As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to like water.  I haven’t completely replaced my soda with water, but I find I am more apt to drink water when it is ice cold.  Now, I’m not talking about tepid restaurant style ice water.  No, no.  I’m talking abou...

The other day I refreshed my graphic novel. I took out some older pages and put some new ones in. I didn’t change the content, only the “advertisements”, which at this point were over 5 years old. Originally this book was available on Amazon in eBook...

I’ve tried to write several short stories this year for various anthologies. Unfortunately, both of my attempts have jumped to over 10K words in a matter of minutes! The first story I failed at making short ended up as a new story in my Flavors of Fa...

Hello everyone! I’m excited to announce the launch of my brand-new website featuring my art portfolio, author services, stationery, stickers, and unique gifts. As an artist and writer, I’m passionate about creativity and self-expression, and I’m thri...

By now I know most of you have seen the crazy AI art swamping the internet. I remember the brouhaha when artbreeder came out a few years ago. Of course, being the digital art person I am, I tried out the program. I even paid for the plan where all my...

Back in April of 2019 I wrote a blog post in my tech series about productivity helpers. In the article, I lamented briefly about not being able to get the 2018 iPad Pro. At the time, I was looking for something to take with me to make writing at work...

I will admit, I used to not love Canva. I just didn’t see the need to pay for something per month when I already had a whole host of graphic resources. In fact, I tried Canva and found the program rather buggy. However, somewhere around 2020 I gave C...

When I was growing up cash was king…and I guess in some instances cash still is…but most people you encounter these days live and die by plastic cards. Unlike cash or checks, you need a middle-man to crack open the shell and scoop out the gooey-goodn...

Professionalism. Legitimacy. Looking Good On Paper. That’s how you convince people you aren’t some weirdo in a shed scamming email addresses. The truth of the matter is people judge books by covers all the time. And if you are an author or other smol...

I’ve been playing around with showing some of my processes from “concept” to “creation”. Here are some pictures from my last work. From poorly sketched paper and pencil idea to finished work. Also, I started making a few TikTok videos. I made one for...