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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 […]

So, now that we’re firmly in the new year, it’s time to set some professional goals.  What will I accomplish? Slight problem: I have some rather specific goals that I […]

We’re now just a month away from the release of The Alchemy of Chaos.  Needless to say, I’m very excited. But it’s a little strange this time around.  Talking about The Alchemy […]

I have to admit it, when it comes to books, I’ve had my own head deep into my own work, so I haven’t been paying too much attention to what […]

All right, I’ll admit, I’ve kind of harped on the subject that, at least for me personally, 2015 has been a really good year.  I’m immensely happy that Thorn of Dentonhill […]

Somewhere in his craft-and-process book The Rivan Codex, David Eddings says, “Write every day.  You can take a half-day on Christmas.”  Which means that holidays don’t necessarily apply in this work. […]