I've never been one to coast and hope things happen. That's why I set goals at the beginning of each year as a way to keep myself moving and motivated. This year is no different, but there's a part of me that wants to set simple, easily achievable goals this go around. Perhaps I'm a… Continue reading Shooting for the Moon
Mystery of the Golden Shells publishes this coming Monday, so I figured a short excerpt of the story might be fun. Admittedly, I had a difficult time choosing this excerpt! With the various trails the story can take depending on a reader's choices, it's hard to pick a section that's not going to give something away or… Continue reading Sneak Peek into Mystery of the Golden Shells
A deadline passes without the goal being accomplished. Then it sits in the mind, nagging away that the goal still needs doing, and other things are piling up around it, falling farther and farther behind. It becomes a snowball rolling downhill. It gathers bits and pieces of broken plans until it’s a giant mess, gathering… Continue reading Just Breathe
Traditional publishing takes for-ev-er! Those novels you so love from popular authors can take up to two years to produce even if the author writes the book in six months. Because of this, my brain has come to expect long wait times. If I've submitted a story, I move on to my next piece while… Continue reading The Eye Published!
Have you ever been on a hike, enjoying the sun shining through the foliage overhead, the smell of pine and spruce on the wind, and then seen something off the path that you had to investigate? A lean-to someone left behind, a meadow filled with spring flowers, a mountain peak that begged for a picture.… Continue reading The Path
I must confess, I’ve not been good about submitting my short stories for publication lately. There’s a catch-22 usually with publishing. You have to be published to get published. It’s frustrating but really all this means is, like in most any job, you start at the bottom and work your way up. Not everyone succeeds… Continue reading One Story at a Time
Very, very, and I mean very rarely will a publication seek out writers for their book or magazine. Most of the time, a writer must submit to a publication and hope their writing is accepted. As any writer knows, this is a trial in patience and waiting. So when I received an email from Z… Continue reading Z Publishing
It's that time of year again...already. I've no idea where 2017 went, but it's interesting to look back for a second and contemplate. Last year this time I hoped to self publish one of the adventures in 2017. It was my next big project. I hoped you could, "hold a hard copy of an adventure… Continue reading At the Door of December