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Outbreak: The Story Behind the Book

Outbreak, is the first book inThe Brother's Creedseries. This book will be my first novel released to the world! But it wasn’t the first book I started, or even finished. The first one I wrote is set in my fantasy world of Torrea and calledThe Weapon.Outbreakwas the second I finished, but will be the first one I publish. Want to know a little more aboutOutbreak? Well here’s a little history…Early concept cover: This was the cover I printed for my mom's book.My brother and I have never been no...

The Ultimate Quest

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.”-C.S. LewisI think we can take a lot out of the typical fantasy story (found in a lot of books, movies, and video games today) and compare it to life-- especially the Christian life. Let me take a second and explain the typical fantasy story in case you have been living in a...

Back to the Beginning...

Why do I write? Where did it all begin?Let me take a second and answer the first question, because that’s all it’s going to take, a second.Why do I write? That’s easy, I have a passion for writing and I feel like God has given me a talent for it. But I’ll let you, the reader, judge that, maybe I don’t have a talent for it at all, it doesn’t matter either way because I love it. But more than that,I am a writer(whether good or bad), it is in my blood, it is part of who I am. I have learned a lo...

Humble Beginnings

Welcome to Writer in the Wilderness! Yes, you guessed it, this is going to be a blog… where I write… about writing… Sounds fun right? Yes of course it does! Not that I should have to explain it because it is pretty self-explanatory, but I will anyway.Here is a pic of my cutting a water bottle in half with my katana... why? Because why not!This is going to be a blog where I post about my journey as an author. The experiences I have, the hardships I go through, the good times, and themomentous ...