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Mental Illness and Me, part 2
Over the last twenty years I’ve been diagnosed with most everything under the sun at some point. For most of that time the only thing doctors could agree on was that I’m bipolar. I mean, it’s kind of obvious when the first antidepressant I tried right off the bat made me manic for a month.…
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Schedules and How They Work for Me
9:00 am: Wake up, make coffee for breakfast 9:05 am-10:00 am: Pet Skye, put Skye down, try to get words done, rinse repeat 10:01-10:20: write 10:21-11: pet and wrangle Beerus (much like Skye) 11:00 am-1:00 pm: words Lunch Afternoon reading or school stuff or time for other projects Dinner Television (currently Star Trek Deep Space 9) School maybe, other projects maybe More words …
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Outlines, yay or nay?
Do I use outlines? Certainly. But I’m relatively new to them. I finished my first book without one, which is probably part of why it took eight years to finish. And it still needs work, being a first novel and all, so it’s currently shelved while I work on other projects. For my second one,…
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Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder
I suppose it’s natural for a fantasy author to be into table top role playing games. I mean, it’s an interactive story. The Game Master is sort of the narrator, and the players the characters, right? And I’ve been playing a not insignificant amount of time. I started playing Dungeons and Dragons when Second Edition…
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Notebooks
I love notebooks, as well as pens. I love the tactile sensation of the pen gliding over paper, of the little scratch as I make my mark on the pages. I love the smell of the paper and the hint of ink, and it always brings a smile to my face when I finish with…
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Inspiration
As an author who writes primarily genre works, it’s probably no surprise that I’m a huge nerd. I grew up watching Star Trek: TOS, Dr. Who (Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor in childhood), playing video games, and watching anime. My dad started me out by introducing me, but I quickly developed other tastes. Where…
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Why I tell stories
You probably want to know why I write and how I got started, right? Well, my parents are avid readers, and they did their best to share their love of reading with me. They read to me every night for years. We didn’t have a lot of money growing up, but there was always a…