An Unlikely Friendship, Part One
The way our media usually portrays inter-feminine relationships emphasizes negative behavior that makes me wonder, “Why are these two women tolerating nonsense from one another?” Having grown up as the only boy in a...
I Hate Instagram
With over a billion people using Instagram on a daily basis, it’s easy for writers to think that building an audience on the platform will be a straightforward process. Yet, promoting creative content on...
The Invitation
This audiovisual love story is a prequel to "Blood on the Warpath," an essential component for understanding the characters and milieu, especially for those unfamiliar with earlier books in the series. Please click on...
Insta-scam . . .
It’s not easy to compose a book-length story. Writing requires discipline, creativity and persistence. While independent publishing is far more viable now than it was while I was in my teens, getting noticed in...
In Defense of the Saggy Middle
A reader in India recently reviewed Crisis, my third novel. It’s certainly not an easy read in terms of content – hence the title – but I felt a bit dismayed when I noted...
Invisibility
Ideas are invisible. Ideas are intangible, but they have real impact whenever we act on them. I grew up in a deeply racist household. My mother, who came from a little town in Brasil,...
Situational Archetypes in the Deveran Conflict Series
While the title of this post may sound a bit pretentious, nothing about the way I write novels approaches the way I compose for a post-graduate class. I don't start with the archetype and...
Building the World of Devera
Mapping a World
It all began with a drawing. I’d been working graveyard
shift as a telephone operator after graduating from high school and I had a lot
of time on my hands. As I drew the...
