Update – March 2019

The discovery draft (ie: the rough draft) of Catalyst Moon #5 is DONE. It needs a lot of work and love, but holy cats...I made it, y'all. My world has changed dramatically since I started writing back in September of 2018, so it's been quite a journey for me as well as my long-suffering characters. … Continue reading Update – March 2019 →

on discovery drafts (aka: your first draft isn’t “shit,” you just don’t know what your story is about)

"The first draft of anything is shit." I'm over this axiom. Not necessarily because of the message it's trying to get across, but because it does so in a way that's designed to shock and dishearten. Perhaps for some people this is helpful, but that tactic always rubs me the wrong way. First of all, … Continue reading on discovery drafts (aka: your first draft isn’t “shit,” you just don’t know what your story is about) →

Update – June 2018

Hello there! After three rewrites, two beta-readers, and countless revisions, Catalyst Moon: Storm (book 3) is with my publisher! I'm still trying to figure out when it'll be released, but I anticipate late autumn/early winter. (Hopefully sooner, but it might need more work than I realize.) I feel pretty good about this one; it's always … Continue reading Update – June 2018 →

deleted scenes, part 1

Hi there! I'm still plugging away at book four, but in the meantime, I thought I'd share this scene from book one. This post's title is a tad misleading, as the scene wasn't entirely deleted, just reworked so that the important elements found their way into the final draft. But reading what follows should give some … Continue reading deleted scenes, part 1 →

preview of Catalyst Moon: Exile

Hello, friends. These last several weeks, life has been crazy. (Which is putting it mildly.) Between an amazing vacation, a nasty cold, and a...tumultuous election, writing has been slow. But slow progress is still progress, and I'm moving forward on a project that's been hanging over me for some time: Catalyst Moon: Exile. (Title subject to … Continue reading preview of Catalyst Moon: Exile →