Author’s Blog

For those of you old enough to remember (which should be most people, more or less), do you remember what it felt like after 9-11?  There is a sense of grief and loss that transcends and connects us, or at least, you think it would.  Now, there certainly was a sense...

Not much time to opine, as it happens!  The story line is going right to plan, and I'm looking forward to the next portion of the book, which deals with the consequences of horrible events on Thuria.  This world has been shaken, and it will be interesting to see how...

It's funny - I'm thinking that "I need to finish Chapter 4" until I look at the page count and how nicely I finished up a particular section of writing.  So, although I thought I was going to "get more done" in that chapter, the truth is that it involves Sahnassa...

Another reason I've delayed a bit on progress of the Fallen is that I was blessed with an idea for two more!  What if you were about die in an accident of some kind, and suddenly you wake up to find yourself in a new life?  The idea isn't new and unique, but the place...

Actually, this update is a little late in terms of when Chapter 3 was actually completed - that was probably about a week ago.  An upgrade of my Netbook to an "Ultra-Book" (sounds like it ought to have a cape, shiny metal skin, or something), pulled a bit of time...

When it comes to writing fiction, for me, it really helps to have a plan, and ... unfortunately ... it also helps to have so much "recent inspiration" when it comes to the horrible things people have done (in terms of terrorism and gross acts of misconduct - I'm...

So, it's March 18th, and the first chapter and introduction to "Fallen" are complete.  With a universe that has so rich a history (not just patting myself on the back here - there are five books in this series), you can't bring up everything that's happened.  At some...

When I print my own copies of the books (and I've had an outstanding Christmas present for printing hard covers of all of my books for my own library, by the way), I like to put an attractive cover on it.  Some of that art has ended up on the web site!  Now, Purebred...

Working on "the Fallen," I now have the introduction complete (and a bit of the first chapter).  One of the interesting challenges is to conquer how to bring in those who haven't read your books before while not boring your readers who have.  In some cases, it's been...