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Book Three Launch Post-Mortem: A Sense of Completion

Indie Publishing, Writing ProcessMay 25, 202696Views 0Likes 0Comments

Estimated reading time: 6-7 minutes Well, I did it. I managed to write and publish the third book in my Zombie Girl Omega series—Insurrection—in less than a year. It was the most aggressive goal I’ve taken on as a writer. For perspective: the first book I wrote, Zombie Girl Omega: Initiation, took me ten years…

ZGO Book 3 Is Almost Here–Yikes

Story ProgressApril 2, 2026136Views 0Likes 0Comments

Estimated reading time: 2-3 minutes There's a moment while working on a story when it stops feeling like something you're writing and more like you're capturing something real. Something that's happening. Another world, another reality, full of actual people and all of their messy emotions and unplanned occurrences. For Insurrection, that moment came somewhere in Act…

Self-Marketing Doesn’t Suck Part 1: So, Why Aren’t You Doing It?

Self-MarketingFebruary 12, 2026156Views 0Likes 0Comments

AN: This is Part 1 of an ongoing series where I share what I'm learning about self-marketing on my personal journey. These are just honest field notes. Estimated reading time: 6-8 minutes Marketing doesn’t suck. No, really. Don’t believe me? I can’t say that I blame you. I’ve avoided marketing my entire adult life. Perhaps prior to that…

The Joys of Receiving (and Giving) Feedback

Writing ProcessJanuary 20, 2026199Views 0Likes 0Comments

(Estimated reading time: 8-10 minutes) Ever had your heart pinned to a wall, left freely exposed to the unfettered opinions of others? Well, I have. Okay, perhaps not literally (I’m not that magical), but damn near close. There were times when a design class critique left me completely wrung out, nearly reduced to weeping tears of disappointment and…

Finding Your Creative Voice in a Noisy (and Nosey) World

Creative JourneyJanuary 2, 2026223Views 0Likes 0Comments

Who Am I? Esotericism aside, it's a relatively simple question you might ask yourself on any given day. A simple question with a loaded answer. I've struggled to understand what defines me as an individual, just like anyone else. We tend to answer the question of who we are with a what. Have you ever…

Permission to Write Badly

Creative JourneyDecember 18, 2025209Views 0Likes 0Comments

Over 25 years and multiple careers, there's been a recurring theme underlying my work. Sometimes it's subtle, so baked into the normal flow that you'd miss it. Other times, it's the marching orders that everyone beats their drum to—loudly. Simply put, it's the process of iteration. The Drumbeats of Creation Through iteration lies…

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Welcome to the Creative Journey

Creative JourneyAugust 22, 2025436Views 1Like 0Comments

Picture this: You're in high school, and a counselor asks what you want to do with your life. If you're like me, "artist" or "writer" doesn't even make the list of acceptable answers. Creative work gets filed under "hobby"—something nice to have, but not something you build a life around. I spent years trying to…

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Book Three Launch Post-Mortem: A Sense of Completion

ZGO Book 3 Is Almost Here–Yikes

Self-Marketing Doesn’t Suck Part 1: So, Why Aren’t You Doing It?

The Joys of Receiving (and Giving) Feedback

Finding Your Creative Voice in a Noisy (and Nosey) World

Permission to Write Badly

Welcome to the Creative Journey

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ZGO Book 3 Is Almost Here–Yikes

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