Recently I got scammed with a bootleg copy of a DVD. I’m always careful when ordering from Amazon, and I think I mistakenly thought the product was sold by and shipped by them. It took a few days to finally realize that it was not […]
Journal Entries Part 9
I really don’t remember a lot of the writing that I was coming up with years ago. You will see “Lay of Toranon.” That was inspired by Tolkien’s lays. And I really thought I could write a song. Before you ask, I no longer have […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 12
Chapter 12 in E1 is Chapter 14 in E2. Although a lot of the content in the chapter stayed the same, a lot was also changed and cut out. There is content from Jayce’s perspective that had to be removed when I made it all […]
Why I Write Books
Happy Indie Pride Day to all of the self-published authors out there! I wanted to talk a bit about why it is that I write books. I don’t know if I can give a complete and profound answer, but here’s my attempt. When I was […]
Journal Entries Part 8
This entry was basically just providing little updates and containing more stepping on toes of copyrighted works. I had been able to get a lot of work done because it was Christmas break. During the school year, work on my personal writing was spotty at […]
A Stormy Release
This year is going into my sixth year of self-publishing. I haven’t made it to where I want to be, but I feel like I’m finally getting my feet under me. I know what I want out of publishing and am ready to keep moving […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 11
This is chapter thirteen in the final edition of “Reawakened Flames.” The previous chapter with Landa sitting on watch on the top of the central tower of the sorcerer’s keep was added to the final edition because I wanted more thoughts from Landa. Reminder: My […]
Book Companion Songs
As I write my books, I realize that there are songs that I have that complement the stories or the characters. So, I thought it would be fun to share them. If movies or a show were ever made, these would be the songs I […]
Journal Entries Part 7
You can see more where I was getting ideas (or just stealing) names for the old stories. Orlando came from Orlando Bloom from Pirates of the Caribbean. Vigo was from Viggo Mortenson from Lord of the Rings. Luah is a dog character from The Incredible […]
A Book’s Journey: Part 10
This includes the rest of chapter ten and chapter eleven in the final edition of “Reawakened Flames.” Reminder: My notes will be in italicized red font, and the text from E1 will be in black. E1 refers to edition one, and E2 refers to edition […]