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Character Spotlight: Bennie the Faithful
I had originally thought to end the character spotlights with launch day on 6/15, but I realized that I hadn’t had an opportunity to spotlight one of my most “favoritest” of characters in my entire trilogy: Bendelof (BEN-deh-loff) Esper, or Bennie. Bennie is a farm girl from the region of Granharson, though the name of…
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Why I don’t like first person narration in fiction
First person seems to be ALL the rage these days. It almost feels like the default narration style for everything. Before I go into why I personally don’t like first person narration, I want to lay down a couple of caveats: That said, why do I not like first person? I think it comes down…
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STILL #1 Religious SFF New Release! Last chance for 99 cent Kindle version
I’m so stoked that “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” is still the number 1 ranked religious science fiction and fantasy new release on Amazon. Launch day was 6/15. It was the paperback version at number one first. Now it’s the Kindle version, which is great! I’m excited people are taking advantage of current…
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On the Immaculate Heart of Mary and consoling the Sacred Heart
After a successful launch of my new sword and sorcery fantasy adventure, I’ve decided to start something slightly different with the blog on Sundays. As you may know if you follow my blog, I am Catholic, and for 9 months back in 2019 I even discerned religious life as a postulant with a great monastic…
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What makes you root for a character?
Today, I wanted to explore the phenomenon of rooting for a character. As a writer, it’s important to understand what will distance your readers from a character or fail to inspire a connection with them. Readers root for characters they care about and are invested in. So how do we make that happen? What makes…
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A Tale of Five Cities: “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope”
Y’all, THE SECOND EDITION OF MY YA FANTASY LAUNCHED YESTERDAY!!! It’s an action-packed tale of a magical civil war, and I could not be more excited. This was literally ten years in the making. (The first edition, which has been out of circulation for years, released ten years ago). If you want to go back…
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IT’S PUB DAY! Why I went indie
People have asked me why I went indie, or tried to encourage me to seek a more traditional route to publication. Given that “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” just launched on Amazon and is on sale for 99 cents (the ebook version), I figured this is a great time to briefly explore that…
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TODAY’S THE DAY “The Crimson League: The Fight for Hope” has launched!
It’s launch day! This is a decade in the making, with sweat, tears, doubt, and dreams poured out, but the second edition of my YA fantasy action-adventure is available NOW on Amazon, in paperback and ebook. Check out the awesome website built by the team at Archangel Ink, as well. It’s spectacular! You can find…
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