(Listen with AI audio)Sneak Peek at Kiss Dark 01/05/2024Dear Reader,Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the festivities. For those who celebrate Three Kings Day, may you have a lovely day. I shall be in the dream.I wanted to address a few changes I�...

(Listen with AI audio)A Struggle While Writing a SagaDear Reader,Most people post about their goals for next year right about now, but my goals remain as they always do. Reiterate them? Shenanigans, or write, publish, promote and keep the day job. Ad...

(Listen with AI audio)The End in Sighta look back over the last two years in the dream as I look forwardDear Reader,As 2023 draws to a close, I look back at the growth of the dream since it landed on Payhip. I know how the Draoithe Saga ends just as ...

(Listen with AI audio)End of the Year ReportDear Reader,Is it finally December 15, 2023? Yes! I may have waited for this date longer and with more anticipation than I once waited for Christmas as a child. Grim Dark has exited the languishing purgator...

(Listen with AI audio)Chaos and a Cackling Muse!Dear Reader,Can we start with some wild news? Draft 2 Digital invited me to publish my stories as AI audiobooks on Apple Books. If accepted, they might distribute to libraries. Y'all I'm excit...

(Listen with AI audio)Happy Holidays, Here We Come!Dear Reader,As an author who still works the day job in education, I have to admit the impending holidays of Christmas and the New Year still carry the same childish expectations for me at the end of...

(Listen with AI audio)Listen Up! A Few Changes!Dear Reader,I posted a few things about Haunted Echoes already, but as you can see, the cover changed. No, you aren't seeing a title change. I must come clean to you all about what happened. You won't be...

(Listen with AI audio)The State of the Dream AddressDear Reader,As I write this post, it's the middle of November, 2023. A lot is going on behind the scenes, so I thought it might be wise to fill you in on some of it. Even though I post weekly, ...

(Listen with AI audio)Teaser Book DescriptionDear Reader,I'm still working on the dragon research video. I'm hoping to release it over the week of Thanksgiving while my school is on Fall Break. For those reading from other parts of the worl...

(Listen with AI audio)The Grey Dragons of DraoitheDear Reader,I could be wrong, but I believe I mentioned dragons for the first time in the Draoithe Saga at the end of Druid Fox in chapter 23. Fox had been searching for them and believed them extinct...

(Listen with AI audio)Haunted Echoes, While We WaitDear Reader,A couple of months ago, I was all fired up to release stories from the Mystic Dark miniseries. I set everything up and almost pulled the trigger. Then I thought I'd give Kindle Vella...

(Listen with AI audio)Halloween Easter EggsDear Reader,News from the DreamFor those of you who sometimes read the posts on Substack, this week I finally separated the two. As part of an experiment with my writing, I'll post Quest for the Valkyri...

(Listen with AI audio)Three First-order Shifters from the Dream!Dear Reader,Last week, presented in a topical overview, shifters included first-order legends, second-order shifters, and third-order werebeasts fitting into mainly four categories of pr...

(Listen with AI audio) Introduction to Shifters - What They Are and How They Work in Urban FantasyDear Reader,I couldn't resist writing this post. I want to ask your forgiveness for the format. Y'all know my day job involves a lot of profession...

(Listen with AI audio)Fade to Black or Write the Steam?Help an Author Decide.When Posting A Serialized Free Tale, Which is Best?Dear Reader,I set things up on Substack for paid subscribers, but I'm not quite ready to put out paid subscriber only con...