Download in a variety of formats at BookFunnel I keep a standing table at Varro’s, a cafe on the narrow end of Commissary Row not far from my office. It’s out of the way, which suits me. There’s a small fountain in the center of the street where the lovers and the pigeons gather. I…
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I’ve committed to publishing THE BLUE GOLEM in 2026, and have been moving quickly to edit my chapters. Tonight I finished editing the Beginning Hook section of the novel, Act 1. I polished some chapters, split others, added one short new chapter where I first introduce Pyrynne Thann to Clay Golem. And it’s working. Stay…
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I’ve got ADHD and approach life a little sideways. This isn’t something I have a lot of control over. Sometimes, that’s a negative, sometimes it helps me see things that maybe not everyone else sees. I think this is why I really appreciate some of the marginalized genres that don’t get a lot of mainstream…
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Overview I culled these insights from David Fincher’s documentary series about filmmaking and storytelling, VOIR, on Netflix. This episode is called The Ethics of Revenge by Tony Zhou, whom I knew from his YouTube channel, Every Frame A Painting. Revenge stories are about Wild Justice, what would happen if we took Justice into our own…
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I’ve been hammered by Resistance this week as I rewrite my golem detective prologue for the Nth time, trying to capture the essence of the book as quickly and as powerfully as I can. It’s been like sculpting marble, and the closer I get, the harder it gets. But I found a secret weapon yesterday,…
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