JASON HASKINS

A love of writing has been with me since my elementary years, followed by a love of history and research. Stumbling into dramaturgy has...

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...

In entering 2022 with a smile and hope, a simple goal was held to do things that make me happy. That meant writing more; writing with...

A cold, snowy landscape ushered in 2022, at least in part of the western United States. Like many of us around the world, the last two...

A look at film, tv, and books I've been recently reading, plus writing updates and December events in the Treasure Valley.

A small sample about "Of Snow Forts and Santa", NaNoWriMo updates, and more.

Fourteen years of living within walking distance of the Boise River Greenbelt, and it has been only over the last 15 months I truly began...

Under most circumstances, these opening paragraphs are devoted to insight, thoughts, or memories. Perhaps even an excerpt from a novel or...

The path is stamped down from years of use. The exploration of memory lane over the years, whether on this site or The Journey of Now...

Recently, I completed a short story that I submitted for consideration to a competition. Sad to say it wasn't selected. However, because...

Tumbleweeds swiftly rolled through the website the last couple of months. By that regard, it was in April the last update was provided....

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...

Every now and then, I've been known to take a trip down memory lane. This provides an opportunity to check in with the past, regarding...

Sleepwalk (they say) All up in the headspace and looking for the doldrums to be rattled loose. Or are they cobwebs that need to be blown...

Under normal circumstances, a recap of 2020 and a new goal list for 2021 would occupy this space. While I did achieve certain aspects of...

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...

In a short few weeks, with the calendar flipped to November, the first anniversary for Of Snow Forts and Santa will enter the universe....

To pass the time, hiking has entered the picture. Namely, over the last few months, walks distancing anywhere from one to five miles...

These characters were my best friends, my mentors, and my enemies, many of which still rattle around in my brain to this day.

Paint, colored deep red, was fresh, evident by the bottoms of the letters trailing down in small streaks towards the bottom.