Sorry I haven’t really posted much here lately. But what with Christmas and family, some things had to be put aside. But I figured that I’d pop in and wish everyone a Merry Whatever and a Happy New Year (to those of you who use the Gregorian calendar that is!)

I’ve been feverishly balancing doing research, writing, critiquing among other personal projects this week, so little to report back on that front. However, I’ve got some great things planned for this site in 2016 so stay tuned for my New Year’s Day announcement!

Hey all! If you’ve had a chance to read the new Kindle novel Railroad Rising: The Black Powder Rebellion, please leave a review on the Amazon page! I’d really appreciate your feedback!

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What am I learning with Nanowrimo? That I hate trying to think about what my word count should be. That when I’m this nervous about a project, I need to outline everything. Given that I am planning a reasonably complex story, I need to have more things planned out in order to make sure that […]

<rant> I realise that I take for granted the things my father taught me about writing and publishing. Growing up I knew that I wanted to draw cartoons and comics. My father nurtured that. With his background in journalism, he taught me things. Important things. From a young age he drilled into my head that […]

Okay. This week I’m feeling a bit deflated here. Yesterday was another day with no writing to be had. However, there was a book launch so I will grant that while I wasn’t working on the novel, I’m willing to bet I wrote quite a few words answering everyone’s questions at the book launch. The […]

Everyone who reads this site is invited to attend the Railroad Rising Facebook Launch this evening from 7pm-9pm PST! If you’ve never attended one of these events, let me explain how it works. This evening at anytime from 7pm-9pm, I will be logged on to Facebook and will be answering questions and chatting on the […]

This will work out much better if I just keep updating the morning after. So everyone will receive my Nanowrimo updates the following morning. In this case, I unfortunately don’t have anything to update as I didn’t work on the novel yesterday. Please be aware that, in addition to writing, I have other projects that […]