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I just got my first proof copy in the mail today and I'm over the moon!

This is my first real book. It's tiny, like 120 pages tiny, but it's such a huge milestone for me and a tremendous success and a huge step forward towards my dream of being a career author!

My collection of occult cosmic horror stories releases October 7th, but you can pre-order the eBook version now on Amazon, and you'll be able to pre-order the paperback too, once I've approved the Ingramspark proof copy that should be showing up later this week.

My newest short cosmic horror story, He Wouldn’t Say Its Name, is now available to watch on my YouTube channel! It is also embedded here in this blog and on the media page for the website.I’ll likely be saving the publication of this story for a future release, so a physical version may not be available for a while. Until then please enjoy my live narration (and the frequent interruptions by my…

Pre-Orders for the eBook edition of The Roots Grow Into the Earth are now available!

Happy Wednesday!It has been a crazy week, and I’m excited to announce that The Roots Grow Into the Earth is now available for eBook pre-order now on Amazon!The link for the pre-order page is available here, and in the near future you’ll also be able to find a link on other parts of my webpage.The eBook and paperback versions of my first short occult cosmic horror collection releases October 7th.…

Another fortnight come and gone! Check out Episode 5 of my Fortnightly Writing Update!

14 Earth rotations have passed once again and it’s time for another writing update! Read on to see what’s been happening with writing the past two weeks. Writing Updates Writing started off quite slow this fortnight but ended spectacularly! Ignoring my usual advice to only work on one project at a time, I took on two new projects over the past two weeks, plus finished a third project on…

Join me for another live reading of one of my short stories July 27th on Instagram at 7pm PST!

Join me tonight, Thursday, July 27th, on Instagram for a live reading of my short story Mourning at 7pm PST!If you miss it live, there will be a recording available on my Instagram feed. And, if you’re not on Instagram, there will also be a YouTube version of the reading to watch either on YouTube itself or on the media page of my website!

Got a few updates on website changes! Check out the blog for the full report!

I’ve been poking at the website again and have a few new additions!First, The Roots Grow Into the Earth has its own page, with the cover, blurb, and release date. As the release date closes expect to find information about where you can get the book as well as any early reviews on this page!Second, I’ve added the foundation of a store page! Now that I’m on Ingramspark as well as Amazon I’m…

Cover Reveal! Drop by the website and check it out!

Behold! The Roots Grow Into the Earth!Here is the cover for my first ever paperback!You’ll also see that The Roots Grow Into the Earth is getting its own information page! Stay tuned to see how that evolves as the book comes closer to its October 7th release.

My next Fortnightly Writing Update is live! Check in and see what I've been up to!

Hello and happy Friday! I’m back with another update on what’s been going on in the Universe of Roots! Story Updates This week, The Roots Grow Into the Earth got sent off to a proofreader, so much like a parent with a child off at college I’m a bit of an empty nester currently and mostly just poking at other projects while I wait to implement manuscript edits.The biggest of these projects is a…