Writing
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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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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…
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T.E.A.M. — Together Everyone Achieves More.Years ago, I borrowed—no, let’s be honest, plagiarized—that acronym from my friend, Diana Bechel. Over time it’s been distilled into my own mantra:“Collaborative efforts yield better results.” That truth has followed me through every stage of my writing journey. When I wrote Napkin Nights, I learned the hard way that…
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📦✨ They’re here! Fresh from Vistaprint — my brand-new author bookmarks. Instead of business cards, I wanted something readers will actually keep, slip into a book, and maybe even collect. Front: my published titles (Napkin Nights and The Murder of Crowe) with a teaser for The Clockwork Coroner.Back: a scan-to-shop QR code + my favorite…
The Clockwork Coroner 