JASON HASKINS

"The Dragon Slayer" will complete the initial series of fantasy novels, which began with 2014's "The Dragon Princess".

Rainy days have always soothed me in many ways, especially in the cooler autumn months. On this Saturday in June, there is a certain...

Musings on Idaho Gives 2020 and Alley Repertory Theater

Pause. Breathe. Two words that carry weight on any normal day. The last six weeks plus have taught us that much as we pause on a sense of...

"It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times." ~ The Simpsons, season 4 episode 17. The world is quiet. Welcome to the new...

Once upon a time, in my younger years (read: my 20’s), I held a strong belief in fate, destiny, and romantic comedies. No matter what...

A few writing updates as we head into February.

Welcome to 2020. (No Barbara Walters meme needed because I didn't use her actual intro tag).

A little over four years ago, I had an idea to write a story for my nieces and nephew. And by an idea, I thought, "Boy, it would be nice...

The countdown is on. A final countdown? No. Nothing that dramatic. It's the countdown to the release of a new novella, titled Of Snow...

Hot summer days are nearly behind us and, many of you will likely disagree with this, I am thinking of snow. I mean, if Starbucks™ can...

It's hard to believe seven months in 2019 have already been stamped in the history books. Time is funny, in that it's always flying by,...

Settling in to write this monthly update, one that sometimes involves what's going in my world, sometimes involves processes on writing,...

"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...

Each year for the past six years, right around the early part of May, the non-profit organizations in the state of Idaho have a day of...

In March of 2018, after a four-year journey of drafts, rewrites, notes on pieces of scrap paper, and some decent-sized edits, I...

Wrote the following piece of short fiction for an entry into a contest. Alas, it wasn't selected so I figured I'd toss it on the website....

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 by steady...

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...

Sitting here in my cramped apartment, where the walls creep closer every year, I'm taking a chance to reflect on 2018 and the successes...