Category: Fiction

  • Book Jackets

    Why Book Jackets are STILL important             I started thinking about how my book jacket would look like and realized I had no clue where to start. I had been so focused on my manuscript that I hadn’t thought that much ahead of it. When the time to put one together, it became clear that…

  • Author Promotions

                    One of my more recent discoveries is that of Blake Crouch author of Recursion, Dark Matter, and Upgrade. His new book Upgrade was just released a couple of weeks ago and is in full promotion mode for it. According to the News and Events page of his website he is having several different types…

  • Author Interview

    I have linked an interview that was done with myself and fellow author Kristen Smith. I will also include a transcript link if you prefer to read. Hope you all enjoy! Transcript https://otter.ai/u/f_og6uoxiWtKKN4MJd7z0XAVYGo

  • A little tease

    I just got done having an interview with fellow author and classmate Kristin Smith. It was awesome. I was nervous as it was my first time in an interview environment. I am hoping to post it soon with her permission. It was a fun and interesting conversation, and both of our novels were discussed and…

  • Top five reasons to read my novel

    Hey Everyone, The best thing I love is when my friends give me lists of things that interest them. It’s kind of a short cut to learning more about them. In the spirit of learning about each other, I decided to make a top five list of reasons why you should read my upcoming novel…

  • Novel Progress

    As I get closer to the end of my novel, a lot of mixed feelings are floating through my head. Granted I still have a lot of editing and revision to do but the main story is almost complete. When I began, I didn’t know how “police procedural” Treasure Hills would be. There are several…

  • Quick Update

    I just wanted to give a quick update that I will be preparing a monthly newsletter on everything about my novel and its progress. I am thinking of what to include in the newsletter. Mostly, I want to give updates on its completion and perhaps a preview of the Valley City Map I plan to…

  • Novel thoughts

    It is the strangest thing. Before I started my MFA at SNHU I read about 1-3 books a year and now I am reading 4 books at the same while keeping up with my reading for class. I even bought a Kindle Paperwhite to read books before bed. Had I always been capable of reading…

  • Website Update

    So I did some tweaking to the page and its appearance. I am trying to make it easier to navigate. Please remember, this is my fist time editing a website.

  • My First Post

    I wanted to start by thanking you for taking this journey with me. As I make progress on my novel, I want to take you along for the ride. You can expect excerpts, Twitter previews of character descriptions, and other landmarks during the writing of my first novel. I also plan to take Q&A as…