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Okay, I am not as politically-correct as the headline to this post. In fact, politics has zero to do with my holiday festivities -ZERO. I will be muting all political commentary from now until at least February 2016. I want to celebrate being me with you, being your very own unique self, for the next […]

It doesn’t matter where you live, the economy is tight. Having the holidays in my face always makes me feel a bit panicked. Do I break out the penny jar to splurge on something I spent ten years saving up for (it takes a long time to collect pennies that equal a nice item)? Do […]

One of the new ventures I have gotten into is as an editor of the online magazine site EBook Blaster. Working with the small group, it was my honor to begin the inaugural campaign in what looks to be a very exciting opportunity to work with a lot of other writers, editors and publishers – […]

The Thanksgiving holiday is almost upon us (in the United States). One of the things I have been thankful for this year was publishing my first fictional novel, “PrinceFall”, in July. Add to that some great friendships I have made with a lot of other authors via reading their books, sharing reviews, doing book exchanges, […]

I was reading a blog post by writer Greg Hickey tonight about sexism in sports journalism and the backlash on social media over female sports reporters and broadcasters. I was a little surprised that he was unaware that there is so much negativity aimed at women who choose to work in what most people consider […]

Okay, #IndieAuthors, more disturbing news from Amazon. Mark Coker at Smashwords’ blog had been keeping an eye on how big retailer, Amazon, has trended towards devaluing the hard work of authors by making it cheaper for readers to purchase or access your books. He recently posted this… Last Friday in a bit of news that […]

I have been working on artwork to add to the second book in the PrinceFall/KingRise series, “Maelstrom”. The Morite are a race of people from the ancient lands of Hiddenmark. I first introduce the name of this race at the end of book one, ” PrinceFall“. They were essentially wiped out or enslaved by the […]

I am pleased to announce that the first bonus material for my epic adventure series, “PrinceFall/KingRise”, is now available to subscribers to my Insiders Newsletter. It includes an introduction to the Caran and Adann people of Hiddenmark. These people were introduced in a preview chapter for my second book in the series, “Maelstrom”, at the […]

I recently had the privilege of reading Pamela Crane’s book, A Secondhand Life, and after enjoying it, was also fortunate to have a Q&A with Pamela about her story and her life as an author. If you aren’t sure what the book is about, let me give you the synopsis: In a freak collision when […]

For the majority of my life, I have been a chronic insomniac. I’ve always been more of an afternoon person than a morning person. It isn’t that I am scared to sleep in the dark; for some reason my Circadian rhythm has just never gotten the sun and moon figured out. My mind tends to […]