New illustration reveal

New illustration reveal

I am excited to reveal a new illustration I commissioned for Darkness Gains (and yes, it was after the book’s initial publication, so I am planning to update the paperback and Kindle versions with this new image). The illustration shows High Cleric Galadrin...
A Friday Update

A Friday Update

263 pages into Book 2 of Conquerors of K’Tara, and 100,268 words. Still a little bit to go before this chapter of the story is done and gets to its conclusion. But it feels good to pass the 100K mark, not because of its size, but because it means I am over 60%...
“Aliens” on Earth

“Aliens” on Earth

In writing my books, I must often spend time imagining alien creatures (whether sentient or not) to put on other planets. Because I am a biologist, it is also important to me that they be anatomically and physiologically plausible. And this is not as easy a thing to...