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February 20, 2018
Hi all. It’s been a while, right? I figured it was time to finally give you that update I promised two posts ago, which was, er, in August 2017. You deserve an update about my progress on Book 3. The long and the short: there hasn’t been much. Progress, that is. So this is going to double as an explanation (exploration) of why (what happened). But before that: I have not given up on writing the next Firesign book, nor on writing novels in general....
March 16, 2017
You can learn something about me and my Firesign series if you know a pair of seemingly unrelated tidbits: I loved the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, and I used to watch (and enjoy) Glee. There’s a unifying theme throughout the three. It’s probably no surprise when I say I enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy. So did everyone else, and it’s an ensemble space opera romp with narrative similarities to my own work (a group of friends, adventure, traveling, tons of explosions). Glee might be more surprising; it’s what...
March 10, 2017
If you’re wondering why I haven’t been posting the past month, here’s why: No, knees are not supposed to be that size. So, I blew out my knee while skiing early last month. On the third run of the first day of what should have been five days of skiing in Colorado with my family, because that’s how I roll! Literally. I went tumbling pretty bad, and my kneecap ended up on the side of my leg. I had to...
December 8, 2016
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me~ (P.S. Want to give me a gift? Buy my books if you haven’t (WSR, FH), leave a review on Amazon if you have (WSR review, FH review), and tell people about them either way. Having more people read and enjoy my books is the best gift I can think of. That and beer, but my friends have that covered. Thanks!) (P.P.S. This went up at my exact birth moment, 8:06 am CST. See Mom, after all those...
December 3, 2016
There’s a trait I share with my mother and older brother. It’s one I’ve long known about, though it’s been thrown in stark relief as of late. Here’s the story of how I first learned of its existence: When I was in high school, I wanted to put a CD player in my car. (Showing my age.) I mentioned this to my dad, and he said to wait and that we’d work on it soon. I was usually a respectful enough teenager, as far...
September 11, 2016
I’m an author. I’m a blogger at RandomC. I’m a night auditor at a hotel. I’m a salesman of craft beer. I have four jobs at the moment, and I’m working 60+—usually 80+—hours a week. This is what I was talking about when I said some cool things were going on in my life. Turns out cool can actually mean hectic. I’m dyin’ over here, y’all. “But wait!” you might be saying. “Two of those don’t really seem like jobs. You like to...
September 5, 2016
To anyone who knows me well, they’ll know I’m not the most emotionally accessible guy. That’s not to say that I’m closed off. I try to be honest about my feelings, and coming from a father who’s John Wayne levels of stoic, I’ve come far in opening up. Yet I’m also the kind of person who believes that everyone should deal with their shit, and it annoys me when people complain. Don’t get me wrong. Griping once in a while is fine. Everyone needs...
October 18, 2015
The past month or so has been a reeducation in some of the inviolable rules of writing. And, like most re-educations, they’re brought to us by the wonderful teaching power of failure. Yay! I moved to a new city at the beginning of the month. Before that was packing, spending time friends and family for the last time in a while, then moving, then unpacking, then buying the furniture I was missing and setting that up, then gradually getting settled in—and that doesn’t even mention the beginning...
August 13, 2015
I was listening to an episode of the Tim Ferriss Show podcast (which I finally started, even though I’ve been following Tim for years. Highly recommended), and one of the guests mentioned something in passing that I found quite interesting. From the episode with Dr. Justin Mager and Kelly Starrett, one of them mentioned that, if you asked his wife what his “two skills” are, she would say: He can mimic anyone. That allows him to understand how you move and why you move, and...
June 11, 2015
“I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, “You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool.” Don’t fucking think it’s not cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” It is cool to like Britney Spears’ “Toxic”! Why the fuck not? Fuck you! That’s who I am, goddamn it! That whole guilty pleasure thing is full of fucking shit.” – Dave Grohl I...