With anticipation building for the upcoming ‘The Force Awakens’ Star Wars movie, I’m reminded of what made the original trilogy so great. I’ve also found myself hoping the next movie resembles the original trilogy and not the prequel trilogy, which I don’t like to acknowledge as existing. A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and […]
There are books you read and quickly forget, and then there are books that stay with you because of how eerie they are. Here’s my list of the Top 5 Most Haunting Books I’ve read. 5. All The Names – Jose Saramago’s book about a clerk who becomes obsessed with finding out more information about […]
The treasure at Oak Island. JFK’s assassination. A tyrannous regime’s inner-workings. Welcome to The Theta Prophecy, where alternate history meets modern dystopian. Having survived a perilous journey into the distant past, a time traveler grapples with the crushing realization that his sacrifices were in vain. In a different era, the world suffers at the hands […]
I’m very excited to share the cover of my next novel with everyone. I hope you love it as much as I do. The Theta Prophecy is scheduled to be released on October 6th. While it takes place in the same world as The Theta Timeline, it has different characters and a different story, so […]
I’ve had a quote on my desk for about ten years. So long that I’m not even sure where I originally found it. The quote is: “William Faulkner imitated Shakespeare and Herman Melville. Cormac McCarthy and Toni Morrison imitated Faulkner. Ernest Hemingway imitated Anton Chekhov. Raymond Carver imitated Hemingway. Jack Kerouac imitated Marcel Proust and […]
I’m going to be doing two promotions from May 21-23. FREE!!! The Last Teacher, my short story that takes place in the same world as my three Great De-evolution books, will be free. If you haven’t read it yet, now is your chance to get it for free! Always been curious what my end-of-the-world books […]
I had a few people tell me they liked a review I did the other day in which I characterized a book I had read as the combination of two other books I enjoyed, so I figured I would make an entire blog post with that approach. The approach is simple: I take two books […]
I’m always looking to learn from other writers. As I progressed into having my own writing voice and my own style of telling stories, I’ve found various lessons and insights that were helpful. Here is a collection from three authors I’ve enjoyed. Robert Heinelein’s Rules of Writing: 1. You must write. 2. You must finish […]
In many ways, George Orwell’s 1984 has become the benchmark by which all other dystopians are judged. And for the readers who loved the tale of Winston versus ‘Big Brother,’ they are always looking for books that can compare in some way. Here are a few books I‘ve come across recently that have something in […]
Ronel Van Tonder is an indie author from South Africa. In the short time I’ve known her I immediately became impressed with her work ethic and her approach to writing and publishing. Like me, she is always looking to find out how other writers achieved success so she can emulate their approach. She is the […]