Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Meg Bonney author of Everly, her debut YA fantasy novel to be released by Pandamoon Publishing November 2017 – Meg Bonney is a mother, wife and freelance writer. When she isn’t writing, she is off somewhere obsessing about her …
Read MoreWrite On: Matt Coleman – Education in America
Today we have the opportunity to mine the wealth of information that longtime educator and author Matt Coleman has accumulated from his sixteen years in the educational system in the state of Arkansas (nine in the classroom). Matt’s debut mystery novel Juggling Kittens released …
Read MoreWrite On: Military and Armed Forces Discussion with Jeff Messick
Go check out the latest Write On over on Sarah K. Stephen’s website. She talks with Jeff Messick a nine-year veteran of the USAF about his experience serving the United States of America as a member of the Air Force. It’s a great interview with …
Read MoreGreat Tomes Vol 2 Audiobook Available on Audible
In the “Dream Come True” department, my story Twenty Steps is available on Audible as an audiobook as part of the Great Tome of Darkest Horrors and Unspeakable Evils anthology published earlier this year by Bards and Sages. Very surreal hearing my story performed by …
Read MoreWrite On: Schizophrenia. What’s the Frequency?
There seems to have been a lot of schizophrenia talk popping up lately like in a previous Write On with Dr. Brian Cohn. and a random conversation on the origins of an R.E.M. song I had with Dr. Sarah K. Stephens the other day. I, …
Read MoreWonder of Words Panel Takeaways
Saturday, June 18th a group from the Des Moines Writer’s Workshop(I was a lucky panelist) held a panel at the Wonder of Words Festival in downtown Des Moines, IA. The turnout was fantastic as we talked about the paths to publishing and our personal setbacks …
Read MoreWonder of Words Festival June 18th 2016 – Des Moines, IA
My credentials arrived for Wonder of Words Festival in Des Moines, IA in less than two weeks (if you look closely you can see I tore the parking pass in my excitement to see them). I am part of a panel with my fellow Des Moines Writer’s …
Read MoreInterview with Daniel Willers Author of Heir of Chaos
This week I had a chance to interview fantasy author Daniel Willers about his new book Heir of Chaos (Blake Heira Book 1). Daniel Willers is a fellow member of the Des Moines Writer’s Workshop. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? …
Read MorePodcasts for the Crime/Mystery Author
I write mystery/suspense (*ahem Made Safe out Fall 2016 from Pandamoon Publishing) fiction and I am always on the lookout for interesting new angles and ideas for my writing. Here is a short list of podcasts
Read MoreWrite On: Hemmed In! I talk Ernest Hemingway with Sarah K. Stephens
This is the second post in my collaboration with Sarah K. Stephens that we are calling Write On. It is a deep dive into some topics that interest us. Here is one of the questions I answered on Hemingway. 5. For all of our readers …
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