Independent Author
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Some ghosts don’t rattle chains — they rattle notebooks. Fourteen days have passed since my last post, and like any haunted house, the silence has its own echo. But today — Halloween 2025 — I’m reviving my writing ritual. Not through magic, but through Atomic Habits. James Clear reminds us that lasting change isn’t about…
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Even as a little kid, I loved—and still love—to tell stories. My imagination simply never rests, like an app running background refresh on Ultron (my trusty iPhone 13 Pro). I’m no therapist, but I think those stories helped me make sense of the world outside my own head. They gave shape to the chaos, a way to…
The Clockwork Coroner 