Spoiler Alert: Ringing Bells is coming! I'm pretty pumped. I've finished all my 2015 obligations, and I'm ready to devote myself to the sequel to Choosing Justice. The first novel is doing well on Amazon. You can read a few pages and/or the reviews here. So it's time to get … [Read more...]

Every novel needs a location for the climax. The climax in a novel is defined as: a moment of great intensity in the plot of a literary work, generally bringing events to a head and leading to the conclusion. Does location matter for your disaster? I think so. Rethink your … [Read more...]

Put on your boots. And welcome to the Rocking B Ranch. … [Read more...]

I just love when I can visit the actual locations in my favorite books. So I'm taking you to downtown Big Tree today. The majority of Choosing Justice uses my fictional city "Big Tree, Oklahoma" as the setting. However, I based many of the locations there on real places in … [Read more...]

Welcome to Riata, New Mexico! Travel is the perfect way to get a feel for your location and build your backstory. Riata is my fictional location in New Mexico. It is the city closest to the Maxwell Ranch in SE New Mexico. Several years ago, a friend and I took a research … [Read more...]