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GalaxyBillies’ Christmas is now up on Wattpad!

I’m very happy to announce my podcast short story, GalaxyBillies’ Christmas is now available on Wattpad. A couple things make this important to me: I really love the GalaxyBillies’ characters and universe. Ever since I wrote the original story I’ve wanted to get back at it. I have two more … Continue reading →

Time Flies

I was thinking I would put my GalaxyBillies Christmas story up on Wattpad. I had originally written it to be podcast (you can find it here) and thought it would be fun to share it once again. Then, I noticed the date of the story: December 2011. Holy Cow! I … Continue reading →

Buried in Excuses

Okay. I have been pretty unavailable the past while. No posts, no Tweets, no Facebook. In fact, not a whole lot of anything. Did I fall off the face of the Earth or visit a Bizarro Alternate-Earth like I’m claiming? See, that would be telling. Either are possibilities, I suppose. … Continue reading →

Life Affects Art

I know the saying usually goes, “Life imitates art” but it also affects art. I’m sure you will agree that there have been many times when you have come home, tired from a long day at work, when the thought of anything but bunny slippers, television and a comfy chair … Continue reading →

Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty

I don’t talk about my books enough (although my daughter might disagree). For example, Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty was release in July and, other than a handful of tweets and some posts to Facebook, I didn’t really say a ton. At least, not compared to some. And … Continue reading →

Change of Heart – NaNoWriMo

I wasn’t planning on doing NaNoWriMo this year. I kept reminding myself that I have too many other demands on my time. Then, on Sunday, I started anyway. Who needs a life anyhow, right? Seriously though, one of my projects on the go is the second book in the Scouts … Continue reading →

You Can’t Please Everyone

I try to write fiction that everyone will enjoy. I try not to be offensive in my writing, but invariably, someone takes something the wrong way and goes away angry. It always bothers me when that happens but there isn’t much I can do about it. Take, for example, a … Continue reading →

NaNoWriMo 2015

If you’ve ever wanted to challenge yourself in your writing, I highly encourage you to try NaNoWriMo this year. In a nutshell, NaNoWriMo is a self-challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Sounds impossible? It really isn’t. Especially because their is a wonderful website (http://nanowrimo.org/) that helps … Continue reading →

Get Published – So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

I’ve been struggling to decide what to do with Get Published. My writing demands (on my time) have been growing over the past couple years and, since no one seems to be willing to increase the number of hours in the day, I’ve had to start prioritizing my projects. A … Continue reading →

Book Stores have Changed

I know this probably doesn’t come as any revelation to any of you, but the modern book store is much different than stores of yesteryear. I was sitting in an Indigo store (Canadian book chain) and it was very interesting to see how things have changed. Since the inception of … Continue reading →