My state is having a major vote on November 7 that will have long lasting implications for the moral health of its people.  The vote is about whether or not Ohio should add the right for all abortions to the state constitution.  The way the amendment is worded, it...

I posted a blog some time ago asking the question “Who Am I?”  In that post, I explained how I discovered my identity and came to grips with the person God created me to be.  It didn’t really go into too much depth explaining who I am in terms of my character.  Today...

Our words make worlds!  As a fantasy novelist, I get to see this truth in action in a figurative sense as I craft a world for others to enjoy.  This proverb, though, holds so much more truth in the real world, and it is far more impactful, either to ruin or glory!  To...

So much has happened since I last blogged, too much to even try to list. I put off blogging for a long time for a number of reasons, but it’s become clear to me over the past year that I needed to pick it up again. I’ve hidden in fear of rejection, fear of success,...

Now that you know why I wrote The Dreamer Chronicles: Desperation and the long, meandering path it took me to get there, it’s only fair to share with you who I actually am.   To be honest, I tried to put off this particular entry because it’s next to impossible to...

It wasn’t long after forming the basic story in my head that I decided to turn it into a novel.  I wanted to be a novelist since high school, but I had buried that dream when I chose to pursue “higher callings” in college.  Now that my other dreams were gone, I...

The graveyard of dreams is the breeding ground of desperation, hopelessness, and fear.  Is it possible to learn how to live again when your only sustenance comes from those very same emotions?  This was the major theme burning a hole in my brain when I began writing...

  As the weather warms up and signs of spring are on the horizon, I can’t help but feel excited as the seasons change.  The coming spring means new life, new growth, and new hope.  In the natural it means that there will be more sunshine, greener grass,...