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How to Balance Reading as an Author

Apr 23, 2025

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Lately, I’ve been struggling to disappear into one of my own projects. And I wonder if it’s because I’m too happily getting lost in other people’s stories instead.

5 Takeaways From My First Kickstarter

Jan 11, 2025

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in Author Tips, These Gossamer Recollections

Happy New Year! In fall of 2024 I hosted my first ever Kickstarter campaign to launch my new book, These Gossamer Recollections. I had a great experience and learned a lot about strategies for direct sales and crowdfunding. I thought I’d share 5 key takeaways from the experience. 1. It Was Fun Yep, that’s right.…

What Scenes are Hardest to Write?

Nov 19, 2024

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in Author Tips, Questions

Key scenes are easy and exciting. They flow off the page without much effort. But the quiet scenes, the in-between scenes…these ones take some work.

How Long Does it Take to Write a Book?

Oct 8, 2024

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in Author Tips, Questions

I expect there are some authors out there who simply sit down and write a book, and it’s all wonderfully straight forward. I, however, am not one of those authors. My books seem to need a twistier, more confusing path towards completion.

Announcing the Kickstarter for These Gossamer Recollections

Sep 17, 2024

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in News, poetry, These Gossamer Recollections

Signed copies of my books will be available for direct purchase through a kickstarter campaign this fall.

5 Reasons Main Characters Are the Hardest to Write

Sep 13, 2024

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in Author Tips

It’s easy to criticize an author for failing to write a compelling main character. But in my experience, main characters are the absolute hardest characters to write. Give me a villain, a best friend, or a love interest any day. But main characters are hard!

5 Strategies to Maintain Momentum as a Writer

Jul 30, 2024

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in Author Tips, Questions

Being an author is, at times, the easiest thing I’ve ever done, and, at other times, the hardest thing I’ve ever done. For me, the hardest part of being a writer is momentum. Maintaining the momentum to see a project through from start to finish. I would hazard a guess that this is a common…

Book Recommendation: Elements of Cadence Duology

Jul 22, 2024

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in Book Recommendations

A River Enchanted and A Fire Endless Fantasy Romance duology by Rebecca Ross Rebecca Ross has a great ability to create believable relationships between characters. She creates depth and maturity without sacrificing any of the yearning or heartache. This duology primarily follows Jack, who returns to his mystical home on the island of Cadence. On…

A Tour of Creative Software: What programs do I use for my projects?

Jul 2, 2024

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in Author Tips, Questions

I’ll be the first to tell you that you don’t need fancy software in order to create your art. It’s problematic to buy into the notion that the software maketh the artist—that a proper screenplay can’t be written without Final Draft, and a proper symphony can’t be written without Finale. Yes, it’s true that eventually…