I am Doing the Thing and Going to a Con as an Author
Been many years, for many reasons, since I could say I am going to a con. Photo by César Viteri on Unsplash Several years back, now, there was the annual…
Updates to my current writing projects
My Current Fiction Projects
Sharing the sci-fi projects that I am writing and working on. The author at work. Photo by Christine Dalessio (my wife). As a self-published author, I set a rather ambitious…
Presenting: You Are Amazing
For the first time in two years, I am publishing a new book. On May 21, you will be able to download or purchase in paperback You Are Amazing –…
Who Sets the Rules for Your Worlds?
Your world, your rules. I am part of a Facebook group for sci-fi and fantasy authors. I have seen a lot of writers have questions about how certain matters are…
Help Me Name My Sci-Fi Epic!
I have been working on an epic sci-fi novel for almost two-and-a-half years. I have wanted to write something sci-fi for a long time now. While I love epic fantasy,…
Why is Breaking Tropes Good?
Sometimes tropes should be broken. What is a trope? In the literary sense, a trope is an often used, even over-used theme. Perfect example – the heroine in a horror…
What Do I Name This Thing?
Sometimes it takes me a while to find the name. When I first began work on The Source Chronicles, it was my unnamed Fantasy project. I began my glossary so…
How Am I Breaking from Typical Story Tropes?
It’s fun to break away from the typical story tropes. For years I have wanted to write a sci-fi “space opera”. An epic along the lines of a Star Wars…
What am I Currently Working on?
I began to work on my fantasy series, The Source Chronicles, in 1997. I was at work, bored, and tapped out this scene that popped into my head. Then, two…