Grand Illusion: A Novel

This is no illusion, my third novel is complete and ready to go after several edits, reviews, re-edits, re-writes and some additions, this i...

Moving Pictures - Refocusing on the craft

I think of myself faced with an interesting dilemma. I completed the first draft of the current novel as far back as October. I did not...

Moments in Time: The beginnings

This is more of a 'foreword' to an idea that came upon me as I watched a concert. First, I would like to thank the source of this in...

Marketing Mania

Our least favorite thing as an artist? Marketing our work. It is difficult and expensive for those of us who are still without an agent or p...

The Days of the New

This is the title of the last chapter of Grand Illusion. I loved writing the last few chapters because I got the chance to use a different k...

Traditional or self?

That is the question of the day. Do I need the validation of a traditional agent getting all dewy eyed - making promises which will probably...

Grand Illusion: The ends is near!

Basically just an update here. Been working hard on my most recent edit. I once read a review of a book where the reader (and this was a rea...