To my surprise, after teaching math for 4 years, I was asked if I would join the English department at my high school. My principal and team leader were impressed that I had published books and wanted me to bring

If you are hardworking and fortunate enough to be a writer, congratulations!  I have a warning for you. Do not own a cat! I’m serious.  They may look cute, and they may purr and tell you what an amazing human

This post is inspired by the website Noblebright and by the post  Noblebright vs Grimdark (and by Is Noblebright a new fantasy sub-genre? and Geeking out over Noblebright and a kboards discussion on the topic). Have you heard of noblebright yet? I love

Some characters live.  Some characters die.  It is up to the author to choose which.  Or is it? If a book is done right, it is up to the story itself whether a character should live or not.  Readers may

First, books 1 and 2 are on sale through Monday!  Pick up the kindle books here. Next, what we’ve all been waiting for . . . . Rebel Deception is now available on Amazon!  It is the third book in the

Now that you’ve been awed by my word-crafting abilities (or not), I wanted to share my foray into drawing my characters with sharpies.  On cardboard.  This is my attempt at designing book covers.  (Notice that my book 2 cover idea