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Creating an Audiobook: An Interview with Ben Burnes

"Overall it was a great experience! I was forced to stretch my vocal chords on many occasions to do multiple voices, which was fun and an interesting challenge. The entire process was frustrating at times, but only because I was learning the best process as I go."

A Cat Will Play Audiobook: Just Released

It is with great pleasure that I announce the retail release of A...

Don’t be a Story Engineer

The writer has to dig deep into how a character behaves in various social and friendship interactions. At these times, the protagonist wears a mask. So how does the private self contradict these outside personas? And when and how does the plot rip off the character's mask? The writer needs to understand the character from the inside, building the story toward the outside.

Learning to Program Can Make You Better at Everything

This idea was germinated from a talk with my wife about why I...

A Cat Will Play: Audiobook

Ben Burnes and I (well, mostly Ben) have been hard at work producing...

New Story Concepts

Forming story concepts can be a tricky business. But after sifting through many, many ideas, I believe I’ve come up with a solid four that deliver a compelling (and, hopefully, dramatic) stage to set my stories. Will these be long stories? I can’t tell, yet. But as I dig deeper into each character, the dimensions […]

A Cat Will Play Book Giveaway

Title: A Cat Will Play Book Giveaway Entry Message: Welcome and thank you for participating in this giveaway. Five lucky winners will receive a copy of my new book A Cat Will Play. Good luck! Duration: Sep 17, 2015 8:18 AM PDT – Sep 24, 2015 11:59 PM PDT Prize: A Cat Will Play: Shadow […]

For More Than Just Sneezes

I walked onto the Kimball Street sidewalk, hearing children shout out each others’ names behind me. Red brick buildings, squat but sturdy, lined both sides of the street. Cooking bacon wafted over from the nearby breakfast diner. I headed south and minded my own business, my eyes not landing on anyone or anything for more […]

Believe Me When I Say That I Am Lying…

We survive others’. Sometimes, we live them, but we don’t acknowledge them. Or we don’t see them. Until someone points the paradox out. Paradoxes are contradictions and riddles. They pose as philosophical and logical questions that require time to unravel. Can God deny himself? If this sentence is true, then Germany borders China. A person’s belief system […]

Setting Deadlines for Yourself and Getting Things Done

It has been said before, but the best part of working for yourself is that you can set your own schedule and the worst part of working for yourself is that you can set your own schedule. It is hard to regulate your workflow to constantly be creating things. Especially when multiple projects are competing for […]