Whispers of Mars [Chapter 2] Cecil “Cecil, do you hear me?” Cecil “I don’t think he’s fully awake.” “Give him time.” Cecil “Can’t you give him something?” “Nothing that won’t have an ill effect on him.” Cecil A weight sat on Cecil’s chest. He attempted to grab at his sternum, but the IV in hisContinue reading “From A Deep Slumber”
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In Search of Something New
Whispers of Mars [Chapter 1] The rover crawled along the red-brown landscape, tossing up clouds of dust behind its thick wheels. The slope of the old crater was gentle and weathered, carved by centuries or more of sandstorms, and dotted with crags that split the hazy horizon. Cecil would have been able to hear theContinue reading “In Search of Something New”
The Same 5 Things NaNoWriMo Teaches Me Every Year
NaNoWriMo- short for National Novel Writing Month. A lot of things happen in November, especially the one we just had. NaNo is what I choose to focus my energy on. It’s the fifth year consecutive I’ve written for this event, but I still find the process forcing me to rediscover certain recurring things about theContinue reading “The Same 5 Things NaNoWriMo Teaches Me Every Year”
Word Dreams
For my elementary school job, I have often found myself turning to a site called “Ask A Tech Teacher” to find cool stuff and put together lessons. It turns out the curator, Jacqui Murray, is also involved in writing and self-publish. I reached out in response to her post about ‘teacher-authors’ and long story short,Continue reading “Word Dreams”
What Now?
So, Of Armor and Bone is officially the longest single book I’ve written- about 64 thousand words. Well, it took me long enough. I was actually working on a short prequel for my Mars: Whispers of a Planet series at the end there. Just a short 10k words. But it will go into the omnibus I’m planning. Continue reading “What Now?”
Fifty Shades of Grease Publishing 