My Steps Towards Publishing There are a lot of writers out there that are finishing project and getting close to publication. Many of them have the same questions and concerns that I did, and while I am by no means an expert, I figured I could at least go through the steps I take before a book I…

Blood Bound – Book Release Today is the day. Book five of my Grimoire Detective series comes out today! Blood Bound. Here is a small excerpt from chapter one to get you started. The saber came down toward my head. My reflexes brought up the falchion to block. The clanging of two swords rang out as…

State of the Pulp – Sep ’26 It’s the end of the month so once again, it is time for the State of the Pulp. This is my monthly round up of words written and my progress report on my current projects. For the month of September, I wrote a little bit north of 44,000 words. While this is not my…

Age is Just a Number As my birthday approaches next week, I want to talk about aging, and getting older as a writer. I see quite a few people online who worry about not having finished their first books yet, but there writers are in their 20s still. So, when you start to think that life is moving…

One Year Later – Walking to Mordor I started ‘Walking to Mordor’ last year. I begin my journey the same day of the calendar that Sam and Frodo did - September 23rd, the day after Frodo and Bilbo’s birthday. Now, in the books, Sam and Frodo reached Mount Doom on March 25th, but they also did not…

14 Days until Release It is officially 2 weeks until the release of book five of The Grimoire Detective series: Blood Bound. On 4 October, this book will be available for purchase and it will mark 365 days since the beginning of this journey with the release of my first ever novel published:…

Plantsing Most writers know about the two types of writers: The Plotter and the Pantser. They have also been call the Architect and the Gardener, but I am not a huge fan of those descriptors. What I am a fan of though, is that mid-point role as a writer between a Plotter and a Pantser, lovingly…

Am I Qualified A question that often hits writers when they start a story is the layers of self-doubt. Is this story original enough? Is this idea good enough? Will readers like this story? All of these questions and others really boil down to one simple concept. The story that we are trying to…

Broken Promises (of the Premise) I was reading this book earlier this week and I ended up dropped the book at the 20% mark. Why? Because the author broke their promise to me and that was the Promise of their Premise. The phrase ‘Never Judge a Book by it’s Cover’ is obviously something that we…

State of the Pulp – Aug ’26 It’s the final day of August, which means that it is time to look back at the month and see what all I got written, what I got figured out, and what I got finished. Welcome to the State of the Pulp. I am on vacation this week from my normal day job. This is a chance for…