fiction

  • The Home Stretch

    For the first time in years, I’m approaching the end of a novel with an ending that’s fully planned out. Only a handful of chapters to go, so it’s barely even a question of maintaining momentum at this point. And… Continue reading

    The Home Stretch
  • Bringing Passions Together: Native Plants Knowledge & Writing

    When you’re a writer, you tend to go down some weird rabbit holes doing research, and sometimes, it’s not even for things that end up in your writing. You might spend an hour and a half researching the worldwide effects… Continue reading

    Bringing Passions Together: Native Plants Knowledge & Writing
  • Healing through Writing: Recognizing Trauma in My Characters

    This is, perhaps, a heavy topic for my third blog post. But it is a not-insignificant part of my writing and writing process, so it seemed appropriate to cover. I was speaking recently with a good friend about how hard… Continue reading

    Healing through Writing: Recognizing Trauma in My Characters
  • The Behemoth: A Return to Normalcy

    In 2019, I applied and was accepted to the English master’s program at Minnesota State, Mankato for the 2020 year. If only I had known at the time what the world would look like by the fall of 2020, maybe… Continue reading

    The Behemoth: A Return to Normalcy
  • New Site, same goals

    Maybe one of these days, I’ll get the hang of keeping a blog and not abandoning it for years at a time. Or maybe the fact that I’ve paid for the website this time will get me to keep up… Continue reading

    New Site, same goals