Signing!

I'm pleased to announce that I have signed with Flashover Press! Crossing the Line will be published this spring and will be available for pre-order very soon! Thank you all for going through this long process with me.

How to Write About Rape

1) Make certain rape fits the plot line. 

Writers sometimes choose to portray rape because it’s easy to get a reaction from the reader. With rape, it’s easy to get repugnance. It’s easy to create hatred. This laziness, though, results in shallow, unsustainable emotion. 

The Dangers of 50 Shades

The EMS/Fire/Public Safety field is one of the most crass environments out there. Off-color jokes, explicit conversations, and oversexualized allusions are common place.

On Writing

Words are the means of expressing concepts and feelings, world-changing ideals and small details.

With words, I can convey information, persuade opinions, or paint not merely a picture, but a vivid experience in another human's mind.

A Writer's Growth

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

Ernest Hemingway

When I first began my writing journey and had a decent-sized manuscript, I shared my 'baby' with another writer.

The Difficulty of Revision

One of the most difficult parts of revision is putting my mind back into the place it was when I wrote the book.

Where are all the books?

Code Green Campaign had a great post on Facebook yesterday: ‘Do you know of any books relating to PTSD and first responders? I haven't found any.’