How to Write a Convincing Protagonist: The Beginning of Building Your Story

May 26, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

How to better understand what your Protagonist feels and where that emotional inner conflict comes from.

What is My Process of Editing the Second Book in the Praetorian Rising Series. Take a Peek!

May 25, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

Curious to what my process is for Editing Book 2 in the Praetorian Rising Series? Take a peek, and learn my secrets.

Is Going Indie Worth It?

January 28, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

I think the one thing I am asked most about being an Indie Author, is: “Yeah, but is it worth it?” My first response is always YES! But I think the question on a whole deserves a more detailed response. For me personally, getting my story out to readers was my biggest goal. I had […]

Praetorian Rising Character Insight vol 1: Camille Scipio

August 18, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

CAMILLE SCIPIO It’s cold. I feel the bitterness to the tips of my toes but the frigid ice settling into my skin started within. I lay here before my own eyes naked to the demons I tried to bury beneath layers of honor and duty. There’s poison on my lips, I’m afraid it will never […]

How to Make Writing A Habit: I WRITE!

April 13, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

One of the most annoying things about being an author when you have a full-time job is finding the time to actually write. Getting into a creative mode can be harder than making a perfect croissant (that’s hard people, have you tried to make them!? Those french bakers really just outdo themselves). I once heard […]

Book 2 of the Praetorian Series Shall COMMENCE!

August 19, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

The best news in quite a while….I STARTED WORKING ON BOOK 2!!! This past week on Thursday I sat down and completed the Prologue. I am on my way 🙂 I am very much in the process of looking for an Agent for my first Book: Praetorian Rising. It’s very much in a great place, […]

Yes…I now am writing Quadrilogy

July 28, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m so very close, I can feel it in my finger tips, I know I am almost there!!! I have said this so many times now that it’s starting to feel like a never ending process, but I swear I really am almost there this time. After talking it over with my Editor (Yes I […]

SS: Post Apocalyptic Winter

July 15, 2015.Reading time 10 minutes.

I can peg down the exact night you ruined me, the exact minute you destroyed the value of my own self-worth. I can tell you the second your words finally sank into my mind and I allowed them to fester into molding disgust. It was a seeded tumor, so small and finite that at first […]

Why Are You Yelling At Me?!

June 18, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

I have something not writing related to talk about, it’s more human reaction related which I find just as intriguing as any writing related topic. Really truly as we walk through our lives we are constantly confronted by people who make great characters for a novel. I recently wrote a blog about finding novel characters […]

Character Blog Tour — The Praetorians

June 18, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

This is an older post, but I felt it was a great idea to start with the best of my Blog to get the ball rolling on my new site. A good Blogging friend of mine Ashley Carlson asked if I would like to do a character blog tour with her, and ofcourse I said […]