I've never been a fan of the "new year, new start" mindset. It's a holdover from when I was a child. Back then I believed that if you wanted to change something you should just do it. I still feel that way, although I've become a fair bit more lenient in this mindset. Sometimes, you … Continue reading New Year, New Projects

The first time I won NaNoWriMo I learned that I could finish something. The second time I won, I learned that writing is not something one can do in isolation, not successfully at least. The third time, this time, I learned that I don't have to give up on myself. It used to be a … Continue reading A Letter to the Readers About NaNoWriMo and Works in Progress

Hello again dear reader, it's been quite a while and I owe you some updates. First things first, the absence: I have a wonderful job that inspires my writing. But due to the work load and yearly adjustment period, I had to drop most things to focus on work and readjusting to it. I also … Continue reading Updates

October is one of my favorite months. In the south, the weather is finally starting to feel like fall. The leaves are turning their warmest colors. There's no place you can walk without that satisfying crunch of leaves underfoot. My morbid soul comes to life as I watch the plastic and inflatable un-dead rise from … Continue reading Of Dire Dreams (an October Reading List)

We come into this world knowing very little. But all of us quickly find out what we like. You see, the trick to writing is not 'write what you know', it's 'write what you like'. It took me years to figure that out, but thankfully I did. It was the darker tales that appealed to … Continue reading An Appealing Darkness