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Continue reading →: A Reflection on Three Months of WritingI have been writing for this blog for three months. While I have tried blogging in the past, those attempts didn’t have this longevity. This got me thinking, what is different about this time from the ones before? The obvious answer is of course, me. I’m not the same person…
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Raising the Dead: Unearthing Unfinished Projects
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Continue reading →: Raising the Dead: Unearthing Unfinished ProjectsSomewhere on an old hard drive are reference pictures from old paintings and a 140 page screenplay that I thought was going to change the world. I think every artist has at least one or two pieces they started with so much enthusiasm but eventually set aside. Whether it was…
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Continue reading →: When the Candles Burn: First Chapter PreviewThe chorus of laughter and games in their favorite Chuck E Cheese encroached on the tense negotiation within the booth, where a supreme pizza waited to be devoured. Corrie Andrews tapped her burgundy nails on the table in repeating succession as she fluctuated from sadness to anger and back again.…
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Continue reading →: The Memory That Still Shapes My StoriesI was an Army brat growing up. My dad got his commission when I was a baby so for the longest time military life was all I knew. I had no concept of roots in the sense of putting any down. I moved three times in the first six years…
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Continue reading →: Breathing Life into Fictional People: How I Do ItWhile our greatest stories resonate in our memories for their epic scale or moral lessons, none of them would have reached the heights they did without great characters. No, really. Without someone for the reader to connect to the events of story would bear little difference to a history textbook,…
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Continue reading →: Lessons from the RoadI was an army brat growing up, so every 3-4 years the family would pack everything up, pile into the minivan, and drive cross country to our next duty station. That with the annual trips to the Midwest, which were never less than 15 hour drives I was a seasoned…
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Continue reading →: Where I Love to WriteWhere I write is an important aspect to my process. It has to have the right feel or vibe to get me into that familiar yet coy rhythm. You would be surprised how often a place doesn’t work because the vibes are off. My wife and I have a running…
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Continue reading →: A Day in the LifeBeing a author while also being a full-time employee is challenging. It’s normally chaotic, but after some time there is a rhythm to it if you’re flexible. This is a typical Tuesday for me where I balance both of my worlds to some degree of success. So come along as…
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Continue reading →: I Didn’t Need More Time, I Needed a Plan: How Project Management Brought Balance To My Creative LifeMost writers and artists will tell you, it’s a challenge balancing your life and your art. While many of us would love to spend countless hours just creating, it just isn’t feasible if we want to live a healthy life. Especially since a lot of our inspiration to create comes…
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Continue reading →: Wander Through My SketchbookI’ve loved art since I was little. I used to have a picture of me at 4 or 5 holding a drawing of Optimus Prime and Megatron fighting. My mom was impressed because she could actually make it out amongst the scribbles. I went to the Savannah College of Art…
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