A common question asked of many artists is, “Where do you get your ideas?” Of course, the honest answer is, “I have no idea,” but that doesn’t add to the mystique artists often cultivate. Somewhere along the way, creatives worked out the story that they got their inspiration from “muses” or “the universe.” That has…
Now, I enjoy clean adventure stories, but I wasn’t always a reader. Blame it on being a boy with a lot of impatient energy. But sitting still and tracking my eyes over a page without pictures was torture. The irony? Both of my parents were teachers, and my mother was a reading specialist — yet…
In February of 2024, I was in California at a work event and ran into a long-distance friend who told me about a reading challenge he and a few other friends had started. It was set up like a bingo game, with each square indicating a kind of book to read: Work from the 1700s,…
The gift of writing is a passion project for me right now. I want to tell many stories. Yet, finding time to write amid work, family, and ministry responsibilities is challenging. God has called me to all three of those responsibilities before writing books. I used to write “by the seat of my pants” but…
So, you’ve decided to take the plunge into the wild world of storytelling. Congratulations! You’re about to embark on a journey filled with creativity, late nights, and probably a few too many cups of tea (I have a thing about coffee). But before you start hammering away at your keyboard, there’s one thing you should…
I am painting myself out of the proverbial corner. Partly, it’s the dreaded “time to pay the piper,” and partly it’s a thrill. Ending up in this situation isn’t a surprise. There is even a delight in answering the “how are those problems going to get worked out” question. Much like paying with credit, it…
In February 2023, I paused the weekly postings of my podcast “Chapter by Chapter” because I ran out of runway. Frankly, I was stuck and not enjoying the writing process. The original plan was to write/edit/publish the third book of The Pearl Saga in the background while I continued to release episodes. However, numerous setbacks…
