• The Silent Patient Deep Dive

    The Silent Patient – Wow. It’s been several weeks since I read it, and it still blows my mind. As soon as the dots started to connect, I knew this was going to be one of my favorite reads of the year. It’s my dream to be able to write something as twisty and shocking…

  • NaNoWriMo Week 1

    November 1st through 5th are off to a great start. Finished the first chapter and bits and pieces of a few other scenes.  One benefit of outlining before writing lets me write all over in the draft instead of trying to write linearly. I found that forcing myself to write in chronological order is the…

  • Prepping for Nano

  • Reads of October

    Eleven books this month. All but one were on audio, since I was working hard on getting book stuff done this month. As we get closer to the end of the year, the less time I’ll have to read. And in the spirit of the season, I’ll say I’m forever thankful for audiobooks. So, let’s…

  • NaNoWriMo

    Tomorrow kicks off National Novel Writing Month and I’m hoping for a super productive month this year. Last year I scraped by within an hour of the deadline. But I didn’t plan very well for it and just rolled with it. But this year will be different. My project this year is the fourth book…

  • I Made This

  • Plot Your Novel 2.0

    Second Edition Introduction A lot has changed since I released the first edition of this book. As I’ve learned more and written more, my methods have changed and adapted to new tools, programs, and tactics. So, I thought it only fitting to release a second edition to update.  I’m going to keep the first edition…

  • All Signs Point to Hell Vol. 4 Short List

    A few weeks ago, I posted the long list of stories to pick from for my next installment of All Signs Point to Hell. This week, I’ll post the short list. I’ve narrowed it down to ten stories. The books are usually seven or eight stories. The imaginary friends stories include multiple scenarios, so it’s…

  • About that Life

  • How My Book Came to Be

    Have you ever fallen down an internet rabbit hole? That’s how the idea for this book all started. During the height of the pandemic, when we were on lockdown and everyone was supposed to stay home for “two weeks,” there was a joke I kept seeing all over the internet. The government just needed the…