I started this post on the notes app of my phone in a lifeguard shack beside the lake. I finished it in the parking lot of the restaurant I serve at. It's still a week and a half late going up on my site. The point is: Life has a nasty habit of trying to destroy my creativity.

For those of you who know me personally, you're well aware my first love was and is music. Music bleeds into everything I do, from running to writing, and it only feels right to talk about it here as well. So, I've decided to dedicate one blog post each month to a review of one of my favorite albums. Maybe...

I have to preface this post by saying you are not about to read my defense of Twilight. Personally, I have a host of feelings about that series, some that are justified and academic in nature, which may one day become a post all on their own. More often than not though, my opinions on the best-selling vampire romance...

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of creators out there who have discussed or written about the dreaded writer's block. Google the phrase and you'll find blog after blog detailing techniques to overcome it or push through it. I have a proposition, however, one I know will have plenty of people up in arms.

Well, shit. Look at you! You were able to fight off writer's block AND keep yourself interested long enough to write a whole novel. Welcome to the club and worry not. We're no selective group with a gatekeeper complex. In fact, in my experience, we're all a little lost and unsure what comes next. See, writing the first draft, as...

If you've made it this far and you aren't my roommate, let me sincerely thank you and welcome you to my first blog post. This may not be traditional, this may not be the way the rest of these posts are run, but for those of you who don't know me personally, I think I'd better ease you in.