How the Characters of Krög, the Battle Prince Function as a Critical Response to Common Fantasy Writing Tropes I co-host another podcast with a buddy of mine called ‘CineMEH’ where we review aggressively average movies. Not good movies, nor movies so bad they’re good, just dead middle of the road…

How I Wrote 1,000,000 Words in Two Years An Introduction Although I began writing Krög the Battle Prince at 27, the idea actually had its genesis in a similar fantasy epic I had mapped out when I was 14 years old. At the time, it was my dream to write…

Get Out of the Hustle Culture Workflow Without Sacrificing Momentum The following is a partially unfinished article originally appearing in the Substack publication ‘The Cip Stack’ in September, 2022 Hustle Culture. Honestly just typing that makes me cringe a little bit. Like introverts versus extroverts, I think hustle culture has…

A Few Suggestions On How to Push Through The following is a partially unfinished article that originally appeared serialized in the Substack publication “The Cip Stack” from September, 2022. There is a perception among many in the corporate world that writers tend to be introverts. Even being a textbook introvert…

A Guide For Moving From “Concept” to “Complete” Every writer knows the feeling of having a brilliant idea knocking around in their head. It bounces from one corner of the brain over and over, demanding to be fleshed out. …

Nothing derails your writing, your attention, or any other pursuit quite like the digital distractions of today’s world. And we are absolutely simmering in them. Reddit and Youtube have been two of my personal addictions. Constantly chasing the political news dragon down endless rabbit holes of doom scrolling and comment…

Art, in what I believe to be the purest definition, is interpretation. Art, no matter the medium, whether it be writing, painting, music, or otherwise, is an expression, in some way, of how the artist views the world around them. Sometimes this can take more abstract forms than others. An…

How to Stop the Juggle Struggle At some point or another, if you really start to sink into the hobby or profession of writing, you’re going to find yourself balancing multiple projects. Or maybe less so balancing, and moreso precariously spinning plates while you dance wildly on the lip of…

The Methods of 4 Authors of Significant Import in the 20th Century Writing, even as an art, is a craft. And like any craft, it can be stoked, improved, grown, and sharpened. One of the best ways to do this is by studying the methodologies and processes of other writers…