• Writing so Hard I had to Sit Down

    So I write in the morning before my day job. I drop the wee one off at day care, try not to cry, and head to my office. I leave the light off so it’s just me and the screen for about forty-five minutes. I started my newest novel, untitled, the other day. So far…

  • Ungentlemanly Warfare, Yup that’s a Real Term

    Quite possibly one of the longest titles in history: “Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat,” was also one of the most fun books I’ve read in the last five or six years. Giles Milton managed to find and capture an aspect of World War II that I had never heard…

  • So, the Norse won?

    The other night I discovered something that Marvel and the creators behind Thor have missed: Thor is living proof of a deity. I was cooking dinner when my five year old showed up slinging his Mjolnir (Thor’s Hammer). I asked, “Hey Thor, want to help with dinner?” I got the usual response. “No I’m just…

  • Author Inspiration: Bryan E. Robinson, Ph.D

    Author Inspiration: Bryan E. Robinson, Ph.D

    I get a lot of questions from people who ask how I write. Not so much what methods I use or strategy but how do you get a one hundred thousand word story from your head to the page? My answer is always the same: I keep it simple. I see a movie in my…