I have a confession. Historically, I have been very bad at description. I didn't like it. I skimmed it when I read it (do you know how m...

For a long time, not a lot had changed, hence the lack of updates. But here's what's going on in my life right now that you may (or ...

Those of you who saw my post about my super ridiculous September may want to know how I made out. Here are where things stand on all things...

For those of you who don't read every single one of my Facebook posts (it's cool; even my wife doesn't read them), here's a ...

I am preparing, finally, to send Post-Apoc Ninjas to my agent. "Post-Apoc Ninjas" is the title I use for it online, short for Pos...

A lot of you know I'm a multiclassed programmer/writer. Before I drafted four novels and got an agent , I had a Computer Science degree...

I hate having only First Impact posts go up, but I am trying to make money at this writing thing, so. Anyway, here are some of the things I...

Thank you for indulging my forced vacation last week. I actually didn't mean to time it with Thanksgiving (I often forget about American...

It's been a long time since I've given you guys anything like a regular status update. I mean, there's my Works In Progress tab ...

I don't do tags very often, but (a) I like talking about my WIPs and (b) I'll do pretty much anything the beloved Authoress asks . ...

I've been working on revisions for Post-Apoc Ninjas , and it's been taking way too long. I once again have questioned whether I rea...

There's a lot of waiting coming up in the next few months, in which I have to just hope that Air Pirates is good enough. In which I have...

I don't know about you, but when I read these stories, I'm always more interested in how long and difficult the journey was (it enco...

As of this morning (last night for you in the Americas), the first draft of Post-Apocalyptic Dragon-Riding Ninjas (with Mechs!) is finished...

If you've been learning the craft for a while, you've heard the rules. Don't start with a character waking up. Don't start w...

I'm a slow writer. Like, really slow. I mean, I wrote the freaking book post on writing slow . So I'm a little weirded out to hav...

My current WIP has two POV characters, kinda like Scott Westerfeld's LEVIATHAN. While I was outlining, I realized my favorite scenes wer...

I am heavily plotting Post-Apocalyptic Ninjas (with Mechs!) in a vain effort to forget that, right now, agents are judging my soul . It...

Among other oddities, I've been researching con artists for my latest shiny . For some reason, these grab my attention, from The Sting ...

The hook is what you say when your friends ask, "So what's your book about?" It's how you tweet about your book. It is th...