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February has hit hard already. Between a chaotic work schedule, wild weather swings, and the world’s usual curveballs, it’s been a lot. I hope those of you who keep coming back have been staying safe and warm (or cool if you’re in the southern hemisphere). I’ve accomplished less than I’d planned, but I’m still on…
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I hope you all are having a great New Year and that it is treating you well. With everything going on in the world, and while trying to live a normal life, it can be a bit overwhelming and sometimes even feel impossible. We do the best we can with what we have and hope…
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Happy New Year! The holidays have come and gone, vacation’s over, and it’s back to nights-and-weekends work mode. I’ve set some ambitious goals for 2026, and January’s already off to a solid start. Here’s what’s on the agenda this month. Going Home I finished refining this noir revenge horror short and I’m submitting it to…
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This will be my last update for the year. If you’ve been keeping up with my posts, you probably already know this, but I absolutely love stories. I love reading them, telling them, and sharing them with others. That love extends very naturally into tabletop RPGs, where storytelling becomes collaborative in a way few other…
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Somewhere between March and May, I’ll be stepping into the GM seat for a long campaign set in a new homebrew world I’ve been developing called The Winged Archipelago. I’ve been turning this one over in my head for a very long time, and as the campaign I’m currently a player in wraps up, I’m…
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Over the course of summer and fall 2025, I kind of wrote a book. A first draft manuscript, at least. It started as a short story idea, but the more I thought about how to tell it, the more it grew. And grew. And suddenly, it became a novel. Let Sleeping Gods Lie is probably…
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I originally intended to put out a single 2026 update near New Year’s, but as I started collecting my thoughts, it quickly became clear that it would turn into a very long post. More importantly, I wouldn’t really be able to do justice to some of the things I’m genuinely excited about without them getting…
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It’s been a bit of a wild couple of weeks since my last update. I’ve been heads-down on some larger projects, so I haven’t been posting as often. Even so, I’m still surprised and genuinely grateful to see folks stopping by without a new post being pushed by “The Algorithm”. So thank you to the…
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November has come and gone, and somehow I hit my goals again, plus a bonus short story to finish out the month. The views and returning readers continue to blow me away. Thank you. I’m still very much an amateur writer, so the fact that strangers on the internet take time to read my work,…
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As November winds down, I’ve been thinking about how far this little site has come in such a short time. I launched it in early October with no expectations beyond having a place to put my work. Somehow, in just under two months, it’s already seen more visitors and more activity than I ever imagined…
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