Writing is hard. Difficult. Okay, it’s the kick in your stomach when you are working like a demon to scrape the words out of your dissolute soul.The words refuse to arrive like the A-list celebrities you invited to your party. Your characters snottily refuse to talk to you, your...

Hey everyone! For those of you that don’t know – my wife and I publish a few other amazing authors. Aaron Crash is one of them. I am super stoked to announce that Damnation Robot – Aaron’s debut novel in Paranormal Space Opera is now available! This is a...

The end of the year was tumultuous, hence my radio silence over the past few weeks.  I've never been much for New Year's resolutions, though I do swear by setting goals; I simply don't hold much stock in waiting until or focusing on the first of t......

Happy new year, everybody! 2017 was an interesting year, to be sure. It marks my first full year as a dad, as well as my first full year with the serious intention of writing a publishable work of fiction. Hopefully I succeeded in the first charge better than in...

The new year is upon us and that means a fresh start for the projects I’ve been idling on. One thing that happened is that I finished the draft of the first novel of the Princess of the North quartet, Scion of Andoya.  So now, I am looking for...

This is why we can't have nice things, Christmas edition.So one of my mother's favorite Christmas desserts, and a holiday tradition in our house for many years, is red velvet cake with boiled buttercream.  I've never been a big fan; the frosting i......

Tis the season for ... frantic commercialism?  Perhaps not, but if you're looking for a gift to give to support a starving artist, perhaps consider:My contemporary fantasy novel FlowORThe traditional music of Rolling Of The Stone, from Scottish to......

Well another year has come and gone—it’s been a good one, though busy, with lots of words written and lots of books published. The end of the year also means that award season is coming into full swing, so I’m putting together my list of 2017 Award eligible books,...

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.  Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.  You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something. —...

(It's been a crazy few weeks and my work schedule has been temporarily flipped around, which means I'm working my normal ten hour shift on Wednesdays ... hence the lack of a mid-week post.)I posted a few weeks ago about my recent short story publicatio......