I know this is going to sound crazy with a capital INSANE , but over the years that I struggled to write and publish The Door Within, I was ...

A Cutting Party is what happens when your book is WAY over word count and the author needs to cut about 40 pages worth. For some reason that...

All three books of The Door Within Trilogy will be released this year in Mass Market Paperback! The Door Within will be first, released in A...

My next book, Isle of Swords, is a high seas pirate adventure due to be released early this summer. Here for the first time online are two s...

That was the complaint from my wonderful 6th graders at Arundel Middle. They thought it terribly unfair that I had the nerve to assign them ...

Thanks to all who have made this Blog Tour excellent. I'm thrilled that The Door Within books are getting the CSFF "Thumbs up!...

Spoiler Alert!! The outlines below are my working outlines from Rise of the Wyrm Lord and The Final Storm. I began The Door Within in 1992. ...

This is one of my first rejection letters. ONE of MANY rejection letters. Notice that this editor was nice enough to provide critique. Most ...

Top image: If a character hasn't come to life for me, sometimes I have to sketch them out. I made a quickie character card and tried to ...

The top page shows my initial visualizing of the moonrascal critters. I like to doodle. Can you tell? I also wrote a bunch of notes from Ste...

The posts that follow tonight are a series of images show how The Door Within Trilogy came about. These are old outlines, background notes, ...

I've now loaded the full 7 minute version of The Door Within Trilogy Promotional Video that I made last spring. I use it at signings and...

Book Trailers seem to be gaining popularity. A Barnes and Noble CRM once told me that most big chain bookstores will be installing large, fl...

In preparation for the CSFF Blog Tour, here are two more Door Within Trilogy images you can right click download for your site or personal c...

Since finishing the Isle of Swords manuscript on Dec. 31st, I've received and completed two additional sets of edits. As mentioned in t...

I've worked with my editor at TN, June Ford, going on four books now. She's a very insightful lady with a real gift for analyzing th...

I've always loved to draw. In elementary school, I was often the student who sketched away until the teacher crumbled up my drawing and ...

I finished the Isle of Swords manuscript just six days ago. There was exhilaration but, truth be told, it was mixed with exhaustion. It'...

Working on the front matter for Isle of Swords now. With The Door Within Books, my editors and I agreed it was a good idea to include a List...