Creating New Characters: A Dialogue With My Muse
The Dialogue Open with me sitting on my ugly yellow sofa staring at my laptop, trying to create new characters. My muse sits on the back of the sofa, hunched…
Mike Goes To New Zealand: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Driving On the Left Size of the Road
This isn't typically a travel blog, but my wife and I recently got back from spending several weeks traveling through New Zealand. This was our second time there and we…
Photos From An Incredibly Inspiring Trip
I typically use this space to post about writing (my writing, writing tips, places to get published). However, I recently came back from an overwhelmingly inspiring road trip that started in the Grand Canyon and went across the American Southwest. And you know what? I'm just going ahead and write about that.
I’m Super Excited to Announce…
...my horror story "Beyond Rose Street" (which was published last November) has been included in an anthology by After Dinner Conersation. Each of their stories "ask a specific ethical or moral question."
Celebrating Recent Writing Accomplishments
I have been super busy with a number of projects so I wanted to sit down and just give a general update on a few recent accomplishments.
Novelist with a full-time job.
Strategies For Being A Novelist With A Full-Time Job
GOOD NEWS! I recently became a full-time librarian :-)
My Break From Media (And How It Affected My Writing)
During the final week of July I took a break from news and entertainment media. I stopped watching YouTube, Netflix, Hulu and movies.
The Best Writing Advice I’ve Ever Gotten (While walking home from a college party.)
One night in college I was walking home from a party with one of my closest friends. We were both stone cold sober and it was before midnight (I had…
10 Strategies to Find Time To Write (updated for 2020)
Almost exactly three years ago I wrote this post on how we can find time in our busy schedules to write . The world has changed since then. (Hell, it's…