Fantasy Author & Poet
Articles related to planned and ongoing writing projects.
With the pandemic spreading and our lives changing in hopefully mostly temporary ways, I've also been rethinking my plans. Most of my income comes from my writing, with a small portion coming from my business at Epos. I also have a side hustle in the tech industry to spend on convention and conferences. The pandemic … Continue reading Work in Progress: March 25, 2020
The last couple of weeks have been intense. I've been writing short stories, novels (yes plural) and poems. I stopped chasing side hustles that took me away from writing to focus on a side hustle that is writing. I looked into website content writing, copywriting and things related to those. But it would take me … Continue reading Work in Progress: Feb 7, 2020
I hesitate to write this update as it may seem too self-absorbed, but if nothing else, this blog is a place for such. Even with productive gains, a week can be more than challenging. This week I found a few workable short story ideas, made good progress on the plot summary of the next novel, … Continue reading Work in Progress: January 17, 2020
My week included sending one story off to market, another out for a beta read, a few poems into critiques with good feedback, and I finally figured out what my next novel will be. I’ve been working on a novel idea for a few months but it just didn’t feel right. First, it wasn’t a … Continue reading Work in Progress January 11, 2020
Trends I recently looked at my list of short stories in progress and found a trend. It’s not a great discovery, nor is it a helpful trend. I’ve been writing the same story just in various guises. When I looked at the ones with the best feedback and the ones I liked the best, they … Continue reading Work in Progress: December 31, 2019
