A September return, amid steady writing and record heat
Chances are, wherever you might reside, the last two months have been capital H-O-T hot. At one point, here in the Treasure Valley, Boise...
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- May 21
- 3 min
Progress, promises, and procrastination: Checking in on The Dragon Slayer
Promises can be fickle things. I should know. I've been promising the completion of The Dragon Slayer for well over a year now. And while...
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- Mar 5
- 2 min
Marching towards a novel finish
Inching closer to the completion of The Dragon Slayer. It's been a long, slow tease. Coming up on four years since the release of its...
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- Feb 5
- 3 min
A quick drop-in for February
In entering 2022 with a smile and hope, a simple goal was held within that I wanted to aim to do things that make me happy. That meant...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
A year on the Boise River Greenbelt
Fourteen years of living within walking distance of the Boise River Greenbelt, and it has been only within the last 15 months that I...
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- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
Ah! Mighty September
Under most circumstances, these opening paragraphs are devoted to insight, thoughts, or memories. Perhaps even an excerpt from a novel or...
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- Jun 18, 2021
- 2 min
A re-emergence in the June heat
Tumbleweeds have swiftly rolled through the website the last couple of months. By that regard, it was in April that the last update was...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
First draft of The Dragon Slayer: 3 years later
Shortly after the release of The Blue Gem (Book 1 in the Magic of Crieo series) back in March of 2018, I began work on its follow-up, The...
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- Dec 5, 2020
- 3 min
It's beginning to look a lot like December
Do you remember the last event you attended in a large gathering? Was it to see a play? Was it to attend a concert or sporting event? For...
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- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
Unlocking new worlds: 5 favorite books from my youth
These characters were my best friends, my mentors, and my enemies, many of which still rattle around in my brain to this day.
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
The Dragon Slayer and other writing: full steam ahead
"The Dragon Slayer" will complete the initial series of fantasy novels, which began with 2014's "The Dragon Princess".
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- Jun 13, 2020
- 2 min
Hanging around in re-write territory
Rainy days have always soothed me in many ways, especially in the cooler autumn months. On this Saturday in June, there is a certain...
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- Feb 2, 2020
- 2 min
February events around the Treasure Valley
A few writing updates as we head into February.
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- Jan 5, 2020
- 4 min
5 writing goals for the year 2020
Welcome to 2020. (No Barbara Walters meme needed because I didn't use her actual intro tag).
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- Aug 3, 2019
- 3 min
Spin around and take a look: it's suddenly August
It's hard to believe seven months in 2019 have already been stamped in the history books. Time is funny that way, in that it's always...
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- Jul 2, 2019
- 4 min
All is calm as we reach the midpoint of 2019
Settling in to write this monthly update, one that sometimes involves what's going in my world, sometimes involves processes on writing,...
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- Jun 2, 2019
- 3 min
June: A return to fundamentals, or, how a routine is found again
"Even if you have already fired a bow several times, continue to pay attention to how you position the arrow and how you flex the...
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- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
The Blue Gem: Now available in paperback
In March of 2018, after a four-year journey of drafts, rewrites, notes on pieces of scrap paper, and some decent-sized edits, I...
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- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
March in the Treasure Valley
There was a span of 12 hours, in the last week of February, in which the Treasure Valley received 2-3 inches of snow, followed up by...
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- Feb 2, 2019
- 3 min
Engaging the boosters, half-speed ahead
Boy, January 2019, you sure went up and disappeared quickly. One day, a person is setting out with eyes up, ready to attack a new year...