If you sat down ten different authors and spoke to them about their process, you might be surprised to find that no two are really the...

One thing that I commonly see when people review my books is that they wish it was longer. I look at this as a positive, as it means they...

In an effort to get better at updating my blog. I've decided to add some regular features. This includes an quick recap of the books I...

In every story that I have ever written, there are details from my personal life that make it onto the page. With Swimming Upstream,...

Given that it was a little more than a couple of years ago, I can still clearly remember the excitement of having a publisher pick up my...

Whenever I write, I usually always have music playing in the background. It's usually some sort of mellow instrumental piece that plays....

I'm not entirely sure where my love of horror was born, but I know exactly where it was fostered. When I was a kid in Scotland, Friday...

I have been writing stories for as long as I can remember, but for the longest time, I did so without any real intent. A couple of tales...

When you have your first book published, you become fiercely protective of that title. By the time you are a few books in, you begin to...

If you had come to me a year ago and told me that I would be publishing a love story in the not too distant future, I would likely have...

It was a real privilege to be asked to be a part of the final anthology that Crazy Ink will be releasing for the foreseeable future. All...

As a horror author, it is my job to try and scare you as best I can with my words. One of the questions I am most frequently asked by...

A few years ago, my wife and I started talking about the prospect of selling everything, buying a camper, and traveling the country with...

When asked to describe my writing process, I say that it's a lot like painting by numbers. I get the idea, create an outline, and then...

Story ideas can come to you at the strangest of times and in the most unexpected of places. With two of my books born in a brewery, it...

I have probably mentioned in the past that a lot of my story ideas come from dreams. What I know I have not told you all is that I ave a...

It has been about a month and a half since I last updated this blog, for which I apologize. A lot has happened in that time, so let's get...

It would appear that things move very quickly in the publishing word, or at least they do with my great publisher, Crazy Ink. After...

It has been a little while since I have put together a blog piece, so let me apologize for my absence before I get rolling here. As you...

The thrill of finding out that your book is going to be published very quickly wears off when you realize the amount of work that needs...