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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Journal of a Wayward Writer

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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Journal of a Wayward Writer

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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Journal of a Wayward Writer

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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Journal of a Wayward Writer

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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Journal of a Wayward Writer

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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Journal of a Wayward Writer

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Exclusive Book Box

The paperback edition of Wayward Magic is here!!! Jessika takes the most aesthetic photos! If you haven’t gotten a copy of Wayward Magic yet, this is the perfect time to get it. The paperback copy comes with a bunch of goodies and is packaged with love and care that you can’t find anywhere. If you have already gotten Wayward Magic, this is a perfect time to get a second copy or to get it as a…

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Journal of a Wayward Writer

Excerpt 2Hello again, I would like to start this little segment by saying I have made absolutely no progress on Gemma’s fairytale. Not for lack of trying. At this point in time, I think the metaphorical cook pot that is the back of my brain is trying to figure out which ingredients will simmer down into the bones of this project and which will evaporate entirely. It is a wild place to be back at…

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The Public Journal of a Wayward Writer

Hello, readers. It’s been a little bit since I’ve taken a moment to just talk to you and I’d like to try something a little different. I’ve released my debut novel, Wayward Magic, and it has been the most amazing adventure of my life, but it has come up as more of a beginning than an end to a marathon. After months of obsessive word counts, excessive grammar checks/plotline adjustments, and…

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Almost a Month of Wayward Magic

Almost a Month of Wayward Magic

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Summer Reads

Happy Thursday, readers! It has been quite a while since I gathered my reading together to share with all of you, so that’s the topic for this week. I was writing the final draft for Wayward Magic this summer, so I wanted to read things that wouldn’t affect the tone of my current work. As much as I had been devouring fairytales for research and enjoyment, now was not the time for that. So, I…

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Juxtaposition in Love Interests

Earlier this year, I attended an event at my local library in which I got to listen to Casey McQuiston talk about life, writing, and their collection of novels. Definitely an amazing night. It is always a pleasure to listen to authors talk about their processes and books, but I was especially fascinated by the way McQuiston went about describing the process of love interests. The main idea being…

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What Inspired Me?

I asked several weeks ago for my readers to ask general questions and this is the one that kept coming up. What inspired me to become a writer? And it stumped me. The simplest answer: because it’s what I’m supposed to be. Writing is the thing that makes my heart rate tip up, it threads fuzzy tingling bits of warmth through my ribcage and gives me a reason to get up in the morning for myself…

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The Best and the Worst

I’ve been spending my days listening to media more than reading it. Audiobooks. Music. More recently, podcasts. I’ve started the first season of V. E. Schwab’s “No Write Way” podcast as I’ve enjoyed everything she has ever shared about the writing process whether it be in her monthly newsletter or at author events and the fact that this series was started during the pandemic feels like sitting…

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I’m Just A Girl

Happy Thursday, readers! Last week, I attended a local poetry night at my favorite book shop, A Seat at the Table Books. It was a beautiful night where a set list of poets came up to share their insights on four separate topics. My wonderful wife was one of the leads and promptly bullied me to join her topic: soft rage. So, I wanted to share that poem here. To express a soulful part of this…

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YA vs. Adult Novels

Happy Thursday, readers! I had someone ask me this week why my Cinderella retelling wasn’t a YA. It led to an extensive conversation about the majority of fairytale retellings falling into two categories: YA or smut and how Eli Cinderfella is neither of those things, so how do I expect to curate an audience? Well, I think you all are looking for whimsy in unexpected places. But let’s…

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The Publishing Process

Hello again, patient readers! I feel like every time a deadline is placed above my head I need to duck into my writer’s den and hide from the world until the story is complete. I go to work. I kiss my wife. I’m seen by the sun, but I don’t really work on other written projects. Even this blog can affect the voice I’m trying to hang onto for an entire novel. The 5th draft of Eli is now complete…

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