As is tradition, I like to start each new year with a look back at the previous year’s goals. One of the biggest reasons is because it helps me realize just how much I do each year. Otherwise, the work is so spread out, it’s easy to feel like most of the year passes without …
As I’ve released the various installations of the Eternity’s Empire series, I’ve tried to discuss interesting aspects of the story’s development. In many cases, this involved inspirations for the various characters and events in the story. (Though I also talked about the re-writes and cover development, in case you’re interested in the more mechanical aspects …
When I opened last year’s blog to start this one, I couldn’t help noticing my first line was ‘I hoped 2021 would be less crazy.’ I suppose I’ve given up believing that things ever get less crazy than they have been. I’m not sure if this was always normal and I just notice more after …
Perhaps no event is more exciting for a writer than being able to type the end. From the moment we first touch an idea to paper, from the earliest outlining stages or the first paragraph written, we dream about finishing. And usually by the time we hit the final page, we’re good and ready to …
I hit publish on my first novel (Island of Lost Forevers) in 2014. We were living in England at the time, and I had no real idea what I was doing. I just knew that I wanted to be an author and I finally had a book I felt was worth sharing with the world. …
My second release this year belonged to the Eternity’s Empire saga, a series based heavily in mythology. At the end of my first promo stream, I joked that we should play a game called “Myth Truths” where contestants would have to try to guess whether or not a mythological tale was made up. People were …
The penultimate chapter in the Eternity’s Empire saga is finally here! I started writing this story to fill the space between other, larger projects. So there was a part of me that never expected to get this far. I certainly didn’t know how the story was going to end when I started it. (And the …
I put my first book each year out in February. This year, I hoped to coordinate that release with Valentine’s day. (Sadly, it didn’t work out. I needed an extra week to polish the book properly.) But I had already come up with a cute idea for a Valentine’s themed stream to promote the new …
I’m sure I’m not the only person who hoped 2021 would be a little easier than 2020. In retrospect, it really wasn’t. At least not here in British Columbia. A hot, dry spring allowed wild fires to ravage much of the province during the equally hot summer. And in the wake of the first round …
I realized this morning it’s been a year since I wrote an update about my writing projects. (Oops!) There’s a reason why it hasn’t occurred to me to say something sooner. (More on that in a moment.) But still, I should rectify that situation. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on my blog before, but …