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“DO NOT FEAR DEATH, FEAR ONLY THE UNLIVED LIFE.”

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“EVERY GLAMOROUS SUNRISE…
THROWS THE PLANETS OUT OF LINE”

“If you could go back and speak to 5-years-ago you, what would you urge yourself to do differently this time around? And if you jumped ahead to 5 years from now, what do you imagine that you might say to your current self? Would you take your own advice and do the things NOW that you know would leave you with regret if unaccomplished later?”

― Unknown

This is just one of the many types of things that I think about on a daily basis. If you met me, and you could verify this with my friends, you might think I was a goofball who thinks about nothing more than sports teams, innuendos, jokes, and simple pleasures. But inside my head is a land you might not want to enter. It is filled with questions of the heart, mind, & soul, of space & time, of life & death, of regrets, fears, & failures, of hopes & dreams, of finality & eternity (both forward and backward), and of many more things that you might not want to think about in a lifetime, let alone a single day. But such is my existence. I tell you this only to give you insight into what makes me… ME. I am a dreamer at heart, a philosopher & thinker by nature, and a realist to my detriment. But I am also a Lover – of nature & life, of beauty & serenity, of words & wisdom. I see a lot of myself in the main character Seth in my book Sunlight Parted. I feel a lot of the same things. It’s hard to describe but I’ll try.

I feel the relentless ticking of life’s clock. I feel the winter approaching when it’s still summer. I feel the vast ocean of time rushing in on me like a wave. I feel each day fade into the night, and each minute fade into the hour, and each second ticking by in rhythm with my heartbeat, and it wears on me. I once wrote “Life’s beauty is to vast for me alone, in but a thousand lifetimes to perceive.” So knowing I couldn’t experience all that I want to in a thousand lifetimes sort of makes having only 1 a painful thought.

But there are certain times when I feel so… alive. It’s hard to describe exactly what I mean. Maybe if you saw me standing and facing the sun, on a perfect day, with my arms spread out to my sides high in the air in a V, soaking it all in. Maybe if you saw me watching the sunlight fall through the leaves of a tree onto the ground below. Maybe if you saw me watching the rain bounce off the window, or watching a bird chase its friend around the park. Maybe if you saw me walking along a country road in silence. Maybe you would wonder what I was thinking. But if you could feel what I was feeling, you would have no questions. You might get a better sense of who I was and how I ticked. Sometimes a moment might strike me and I’ll stop and swear I can feel forever in that moment, like I can feel a thousand days of sunlight in one instant, like I’m… whole… if just for a second.

Those feelings are the feelings I crave, those moments are the moments I chase, and that is what makes me who I am. It is why being me is hard to describe. How do you describe a feeling like that? I guess I can’t. Not with any success. Sometimes I call it… the essence. And sometimes I think a song conveys it better. Maybe the words, and maybe even just a single note, or a chord, or a sound. Third Eye Blind sings “The four right chords can make me cry…” and I totally get it. The songs on the right are very… me.

And so it begins…

Today marks day 1 of my new book. I am 800 words in as I take a break to write this. It will be different though. I must warn you. It won’t be a cozy story, with a moving plot, twists and turns, easy to follow direction and action. It will be more in the…

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Hot Off The Press

The latest issue of Evansville Living Magazine contains a shout-out to Salima Falls!  Thank you guys for your support!  Anyone looking for it, check the east side Barnes and Noble or my website. 

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Evansville Book Signing Was a Success!

I want to thank all my friends and readers that attended my book signing April 22nd at Barnes & Noble in Evansville, IN. I had a great turnout and sold between 25-30 books. There are still some on the shelves at the store. Please check the Local Author section if you are hunting for it.…

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Time To Relax

Ran some errands and got some lunch. Now it’s time to relax.  I like to write to ambient music, but I like to read to the sounds of birds and the feel of a warm breeze. I prefer the ocean and beach, but my back porch will have to do for today. 

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Book now for sale here!

I have added the new book to the website, both on the My Books page, and in the Shop. So you can purchase a copy of the paperback version or the ebook version. They are both available on Amazon.com too. Anyone who is thinking of getting one, I would actually prefer you go to the…

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First Case

The first case of books is here!  So I’m ready for the book signing. Hope to see you all there April 22, at Barnes and Noble @1pm-2:30pm

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Book Signing Dates

So I have dates for the book signings. EVANSVILLE, IN As you can see from the pictures, the Evansville signing is on April 22nd, 2017. It will be Saturday @ 1pm at the Barnes & Noble in Evansville, IN on the corner of Green River Rd and Lincoln Ave. DANVILLE, IL I will also be…

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Salima Falls Jacket Complete!

Well, The entire perfect-bound cover has been sent in. So the book should be in hand by mid March hopefully. It is the exact same cut size as Sunlight Parted, but thicker. This one is 287 pages, Sunlight Parted was 213. Once again, I designed the cover on my own, with help from Amanda. Hope…

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Salima Falls Fully Drafted!

Well, it’s been a long process, but much shorter than the first book. I have finally completed the Salima Falls rough draft and first wave of edits. Now I am nearly complete. Just have to sprinkle in and sprinkle out some things, and I’m debating a major change to the ending. Hopefully the book will…

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Working on the Screenplay

Well, I’m really hitting this screenplay for Sunlight Parted hard tonight. It’s roughly 10% done I’d say. A long way to go, but a good start. I think I should have the whole book scripted by October or so. Then comes the fun part! Stay tuned for more information and updates about that! Also, the…

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Harry Potter & the 7 Books

Well, I finally finished all the books! Someone convinced me about a month and a half ago that it was necessary for me to read the entire series. I had seen the first few movies at the time and I really liked them. So I bought the first two and read them. I got hooked…

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