JanuaryFebruaryMarchThis was the month that I first came into contact with Les Stobbe, an excellent agent with a lot of experience selling novels to the publishers in the Christian market. We began negotiations about signing a contract.April… more »

BIG NEWS !! I have, this day, finished my first draft of MERLIN'S SHADOW, which is book two in The Merlin Spiral. The novel has turned out to be all that I hoped it would be, and much more. It is a worthy sequel to MERLIN'S BLADE, and I don't think read… more »

Holy Worlds' intrepid writers, Jay Lauser and Timothy Ward, interviewed me about my novel, Merlin's Blade, and the market for fantasy literature. Anyway, click to listen to part two. Here's the summary of the podcast: This week's episode is the… more »

Part Two of MERLIN'S SHADOW is now finished! And this marks 80% through the novel, which means only 20% remains for Part Three and the climax of the novel. I am currently at a word count of 78,000 out of an expected 97,000 wordsEach of my novel… more »

It was 1995, I had just moved to Missouri, and was browsing that newly expanded thing they call the Internet. I ran across a picture of Robert Frost as a young man, and sat in shock ...... I had never seen anyone who looked so much like ... me! No,… more »

I arrived back form Texas on Sunday night, and I finally found a little time to write about my experience at the Laity Lodge Writers Retreat.ThursdayAfter six hours of travel (four flying and two driving), I arrived at the lodge, making friends w… more »

A big, big, day! I finished working through Tegid's excellent edits this last week, fixed up the cover image last night ... and just placed an order for twelve copies of MERLIN'S BLADE! Most of these are for securing endorsements, but a few are for… more »

I've decided to pick up Merlin's Shadow once more, which currently stands at 156 solidly written pages. This is book 2 in The Merlin Spiral, and I would love to start writing again. Alas!  I want to delay writing fresh material for two reasons:I ju… more »

Just last night I officially finished my 10th draft of Merlin's Blade, and it is the best yet. Not only have I removed a lot of passive verbs (thanks, Scott !), but I was able to improve the writing at many, many spots. Chief among these was my… more »

What? you say... you're back to editing? Yes, it's true, and all for the better. Three weeks ago Scott Appleton and his wife stayed with us while he was on his road-trip signing and selling books, and I had him review a few sections of Merlin's Bla… more »