Category: Blog

Agent Representation

In 2015, I went to one of Brandon Sandersonā€™s book signings....

I FINISHED!

Guys.Ā Guys!Ā I FINISHED MY BOOK! I’ve been working and working and working andĀ workingĀ on “The Book“Ā for four years now – and today, I’m finally able to say that it’s done.Ā I made the last edits, and then spent a solid minute dancing like crazy in the coffee shop bathroom in celebration. I’m...

Going Back to Go Forward

I want progress. I want to move forward. I want to be better–as a human, as a writer of stories, as a rock climber, as a communicator. In everything, I want to learn and grow. But the thing I’ve discovered about progress is that it’s not as linear as...

Hiatus

There’s a big white elephant here on my website. Here ’tis: it’s June, and my last post was in October. That’s almost 8 full months of inactivity…. Woops.Ā There’s no excuse for this, but there is an explanation.Ā ...

On Goals, Climbing, Achievement, and Perspective

Back in March, I took a rock climbing tripĀ to the Red River Gorge in KY. Long story short, the climbing was beyond incredible, and once I returned to Boston, I was so amped up that I created a massiveĀ training program for myself, bought more and moreĀ gear, and spent too...

Recurring Treats

A friend recently told me that a ā€˜retreatā€™ is really just a ā€˜recurring treatā€™ – and I couldn’t agree more.Ā Ā For me, this little cabin on a lake has become just thatā€”a treat that keeps on treating. Though it has been a bit of an interesting process to find the...

Singing in the Storm

I find myself oftenĀ wondering if writing fiction is an endeavor that has any meaning.Ā Ā Is it not just a massive ego trip? I have created something so amazing that hundreds of people will pay money to read it because it’s just that brilliant!Ā Who the hell Ā do I think I am?...

Month by Month Recap

Four and a half years ago, I started writing what I always referred to as ‘the book.’Ā IĀ wrote the first bits (~50k words) of ‘the book’ back in 2012, in the downtime at my banking job. I then took a 15-month hiatus from writing toĀ travel through South and Central America...

What it means to be ‘a writer’

Iā€™m a writer. A dreamer. A starving artist. A long haired coffee chugger. You know – a writer. The truth is you haven’t heard of me. Thatā€™s because Iā€™m that special breed of writer known as the aspiring writer.Ā I am not a NYT bestseller. I am not even published....