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Running a product development business while writing a book isn’t a "graceful balancing act." It’s more like trying to keep forty browser tabs open while my computer is screaming for a reboot.

The time has come. I’ve had enough. I’m drawing a line in the sand.

So here’s my hot take on the state of the world today, based on actual lived experience, not assumptions, not algorithms, and not whatever is trending this week. The world didn’t suddenly and mysteriously become worse. It just got louder when everyone was handed access to an unfiltered megaphone. I occupy a strange middle ground. I lived in the world before the internet, and I lived through its explosive rise. News and conversations were largely local. What I knew about the r

Social media has become a constant in my daily life for various reasons. With it comes a steady flood of narratives, stories that claim to define me in ways I don’t recognize and never agreed to. The versions of myself being sold to me are false. So I’m here to set the record straight about who I am and what I’ve actually experienced in my life. The narratives being pushed try to shove me into a prepackaged box. I am expected to adopt specific grievances, subscribe to approve

After a couple of years, someone has attempted to poke their head back into our lives. Someone that, frankly, if we never  saw or heard from again, it still wouldn’t be long enough. The short version? He took a lot  of money from us. He pretended to be our friend—when in reality, that "friendship" was nothing more than a means to an end. Transactional at best. Parasite-level at worst. This is a man who proudly claimed he 'thrives in chaos.' That should have been the red flag

Ever have a dream that seemed so real that when you woke, you questioned where you were or who you were? Many of the stories I write are born from these experiences. I must admit, those are my favorite kind of dreams. That is assuming, this isn't the dream. Or perhaps...a nightmare? Hmm. It does make one ponder...

It's been awhile. Life has taken me on a few side quests over the past couple of years. Yet, I've circled back around to here. My stories. The different worlds I live in my mind that I have missed so terribly. I've never stopped living the stories in my head. They popped up here and there, luring me back in. I took a break from putting them on paper, but I never stopped living them in my mind. Come to find out, nothing breathes more life into these worlds than seeing them flo

When it comes to verbal communication I often struggle to find the right words in conversations. Oddly, I am not fond of the sound of my own voice. I do not know if this is something others experience as well. Yet, the voice in my head when I am writing is inspiring, empowering, and confident. A different part of my brain is triggered and a sea of words, phrases, ideas, stories, and hilarious jokes come flowing to the surface.

I've lived in my head most of my life. The stories I create are a part of who I am. I feel what the characters feel. I experience their fear and their laughter; their love and their loss. To be an author is to create worlds out of nothing. For me, being an author is true freedom.

The worlds I create, the characters in which I breathe life, are very real in my mind. There is nothing crazy about the imagination. It is a playground. A place for us to safely create a better understanding of ourselves and to aid us in understanding the world upon which we rest our feet. That being said, music is a huge contributor to my works. As a song plays, I imagine a scene playing out in my mind. From there it grows into a story as I progress. Characters emerge. Scene