Why Are All My Books Set in New Mexico?
Here's a thing you'll notice about my books: almost all have some connection to New Mexico.
My first book, On Second Thought, was set in a fictional town called Los Alamitos that is 100% just based off of Grants and I don't know why I didn't call it Grants.
Variant and Feedback, my first national books, were set somewhere in the Carson National Forest, up west of Taos and north of Espanola.
Blackout and Dead Zone have characters from New Mexico (the opening scene is also set at Glen Canyon Dam, which I'll come back to in a second).
Dark Energy's main character, Alice, had a grandma who lived on the Navajo reservation in scenic New Mexico.
And on and on until my current work-in-progress which takes place on a different planet, but the main character is from Albuquerque.
World Mental Health Day - 17 Pills
Today is World Mental Health Day. I thought it would be a good day to talk.
Fire in the Belly… It’s Back!
I've been telling everyone that I've been in retirement for the past five and a half years. I just haven't felt like writing. Previously on the blog I talked about how I write fulltime for a digital marketing agency, and that just kinda sapped the creativity out of me. I've described before I how just don't have "the fire in the belly" for writing that I used to have.
Well, I have been writing a LOT recently, and that fire is back.
Not Just Good - It’s Great Depression
I talk about my depression a lot, but that’s because depression is really the main thing that I do these days. It eats up so much of my life that it is an ever-present entity that requires my time and obedience:
Coming Out of Retirement
Astute readers will note that my last book came out in 2019 which was, like, a long time ago. Before that I was publishing (almost) yearly. So what have I been up to?
Well, I’ve been calling it semi-retirement. I got a fulltime job after six years of writing fulltime because as much as I loved the freedom of calling myself a real honest-to-goodness successful author, I also never had the financial stability I wanted. And I honestly will trade annual publishing in exchange for a steady paycheck and health insurance any day of the week.