My artist, Amanda Fedora, has done it again! She does incredible work. Some of you have physical books and may have noticed that the front and back both have an eye featured there. If you were to open the book flat (heaven forbid!) it would loo...

 Draft 1 of Book 3 is done!Ahhhhhhh. The manuscript formally known as Book 3 is finished. I'm doing serious edits now to prepare to turn my editor loose on it. She'll do a round of developmental editing, we'll have some Alpha reads, then she wil...

 Sometimes you gotta unplugThat's right, Sir Jack and Queen Alicia are on a much needed break. We're spending a week in Northern Ohio. No, we aren't fishing. We aren't riding roller coasters. We aren't even visiting the beach. Lake Eerie is some...

 I remember meeting Bob Salvatore at a Joseph Beth Booksellers about a hundred years ago. He novels were transformative for and I absolutely loved him. He gave a talk, answered some questions, then signed some autographs. We talked about Drizzt...

 Creature FeatureOne of my oldest friends is running a D&D campaign for some of us old dudes (2nd edition hadn't been released when we started playing) and he said humans only in his campaign. His argument was that no one can imagine what be...

 Why can't we all get along?As I'm editing Book 3 of The Dragons of Dorwine I find myself surprised at how certain characters just don't get along. The antagonistic relationship between Anuka and Crenthys really comes to life in this third insta...

 The Silence of a Long WinterI've been pretty quiet, I know. Apologies. I've not been idle. As Spring is dawning in Kentucky (it's a wild ride in the Bluegrass State) the world is coming alive. As grass begins to grow, the lawn mowers roar to li...

Greetings from Kentucky. It’s chilly here today. Last week was almost 60 F. Very typical Bluegrass weather. I hope you are somewhere warm with a good book in hand. I finished 2023 with 42 books read. My goal was 36. Before you begin your angry “why a...

 I read a lot of fiction, and I'm guessing you do, too. After listening to Michael J. Sullivan give a heartwarming intro to the audiobook version of his book Esrahaddon I've pondered the question; are there still heroes? The dark hero, or morall...

 Even though it'll be about 80 degrees here in Kentucky today, Sweater Weather is well on its way. I love fall. Cooler weather, pretty leaves falling from the trees, my allergies take a nap. There is also more time for reading! This year, t...