• LIFT OFF! | Book Launch Successful

    THE SWITCH HAS BEEN FLIPPED Six years and six months ago, on December 1, 2019, I published my first novel, The Murder of Crowe. Today, June 1, 2026, I’m proud to announce that my second novel, The Clockwork Coroner, is officially live. What started as a simple idea grew into countless late nights, notebooks, outlines,…

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  • Publishing Date: Monday, June 1st 2026

    May 31, 2026 – The gears are turning. Now that The Clockwork Coroner has officially been uploaded to my editor, I’m confident enough to finally say this out loud: Barring any major rewrite requests, I anticipate a publication date of June 1, 2026 for both digital (Amazon Kindle) and print editions. And yes … regardless…

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  • From Notes To Novel

    From Notes To Novel

    I realize I’ve been a little quiet lately.The stillness wasn’t a sign that I’d stepped away from writing — quite the opposite. For the past several months, much of my creative energy has been focused on The Clockwork Coroner, my mystery/adventure novel set in 1886 Philadelphia. Late nights, early mornings, coffee mugs, legal pads, scribbled…

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  • Back to the Case Files: Direction, Time, and the Work Ahead

    Back to the Case Files Somewhere between February and the end of March, my writing consistency slipped. Not vanished. Not abandoned. Just… drifted. Recently, I went back through my birthday cards and gifts and realized something I had completely overlooked. Alongside a beautifully crafted journal, Marc and Melanie had also given me a compass and…

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  • Inside the Workshop: Marking the Beginning

    There’s a quiet moment in every creative project where something shifts. Not the launch.Not the announcement.But the moment when the work stops being theoretical and starts leaving fingerprints in the real world. For The Clockwork Coroner, that moment came when I designed a small set of physical tools: a custom ink pen and a matching…

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  • A Quiet Return to the Work

    A Quiet Return to the Work

    It’s been a minute since I last posted—November, to be exact. Life, holidays, work, routines, and everything in between have a way of pulling you off the creative trail without warning. Sometimes you look up and realize weeks have passed, then months, and the story pages are still waiting exactly where you left them. But…

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  • The Gratitude Attitude

    The Gratitude Attitude

    Even though the inspirations for my previous two books came from the same muse, the feelings behind them couldn’t be more different — and honestly, the book covers show it. Napkin Nights was pure ignition.I was inspired. I was writing. I was amped.I had a hype man in my ear and a fire at my…

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  • Coffee & Creativity

    Coffee & Creativity

    Act III. Those two words alone have enough voltage to jolt me awake faster than a triple-shot Americano. This morning’s writing session felt like hitting the final turn of a long, winding race — momentum doing half the work, adrenaline doing the rest. And yes, the coffee helped. A day without coffee is like… actually,…

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  • Midnight Oil & Designated Spaces

    According to James Clear’s Atomic Habits, lasting behavior change starts with environment. If you want a habit to stick, give it a designated space — a room, a desk, a corner of the world that exists for one repeated purpose. The LEGO Room Before I even moved up from Arizona, Jen told me she wanted…

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  • Behind The Scenes

    Behind The Scenes

    Not every update needs to be about word count. Sometimes progress looks like keeping your story in readers’ hands — literally. I reached out to a few readers who hadn’t grabbed a Murder of Crowe, The Clockwork Coroner bookmark when I first released them. Each one responded with warmth, and I mailed out the Prologue,…

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