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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

"Painted Cats" is Now Out, Marking The First Sequel I've Ever Published!

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Last year my novel Marked Territory  dropped to a little bit of fanfare among my regular readers. The book followed my protagonist, a Maine ...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Evil is Boring (And Your Story Deserves Better)

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We've all seen this story before. It's the young idealist versus the Evil Empire in their snappy uniforms and insidious weapons of m...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

I No Longer Roll The Dice With My Work (Because I Can't Afford To)

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Being an author is a lot like playing the lottery. I've said that before, and generally it means I'm referring to what happens with ...
Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Genre is More Often a Marketing Concern Than a Story One

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If you go into any bookstore you find pretty rigidly segmented shelves and sections for genre. Sometimes you'll see two genres sharing s...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

"The Gamble of Sisyphus" or "How Many Goddamn Books Do You Need To Write!?"

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As punishment for cheating death, Sisyphus was tasked with rolling an immense boulder up a hill. A challenging task, for certain, but one he...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Not Every Villain Needs (or Deserves) a Redemption Arc

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Villains (or at least antagonists) are a necessary part of our stories. Heroes need something to fight against, and even when that something...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

A Cautionary Tale About Book Covers and Audience Reactions

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Regular readers know that in addition to writing novels like my noir cat mystery Marked Territory , and short stories for collections like T...
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