Hello friends. It seems like I am always saying how much things are changing for me, but what a journey the last decade has been! Sometimes it seems like the whirlwind of change will never end. In fact, it doesn’t. All life is change. Still, I am looking forward to slowing down a bit once…
Word for the day: Abundance Color for the day: Burgundy The last few weeks have been as busy as any were when I was working and busting it for college. I am mostly done with my classes now, and just waiting to get the thesis bound and delivered, and my graduate reading done. There have…
Hi folks, Word for the day: resilience Color for the day: bright green You may notice that this post is a little late. I have encountered some technical difficulties. A friend let me know the other day that whenever they went to my site, they got a security notification, saying that my site was a…
When you’re working hard to get a creative career up and running, and things just don’t seem to be moving at the pace you expect, things can seem futile. What can you do when it seems like things are going nowhere fast, and you just don’t feel creative? What if all you want to do…
YULE TIDINGS ON SALE NOW! OKLAHOMA—Yule Tidings, the latest anthology from the writing group Prosateurs, is on sale now. The holiday-themed anthology celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s with works of fiction and nonfiction. “Besides making the perfect Christmas gift, Yule Tidings is great for planning your parties and get-togethers, too,” said Kathy Akins, Prosateurs…
So, this post is going to be a little different… The Creative Writing MFA program I am taking is a low-residency program. This means that most of the time I do my work at home on the computer, but twice a year, I go to study with my classmates and professors in Oklahoma City. Taking…
Starting now, you can sign up for the newsletter drawings! As always, you never have to worry about us clogging your inbox, I only send out newsletters when there’s something to put in them. That’s no more than quarterly. And you’ll never see me plugging a product or service I can’t fully endorse. Anyway, you…
The official double-release date for Nova Wave, book 2 of The Nova Wave Series, and Weathered, the collection of short works and poetry, is October 26, 2018. This release will coincide with our (Tom will be there at least part of the time) appearance at the SteamCon event in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, where I will be…
To those who follow me on Facebook, this won’t come as much of a surprise, but it’s finally here! The long-awaited sequel to Bone Sliver is almost ready, and I have the cover! It’s a one-of-a-kind, not mass produced, designed by me. I could say it was nothing, but really, it took kind of a…
Well, today I drafted what I hope is the final cover design for Weathered. Got all the prelim paperwork done and fees paid to the proper institutions. Finally, I can reveal the cover for real! Here she is folks The final cover for Weathered. I can’t express what a journey this has been….
