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Dive into the posts
Serializing Until They Burn
Why I’m serializing my book, Until They Burn and how you can join in on the adventure!
Why This Book Exists
A sneak peek into why this book exists with the introduction to my nonfiction book, Forged in Fire: Writing Fiction to Heal, releasing soon!
Fiction as Empowerment
An exploration into how literature tells the real story of our times.
Fiction Is Not One Size Fits All
There are many forms of fiction — let’s celebrate them all!
The Truth in The Lie*
There’s a lot I want/can say about this novel and after sitting with all my feelings/emotions about it the last week, I decided to split this essay into two, because there’s so much more than just the content piece for this novel. There is a whole other aspect that demands to be talked about. And we’ll get there. But for now, I want to talk about the takeaways from a novel centered around sexual abuse. A novel that is reminiscent of Lolita, and yet… not.
How The Punisher and Writing my Own Novel Helped my Recovery
What does The Punisher and writing my novel have to do with recovery? Read and find out!
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