Utah Authors Day 2025
Come see me this Saturday at the Payson City Library for Utah Authors Day! 🙂
$1.99 E-Book Sale on Loophole and Other Black Rose Books!
This week, 12/15–12/21, Loophole e-books on sale for just $1.99! Also check out a number of other Black Rose Writing books that are also on sale. (KJ Fieler’s Shadowrunner is one of my favorites. 🙂 )
Utah Authors Day Signings!
The Christmas pop-up bookstore event last weekend went great. But we’re not done. If you’re in the Salt Lake area, come see me this Saturday, December 7, for not one, but TWO Utah Authors Day signings! I’ll be at the Weber County Library Pleasant View branch from 10:00 a.m. to noon, then at Eborn Books…
Loophole Signing in Spanish Fork!
I’ll be doing a book signing this Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Christmas Gift & Craft Show in Spanish Fork! So if you’re down in the Utah Valley area, stop by and get a signed copy of Loophole or just to say hi. 🙂 Also, this weekend marks one year since…
Blogatini Post—I Am Dr. Frankenstein: How Writing a Novel Makes You a Mad Scientist
I wrote a fun little post for Blogatini called “I Am Dr. Frankenstein: How Writing a Novel Makes You a Mad Scientist.” Check it out. 😉 I’m amazed by the absolute miracle that is written language. Over centuries and millennia, we humans have figured out how to create strokes of ink or carved stone which,…
Diamond Quill Award from League of Utah Writers!!!
Have you ever decided to skip an event and later come to mildly regret it? Like, walking at graduation or going to a school prom or work party? Well, I just experienced this FOMO because I found out via email that Loophole won the Diamond Quill Award at the League of Utah Writers Quills Conference!…
THREE First-Place Firebird Awards!
Loophole won first-place Firebird Awards in the Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, and New Adult categories! With this I’ll be able to participate in the BoomBangOhMyGoshWow! Podcast and a guest post on Blogatini. Pretty cool, I guess. Also, here’s a friendly reminder for anyone who has read Loophole to post a rating/review on Amazon. Each one…
Book Signing: FOR THE LOVE OF Art Studio
Last Saturday was a good time at the Utah author event in the Ogden Newgate Mall. We had a signing courtesy of the FOR THE LOVE OF Art Studio. I was particularly moved by one gentleman who was excited to meet us. “I never thought I’d get to meet a real author,” he said. “I’m…
10 Years Since Returning from My Mission
Ten years ago today, I returned from my church mission in Colorado and Kansas. Though I have learned much since 2014, I grew more during those two years of service than any other time in my life. My mission taught me about personal reliance on God. It taught me the importance of fostering healthy relationships—both…
The Hoppin’ Eyeball 6
So I didn’t realize this existed at all until I was going through my last box of old things the other day. Eight-year-old me had, by that time, planned an overarching series that would have included probably at least six or seven more sequels. Unfortunately, that never materialized. But this partial draft is a fun…
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