Writers will often get lost inside their own lingo swamps. First drafts are littered with sub-par and overused words, and...
My Top Five Favorite Books and Why
As of this post, my author blog has been active for four years. I have talked about everything from comic cons to...
What Does It Mean to be an Amazon Best Seller?
Few accolades are more coveted in the writing world than "Best Seller." It's regarded as the pinnacle of success, the peak...
Reclaiming Ennui: A Referendum on Social Media
Anyone who reads my blog knows that I am not a fan of social media. I use it begrudgingly as an author because I need to...
Twists, Time, and Family Trees with Brent A. Harris
What would you say is your biggest failure in life? Not believing in myself as a writer. Thinking that I wasn't good...
Review of Joy of the Widow’s Tears by Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee
Fantasy author team Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee are back at it with Joy of the Widow's Tears, the second book of their...
Review of A Twist in Time by Brent A. Harris
Dickens meets Steampunk. That's the first line in the description of A Twist in Time, the latest novel by Brent A. Harris....
Review of Echoes of Starlight (Wings of Earth #1) by Eric Michael Craig
Eric Michael Craig is a hard sci-fi author who caught my attention with his Atlas and the Winds and Shan Takhu Legacy...
Review of Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Military science fiction is one of the most popular and beloved subgenres in fiction. Titles like War of the Worlds and...
Review of Untouchable by Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee
I have been following author team Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee ever since reading their debut effort Unremarkable, a gritty...
Transient 2.0: How a Fresh Edit Exposed a Hidden Writing Crutch
You may have noticed that your Kindle copy of Transient now has an update available. This is a big one, so I encourage you...
An Author’s Guide to Marketing
Ah, marketing. We all hate it. Seriously, I have yet to encounter a single author who can utter the statement "Why yes,...