Happy Birthday, Blood Child

One year ago, Blood Child was officially released.   It has been a great year.  Thus far, little Blood Child has earned 8-5-Star reviews and spend sometimes on an Amazon top-ten list. Thank you once again.   Enjoy chapter 1 of Blood Child.  The complete novella is available on Amazon for only .99 cents. Chapter 1 …

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A Book Out and A Short Story on the Way

February 13th is fast approaching and with it comes the one year anniversary of Blood Child's release.   Over seven hundred people have it in their hands and on their devices. Thank you, because thanks to you, dear readers,  I made it on an Amazon Best Seller list.   For those of you who haven't had …

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An Old Friend Returns…Anxiety

It would be nice to think that when things are going well that Captain A  would have no cause to come visiting.  The Fraud Police would stay in their precinct and every thing would be hunky dory. But, Anxiety is an A-hole and doesn't care about failure the way that it does about success.  Success …

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Anxiety and the Writer

It is no secret that I have anxiety, a tricky little beast inside my head that is the captain of the Fraud Police squad that lives in my head.  Captain A has been incredibly successful recently at getting me to stop what I love and live in fear. I feel confident in saying that there …

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A New Year’s Message

How you begin this year should not indicate how the rest of it is going to go.  A few bad days doesn't mean that the whole year is going to suck. Please remember that as you move through these first couple of weeks of 2016.  It is a new year, but the only magical thing …

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A Note Before The New Year

A lot of awesome things have happened this year.  And some not so awesome.  It's the Saturday before Christmas and the only decoration up at my house is a Darth Vader door knocker that I found at the dollar store. just haven't felt like making the drive to storage to get everything.  And I am …

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Starting and Stopping

For the last year, I have been starting to get better: better at writing daily, at exercising, and at this game called life. And then I stopped. I would love to rationalize my behavior, but I am closing in on my fortieth year of life and frankly, I'm tired. Tired of being too scared to …

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Why Support Patreon?

Last month my royalties for my book, Blood Child, were less than $5.00.  That's right. I made less than a fiver for a book that took me nearly two years to produce, not including the time it took to write. And you know what I am overjoyed... seriously. I am happy about it. My writing …

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Manic Monday ~ Why I Am Staying?

Last Monday, I spoke about why I am going to be leaving my current teaching position and seeking something new and healthier.  Today, I want to talk about the good things in my life and why I am not leaving everything behind and heading for the hills. The work stress has been counter-balanced by a …

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Manic Mondays or Why I am Leaving….

Lately all my days are have been intensely crazy as I try and navigate from the life I have to the life I want. A life where there is more time to write and enjoy with my family and friends. So after eight years in the classroom, I have decided to leave.  It isn't that …

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