A question that keeps getting lobbed at me looks something like this: “What’s your process?  How do you actually write?” Yeah, that’s not as easy a question as you’d think. You […]

Well, now The Alchemy of Chaos is out in the world, and the early reviews have been pretty strong. “The Alchemy of Chaos is another stirring story of magic and mayhem.” […]

The general advice out there is “don’t write to market”.  And when I say that, your response is, “what the heck are you talking about?” I’m ahead of myself here. […]

So this week is huge. A year ago today, I was waiting for the release of my first book, The Thorn of Dentonhill.  Tomorrow The Alchemy of Chaos, my third novel, is coming out. […]

I’ve talked, perhaps at length, at the importance of learning one’s own strengths and methods as a writer.  Part of the key to figuring out how you write is recognizing your […]

The Alchemy of Chaos comes out next week, so let’s unlock a new excerpt from the book. —- In the past month one thing had become perfectly clear to Lieutenant […]

Sometimes I feel like I got to a bit of a late start with this– I’m 42 years old, and my writing career is just getting started.  A lot of […]

All right, time to admit something: I thought this would be easier this time around.  I mean, I’ve done the Book Release thing twice, so this run-up to release day should […]

I think that the Trunk Novel is an important thing.  Some people can, of course, write that first novel thats just a thing of brilliance.  Others get their process-of-work writing out […]

T.S. Elliot starts his poem “The Waste Land” with the line April is the cruelest month, but that’s probably because he was never in Austin in January. I love my city, I […]