Tag: Book

2025-10-20—Metamorphosis

No, this blog post isn’t about the Kafka novel—this blog post is primarily about me, with a lot of thoughts inspired by Kristin McTiernan’s Substack post Talent Isn’t Enough (And It Never Was). Today, I’m discussing on the process of turning into a real author. What’s an Author? (No Seriously) First of all, I should…

October 20, 2025
2025-08-04—July Newsletter

Welcome back to my newsletter! If you have a good time, consider using that Subscribe bar at the bottom. And now… on with the show! Writing and Publishing Looking Back Inner Demon released on July 2nd, and, according to my Kindle Direct Publishing statistics, I made two sales on that platform in the month of…

August 4, 2025
2025-07-28—Bartimaeus (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem’s Eye)

Let’s throw back to the early 2000s today. Remember Bartimaeus? The Bartimaeus Trilogy is an alternate history, fantasy YA series by Jonathan Stroud. Since it’s an alternate history (and events are often moved around and reinterpreted in that genre), I’m not confident about the exact years the books take place in, but for general context…

July 28, 2025
2025-07-21—The Lost Colony (Chloe’s Kingdom)

We’re back, baby! The Lost Colony, the sequel to Chloe’s Kingdom (by Gregory Michael), has been out for a few weeks. At the time of writing it’s sitting at five stars on Amazon and Goodreads, which is really good, despite the low total number of reviews. Speaking more anecdotally, I’ve only seen praise for the…

July 21, 2025
2024-05-20—Leafy Haus

Hello, friends! So, stop me if you’ve heard this one… Two muffins were in an oven. One muffin turned to the other and said, “Hey, is it getting hot in here?” The other muffin responded, “Holy crap, a talking muffin!” Anyway, that bit of standup there is how I nagged $5 off of the mug…

May 20, 2024