Anastiasiia crafted a beautiful cover animation for my first book. Watch Saffa unleash the pain on this bad guy. That’ll teach him! My editor is working on the book right now, and I’m hoping to have it ready for release …
I’ve put together a bunch of VBA macros for Microsoft Word that work around numerous longstanding bugs in Scrivener, or other common scenarios, like removing two or more spaces between sentences, trimming paragraphs, that sort of thing. I hope it …
Three beta readers braved my book and came out unscathed. My new word count is a hefty 206k. I’m now working with an editor who also specializes in developmental/content optimization, and hope to have this process complete by end of …
Kate Vishnyakova has crafted a beautiful masterpiece, lifting my writing with her creative skill.
I originally based my series name off Nightwind, the nation Saffa is from. But this doesn’t quite capture the scope of the universe I’m building, hence I’ve renamed the series to Bane War. This better encapsulates the epic conflict these …
I got it done a few days ago. It feels so good to have accomplished such a large feat. I started writing the novel nine months ago, and seeing it in a complete form is thrilling. I’m working with beta …
When I was nine my family took a long trip from Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA to Atlanta, Georgia, USA. During the long drive, I stared out the window of our blue van for hours. Being autistic, I find it easy to …
After six months, my first draft of Nightwind: Fury is complete. It’s satisfying, but I know there’s so much more to do. I hope to have an alpha ready by the end of June, maybe end of May if my …
I read Fourth Wing recently. Yarros is talented. I also read pieces of three other books: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Souless, and Name of the Wind. There’s nothing like reading popular published books to humble oneself. I have to admit, when …
I’m in the final stretch of revisions as I attempt to get my draft into an alpha quality state. At least the plot makes sense now, and the main characters have a more compelling journey. This process over the last …