the memories and lessons, the fantastical and the wonderous, the characters we mourned and the characters we praise...
September 2024 Writing Update – My Plans are Changing Like the Seasons
I always think of September as a month of change. Everything looks and feels vastly different at the end of the month when you look back at the beginning. The temperature, the days, school buses crowding the streets, free time dwindling as work and activities start up...
Become a Follower to Be a Leader!
Now that you all know that my short story Ideal Bounds will appear in "We Suck at Comics Volume 2: Coloring Outside the Lines," it is time to begin the next phase of this project - getting it printed. This book will be hardcover and will have more than 200 pages, most...
“Ideal Bounds” will be Published in We Suck at Comics Volume 2!
At last, I can officially announce that my story Ideal Bounds will be appearing in We Suck at Comics Volume 2! The theme for this edition is “Coloring Outside the Lines.” The book should be available this winter – of course, I will post updates often – after a...
August 2024 Writing Update – A Terrific(con) Month of Writing and More
The summer is winding down, it’s been unseasonably cool here after some periods of intense heat. We’ve had long dry stretches and one massive storm that caused flooding like we rarely see here. It has been a strange August, made stranger by something I got to do at...
Napoleon’s Starship Needs Your Help!
UPDATE: The Kickstarter has been fully funded! Thank you to anyone who helped get this worthy project published. (Original post below) With only a few days left in the Kickstarter campaign, Napoleon's Starship is still around $500 away from the target. I'm asking...
July 2024 Writing Update – Fireworks Included!
Wow. What an epic beginning to the month. Summer came in and brought with it dense, oppressive heat. The Fourth of July was an incredible night of fun, family, and fireworks; the sky was full of color before the sun had fully set, the rumble and roar resounding for...