Human Nature and Writing Crime Fiction When I first delved into crime fiction, I thought I was simply crafting entertaining stories about...

Why My First Draft is Always Messy   “The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”   Attributed to Terry Pratchett, this...

Everyday Sources of Story Ideas Writers often think they need to scale mountains or survive dramatic upheavals to craft compelling...

Why I Write Short Stories (And Why You Might Want To)   People often ask if I write short stories. The answer is YES, absolutely!   I...

Inspiration for stories comes from many places. The locations I often write about are often in remote places where you might drive for...

Wrestling With the Shape of a Story Hey fellow scribblers, So, let’s talk about one of the age-old debates in the writing world —...

✨ Or Why I Keep Emailing Myself Weird Ideas As writers, we often find ourselves bombarded with a multitude of story ideas, some fleeting,...

So, let me tell you about my journey into self-publishing my first published novel, Gemtown . It was a wild ride, honestly, but also...

Here is my rig, in the remote, remote outback. I promised some time ago to give the backstory on Gemtown, my debut published novel. I...

I've always been a writer, always scribbled on bits of paper my random (and not so random) thoughts. But never going the next step to...