Here's a one-stop place for all your purchasing options for A Ghost Chases the Horizon, available on October 3. As always, support your...

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The original book cover concept. March 2017. In November of 2016, I sat down to write HEXGRID, the first book in what would become the...

The Kirkbride Rested   It was 1905 when the state of West Virginia took Henrietta Tidewater’s ovaries. The twenty-year-old pleasured in...

If it had been my intent to self-publish A Ghost Chases the Horizon , this endeavor may have been cheaper, though it still would not have...

At New River Gorge Bridge on West Virginia Day For the third-straight year, I got to spend West Virginia Day in West Virginia. This year,...

Introducing a West Virginia Kirkbride to a Minnesota Kirkbride. It has been an eventful few months, which is why little of it has been...

"LEMON" Chapter title meaning: A lemon theme runs throughout the story as a physical manifestation of bitterness. The old adage, "When...

What started as a caper about copper thieves and murderous mennonites ended as a mediation on losing children and a sense of place in...

"DEATHTRAP" Chapter title meaning: The chapter where the danger begins. Cabel jokes about various places and things being deathtraps. One...

"HIT" Chapter title meaning: Troy's story starts with a punch, Slang for killing someone, one half of hit job. "JOB" Chapter title...

This week, I am starting a series that gives readers some insight into the hidden meanings and stories behind the scenes of my books. IN...

I used to be an unapologetic pantser. To plot was to lose momentum. But as my stories grew more complicated, it was clear my pantser ways...

We took this photo as a joke. The seriousness it conveys is false. The biggest consternation I had about moving to the Upper Midwest was...

I've been teasing a big decision for a month or so now, and it's time to 'fess up to it. A GHOST CHASES THE HORIZON may end up...

I don't make it a secret how I develop a book. I get a general idea based on an organic hook, develop that into a plot, get roughly half...

Of course, I already have a WIP page , but I wanted to give an update on the projects I am looking at in 2025. The ghost book has a final...

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Festivus for the Rest of Us! No matter the case, I hope this season has been merry and bright for you....

My iPhone 4s before trading it for the ill-fated iPhone 6 A list of iPhones that I've owned. I would do other phones, but I don't...

2024 gave me high hopes as far as my literary career was concerned. January kicked it off with all that promise. The ghost book (as it's...