Gods & Martyrs Update – Screenplay Origins
I wrote screenplays for years, even after leaving the industry. It was my creative outlet. One of those screenplays is the basis of the fourth Gabby Wells novel, Gods & Martyrs. Here, I share the connections between the original script Read more…
Company Business – 2015
Running a small business like Sonlight Press, LLC is a challenge. Getting your novels written and out to the public is even harder. Putting those two together requires a bit of money and a lot of faith. Here’s where my Read more…
The 7 Books I Read During My Recovery
During my recent recovery from my sixth Crohns intestinal surgery, I took the time to read as much as possible. I’m usually more of a TV binger or classic movie-watcher, but I was determined to shut off the technology and Read more…
The 27 Things I Miss from a Pre-Internet World
The internet is amazing. For the first time in human history, information and global access are at our fingertips 24 hours a day and the technology providing that access has us connected like never before, altering how we live our Read more…
2015 – Writing Year in Review
This year was very much an overall representation of my creative life… big goals, almost realized, yet undermined by my health. I started out this year having published nothing. I had spent years learning, writing, re-writing and trashing most of Read more…
Paperback Rewards
In a digital world, writing can sometimes feel like I’m moving ones and zeros in a virtual world where nothing is real. Even when I’ve finished the book and output it into various ebook formats, it still doesn’t feel like Read more…
Why Young Adult Novels? Because Teens Are Amazing!
There is something special about the teen years. You know enough about the world to figure out how it works, but you’re not embedded in it. You see where the lines have been drawn by generations before you and you Read more…
My Divine Launch Team
Every writer needs help. I’m banking on the saintly kind. Any new business could use the assistance from a group of advisers that can guide them through the pitfalls and challenges they will face in their new endeavor. Not only Read more…
Writing through the Valleys
Writing is fun. Writing is hard. Like any creative endeavor, it has its peaks and valleys. Moments of inspiration are short and writing through incomplete ideas, long. For the hobbyist, indulging in your chosen art only when inspiration hits gives Read more…
Writers, Get Out More
Writing is often a lonely, isolating experience. We usually find our quiet space, fill it with white noise or our favorite music, and write characters that exist in our minds before they do on paper. We spend a lot of Read more…
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