Note: So I guess I made the mistake of posting this piece on Reddit (you know, the forum for informed and nuanced discourse) and pretty much got downvoted to oblivion. As expected, the discussion revolved around the contentious issue of Helen's historicity, entirely missing the point of this piece, namely that I will see the... Continue Reading →
A worrying trend I am noticing these days is that would-be WRITERS are no longer reading. It's bad enough that your average Joe is either too stupid or too lazy to pick up a book, but now even aspiring authors are becoming functionally illiterate (which may explain Trumpism and the popularity of Dungeon Crawler Carl,... Continue Reading →
I can’t believe how stupid this book is! I wouldn’t have wanted to write this even if it had made me as successful as Dinniman. I mourn for all the trees wasted printing this book. These were my initial, honest-to-goodness thoughts upon reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. Now, I only picked this up because I was... Continue Reading →
THIS IS A SCAM ALERT!!! I was almost taken in by a scam the other day—something I never thought would happen to me, because I am fairly paranoid when it comes to online interactions. If you so much as DM "hello" to me, I am going to get suspicious. Over the years, I have had... Continue Reading →
In this podcast below, I give you not one, not two, but a whopping 25 book reviews! These are all books I read before starting this blog 15 years ago that I never got a chance to share. Reading (and reading a lot) is a crucial part of being an author. It's truly the only... Continue Reading →
You get to thinking of the Earth as an organism, a living thing. You get to worry about it, care for it, wish it well. National boundaries are as invisible as meridians of longitude, or the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The boundaries are arbitrary. The planet is real. Carl Sagan Carl Sagan was a... Continue Reading →
AENYA is as diverse a world as Middle-earth; to call Ages of Aenya a book about nudism is like calling The Lord of the Rings a book about not wearing shoes. Sorry for YET another rant---I really didn't want to do this, I swear---but I recently stumbled upon an article in Planet Nude about 'nudist... Continue Reading →
Don't let the title of this post fool you. Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon proves yet again that the man must be keeping Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry, hostage in his home. How in Hades one author continues to write successfully in so many genres is beyond me, but he keeps on... Continue Reading →
OK, folks, this is going to be a rather short post, but with a BIG announcement! Before we get to that, though, I should mention that the final editing process is going smoothly. I am currently on Chapter 20 of 42, almost halfway there! Merowin Mathonway and Lilliea Graton by Jasmine Alimonos The thing about... Continue Reading →
I have long maintained the belief that storytelling is humanity's greatest achievement. Storytelling, and to a larger extent, art, is what inspires us. It gives us hope, direction, and a sense of purpose. This is my biggest soapbox issue, and the reason I have devoted my life to the written word. Of course, not all... Continue Reading →
The Art of Storytelling 
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