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5 Bloody Heads: Pre-Order Today
I am excited to announce that my latest fantasy novel, Five Bloody Heads, is available for pre-order on Amazon.
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“The King Beneath the Waves” Featured on Far Fetched Fables
You can now listen for free to my short story “The King Beneath the Waves” on the Far Fetched Fables podcast.
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Stages of Study: Orientation
Beyond my interests in the practices of writing and studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I am intrigued by the stages of learning. In this post I examine orientation – the first stage.
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Grim Tidings Podcast and Reading
Hear me read the first chapter of Five Bloody Heads…as well as talk about writing and martial arts.
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Excerpt from Five Bloody Heads
The first chapter from the new grimdark novel Five Bloody Heads. Coming Summer 2015.
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Some days everything runs like a well-oiled machine…
Don’t be a fool like me. Back up your computer today before a catastrophic drive failure!
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Sneak Peek: Five Bloody Heads
Check out the book cover and read a short description of Five Bloody Heads, the third novel in the Hounds of the North series.
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12 Strange Facts about Me
Here are 12 things that you might not know about me but have contributed to my imagination and writing.
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“The Liar in the Cellar” Gets 2nd Place in Flash Fiction Contest
I am proud to announce that my flash fiction story “The Liar in the Cellar” was the 1st Runner Up in Mark Lawrence’s contest.
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Short Story Published in Grimdark Magazine
I’m proud to announce that my short story The King Beneath the Waves has been published in Grimdark Magazine. Get your grimdark on!
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Writing Advice: Grappling for Writers: Common Terms
Here’s a sneak peak of some material from my book focusing on bringing authentic grappling and wrestling arts into fiction.
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Writing Advice: Fight Scenes
Collected advice on how to write fight scenes in books from Brandon Sanderson, Alex Brown and more.
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Writing Advice: Starting with Story Structure
When Everything goes Boom… Earlier this year, I hit one of those dead zones in writing. I was 30,000 words into the third book in my Hounds of the North series and everything just stopped. I had taken a few days off writing and when I returned to the computer, I had lost the story.…
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Flash Fiction: Last Breath
This piece of fantasy flash fiction was inspired by the following painting posted in the Grimdark group on Facebook. Enjoy!
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The Witch of the Sands: An Author’s Note
A lot of you may not know this but The Witch of the Sands, the first book in the Hounds of the North series, was actually written after Black River. In fact, I did not even start on The Witch of the Sands until two years after I began Black River and had a near…
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Writing Advice: The Long Road
My writing was hitting a valley rather than a peak and I needed some writing advice. But from a martial arts training partner?
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Writing Advice: The Exploding Story
Writing advice on what to do when your novel suddenly falls apart halfway through. Because mine just has.
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Goodreads Giveaway: Win a Signed Copy of Black River
Want a chance to win a free signed copy of Black River, my latest novel? Then enter the Goodreads Giveaway. How a Goodreads Giveaway Works I have decided to give away a free paperback copy of my fantasy novel Black River and am using the Goodreads Giveaway program to give the greatest amount of readers…
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Tracks in the Dust: My 2014 Writing Life
As we are in the final hours of 2014, I thought I’d take a bit of time to reflect on this past year of my writing life. This was a life changing year for me.