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Outlines: What are they good for?

Outlines: What are they good for?

Originally published on Medium Alternatively titled: Plans? Who needs plans? Anyway. I was inspired by this Goodreads blog post. In which, it mildly goes into which authors/writers are ‘planners’ and which are ‘pantsers.’ Script or improv, basically. Whether the author plans out the book in some fashion or just makes it up as they go along. The differences in execution can be pretty clear between the two. Pantsers will have less foreshadowing and more ‘breaks,’ but a potentially more creative...

Database revamped!

Database revamped!

The Database has been transformed! It no longer occupies space on this site, but on a subdomain with a much cleaner feel. Enjoy. Content is same.

Sample Chapters Posted and a Confession

Sample Chapters Posted and a Confession

Because I am a wonderful person and I love giving things away for free, I just posted the first two chapters of How to Stop Wildfire and Harmonic Waves as sample chapters. Nothing special. Just in pdf form. To give people something to munch on. You're welcome. Shut up and download them. Obviously don't read the second without reading the first. And here is where I say that I hate the first few chapters. Beginnings are the hardest. The first...

Harmonic Waves is Available for Pre-order!

Harmonic Waves is Available for Pre-order!

Harmonic Waves, the sequel to How to Stop Wildfire is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It is priced at $2.99! Praise the Gods! Orak ha! (Gods above!) Harmonic Waves will be released on September 9th, making it 9/9/15. A pretty good set of numbers as far as the in-verse Numerology is concerned. 3 is holy, and 9 is 3x3 making it a very significant number with high 'strongness.' Numerology is actually a large theme in this novel, specifically on...

Harmonic Waves Blurb and Cover Reveal

Harmonic Waves Blurb and Cover Reveal

Harmonic Waves is getting close to a release date/Pre-Order Availability. I don't know when exactly, but I'll have date real soon. In the mean-time, here is the blurb: A universe-wide conspiracy looms on the horizon, and the newly formed Trinity and the One are appointed to stop it. While the Trinity and the One are introducing themselves to the Empire, they are interrupted by the news of a bombing on Jalon. To demonstrate their worth to themselves and to the...

Being a (Female) Author

Being a (Female) Author

Because for some reason there has to be a distinction. There was this show on the Syfy channel called Warehouse 13. It was a solid family-fun flick about a secret warehouse that contained legendary objects of famous people, things like Ferdinand Magellan’s Astrolabe. It had a way of using the watcher’s knowledge and expectation of history as a base and making a story out of twisting it. H.G. Wells from Warehouse 13 One of those ways was the introduction of...