It’s 2023. I always reach this point and want to laugh at how I thought I was on my way “up” after a few hard years of falling down, but this year I can say I did at least climb …
Getting Back to Writing: The Process of Integration
A Brief Overview For those who may not know my history, I began writing novels in 2009 with my first National Novel Writing Month. In 2012, I began to ‘get serious’ about the craft. I researched agents and submitted a …
Essence of Green :: February 2022
How is it already March 2022? February was the month I began to rebuild my routines and started writing again. I also began moderating the chat of 2 twitch channels since Jan 30th, and this has expanded my community and …
Welcoming In The Essence of 2022
Welcome in, 2022. The last couple of years have been a gentle spiral down, and I find myself finally rising up out of the mud to unfurl my lotus petals. In 2021, I focused on measuring all writing – not …
LEVEL-UP! The Essence of Green – Apr – Sep 2021
“The summer air is hot and still, the afternoon hazy; crickets call relentlessly from among the brown grasses, and ears of corn are the same heavy, burnished gold as the late-day sun. Hawks circle in the blue-white sky overhead, and …
LEVEL-UP! The Essence of Green – Feb + Mar 2021
“Anyone can love a thing ‘because’. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something ‘despite’: to know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” – Patrick Rothfuss February was interesting. We …