It’s been a little over a month now since that late afternoon when I went to Mocha’s field and discovered…she could barely walk. That moment when it became The Time I Knew Was Coming Far Too Soon. I’ve finally stopped … Continue reading →

Over the past five years, I’ve somewhat evolved a writing process that really worked for me, using Scrivener and Word together. Scrivener was where I put my worldbuilding details. Character notes. Oddball stuff like any weirdnesses about time, includ...

When you commit to owning a horse for their whole life, you know that there’s going to be That Day happening at some point. Sometimes That Day is a day early, sometimes it’s a day late. And sometimes That Day … Continue reading →

CHANGING COVERS One of the reasons I like being self-published is the ability to look at things I’ve put out there and say “well, that didn’t work. The foundation of the story is good, but it’s not resonating with readers…let’s … Continue reading →

Whew. It has been, one might say, quite a year so far. And that’s not even talking about political stuff. The overwhelming dominant theme so far has been the work on a house we’ve been getting ready to sell. We … Continue reading →

Yeah, I’ve been quiet a lot lately. Some of that has been due to just a pile of stuff going on—edits for others, working on renovations for a house we’re selling, horse hijinks, and—gestures wildly—just everything going on. Part of … Continue reading...

Write What You Know…Except When You Can’t Normally I’m a big proponent of “write what you know.” That’s why you’ll see a lot of Pacific Northwest settings in my work, along with horses and things I’ve taken the time to … Continue reading →

(recently fallen Douglas fir—of its own accord, not something we did! We can’t legally cut it up for firewood—besides the green needles, it’s too big in diameter. But it’s an example of what firewood cutting on the national forest is … Continue readi...

Warning: potentially controversial opinions ahead. It’s no secret that I am not a big fan of generative AI/LLM use in any aspect of the creative process. I’ve become increasingly distressed as I see more and more people admitting to their … Continue...

One of the things I’ve been doing these days is updating all of my backlist. In some cases that just means correcting typos and adding some neat formatting pieces that I didn’t have access to when I was first putting … Continue reading →