At the moment, I am closing in on finishing the first full draft of the second Light Keeper Chronicle book. Even though the first book in the series was my first book ever, I’ve been so focused on talking about The Wilderlands, that I wanted to take some time to talk about the series.

Three ways to get my books for free over the next few days!

Last year, an A.I. generated landed at the top of the Billboard country music digital sales charts, showing that—on balance, “art” that is generated by a computer can gain mainstream success.

I think people talk about publishing a book in the same way they say “I should start a band” or “I could do a podcast.” It’s something that seems very achievable and cool to have done—and it is! But achievable doesn’t mean easy.

While I do believe that everyone has a book or a story in them of some sort, that doesn’t mean that it’s worth it for every individual person to spend the time bringing that book to market.

I’m going to be somewhat self indulgent this week. I’m sharing a list of most of the new medial I finished in 2025 and recommending my favorites.

Happy New Year!

If you’re reading this, I hope you’ve been able to see loved ones and stay fed and warm these past few weeks and have fun plans going into 2026.

I know I said I was going to take December off—but I said that before I saw Wicked: For Good. Now, I gotta talk about it.

I spent a good portion of the month trying to finish up the first draft of the sequel to Light Keeper Chronicle: The Unspoken Prophecy. Here’s how it went.

One year after “The Wilderlands,” I want to look at the book I wrote a year ago, reflecting on having gotten it out and how I am feeling about it 365 days after the fact.

Do you want to write a book in just 30 days?

On paper, it’s a very appealing and doable notion—right up until it comes time to put things on paper. Let’s break down exactly what it entails.

Following the end of NaNoWriMo, I wanted to mention a few of the alternative organizations/events I’ve heard of with writing events next month. Bare in mind I haven’t used most of these and don’t necessarily endorse them. These are just names that have come up when I looked into what’s happening outside of NaNoWriMo this year, and a little bit about them.

For those who are relatively unfamiliar with M.R. Carey (as I was) he is likely most known for his novel, The Girl with All the Gifts which released in 2013 and got a 2016 film adaptation. He’s a British author who also publishes comics and other novels under the name Mike Carey.

I want to talk about something that probably should have been the first in this series: How to come up with the idea for a novel?

Here’s the four pieces of advice to follow before you begin writing a word of your novel.

If you haven’t read The Wilderlands, hopefully this music can help you determine if some of the themes and ideas in it will mesh with you. If you have read The Wilderlands, hopefully you find a couple of new songs to enjoy!

I ran two giveaways for my epic fantasy novel The Wilderlands which published in fall of 2024 and had an audiobook released this past summer.

I did this in hopes of getting my book in the hands of some more readers and, hopefully, generating a little bit more word of mouth interest in the book.

Here’s how that went.

I recently saw two movies and two T.V. shows that have all made me want to talk about why I love genre fiction and why I tend to be attracted to it more than realistic fiction, biographic writing, non-fiction, and most other genres.

If you’re reading this, then the audiobook release of The Wilderlands is available now via most major audiobook distributors.

I’m giving away 10 physical copies and 20 e-book copies of my book, “The Wilderlands” away on Goodreads and Storygraph over the next few weeks.

Something to know about me is that, in the back half of my high school career, I ended up on a stand-up comedy kick. So much so that I actually won the talent show my senior year with a stand-up act.

Josh Johnson represents the most interested I’ve been in stand-up since then.