Category Archives: Ideas

Megaladon on My Mind

I’ve been thinking about monsters lately. My worlds are not bereft of monsters. There are the traditional, otherworldly creatures made of the gathered parts of various “real” creatures, ancient beasts and the “modern” monster of man varying from the calculating … Continue reading

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Creating Religion

The current book I’m working on deals with the religion in the world I’ve built. Creating a religion for a fantasy is a doubled edged as uni-climate planets and universal languages. Most authors force the entire world to believe the … Continue reading

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CPGO – Step 5: Plot Sketch

I’ve said good-bye to BiaM and You Can Write a Novel. Smith’s book will be back when I get to the revision stage. BiaM has a little influence in what’s coming next and will have a say when I get … Continue reading

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A writer or an artist?

Throughout my school career, I loved art. In fact, when I graduated high school, I enrolled in the Colorado Institute of Art for Computer Animation – which is how I ended up here in Denver. I thought at the time … Continue reading

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Peer Pressure Writing Night and the Demonwich

Peer Pressure Writing Night is something I look forward to every week. A small group of us meet up Thursday nights at the River Point Panera and . . . well, we may not get a lot of writing done, … Continue reading

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