It’s been an eventful few months for me.

I started off the year with a lot of energy and excitement to be writing again. I still am, but I’ve had to delay a lot of the writing for almost the entire past three months. Why? Because life, that’s why. A lot has happened in the past three months.

• moved across the country
• joined an exciting, fast moving project at work
• officially in toddler mode now

Reviewing Spring of Black Flowers was enlightening. It’s both better than I remember it being, and still, definitely, not a good book. It could be a great book after some major structural work and passes for setting and character details, which I don’t expect to get to any time soon.

Introduction

Genre: High Fantasy Word Count: 4000 Words

For your reading pleasure is an early look into an early chapter of The Crystal Empire, my upcoming epic fantasy project. It is a rought draft, and things will likely change between this and the published version.

This chapter is the first from the perspective of our heroine, Demara, and serves as an introduction to world beyond the Wall, a wild edge of the world known as the Fringe.

I did it again.

I started blogging, then dropped off the face of the earth for like… eight weeks. Usually it’s more. Sorry?

I tend to overcommit and stretch myself thin. I have too many priorities, and when I have to chose, I tend to pick my most personal objectives last. I haven’t been writing much fiction since the new year, despite how energized I was by everything going in. A lot of things have been in flux, all of it good. I hope to share more someday soon here.

Introduction

Genre: High Fantasy Word Count: 2100 Words

For your reading pleasure is an early look into an early chapter of The Crystal Empire, my upcoming epic fantasy project. It is a rought draft, and things will likely change between this and the published version.

This chapter server as the prologue, and centers around Tulian, God Emperor of all creation as he dies before he is supposed to.

Welcome to What the Tech, a series where we explore and make sense of technologies and trending topics impacting IT, Security, and Business.

Art and Artificial Intelligence

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For a while now, many have been stoking fears of automation and artificial intelligence taking away jobs and ruining things for creatives. Why automate art when there’s other bs we could be automating away? Well, we’ll get to that, but I want to assert here that AI is not replacing artists, writers, performers or any other creative person.

Where to begin? What a year 2023 has been. A lot has happened, and I’m excited to catch you all up on everything.

TL;DR: I have had a great year, personally and professionally. Everyone is happy and healthy.

Writing

I’m writing again, obviously. I’m excited about it, and it feels really good to be putting “pen” to “paper” so to speak, after a concerted effort this November to try a NaNoWriMo. I didn’t succeed in cranking out everything, but I ended the month with a lot of momentum on this project, and will be continuing with it into next year.

Just keep writing. Just keep writing. Just keep writing.

That’s what they say, but I’ve never found it that easy to do. This week, for example, I wrote and rewrote the first couple hundred words of what is supposed to be a new chapter in a new part of the book, and even still I’m struggling to think of where to go next. I know what should happen, but each time it feels like I’ve lost the momentum from the end of the last chapter.

I make some pretty good pizza. It’s taken a couple years to get it right, but I think we’ve got it down now. If you’re thinking about trying to make pizza at home, here are some tips, tricks, and advice for you to consider as you embark on this most excellent pursuit.

Dough

Good dough is the foundation of good pizza. You want to make a high gluten dough, and you ideally want a long, cold proof. This will give you a dough that is easy to work with, and has a lot of flavor.

Hello world!

This is my first post. I wrote it just for you.

Introduction

For your reading pleasure is a look into an early chapter of Spring of Black Flowers.

Chapter 1

The sun had risen well above the horizon by the time the meltwater stream they followed was joined by another, pooling deep enough to splash above their ankles. The white lion of Aldrimar stretched itself across the Henric’s back, his black cloak wrapped tight around him against the morning chill. “How much further?” He muttered to himself. His uncles had woken him well before dawn, and they’d been walking since.