That’s right! My second book, Arikala Academy: A Wave of Courage, is finally out in the world! Featuring a magical school, water-bending powers, and a herd of corgi-dragons, A Wave of Courage is the first book in the Arikala Academy series, and follows 11 year-old Cassidy Farron as she attempts to survive her first year … Continue reading I Published (Another) Book!
As the internet becomes ever-more prevalent in our lives and older systemic structures fail to adapt with the times, people will obviously turn towards newer systems. This can mean an influx of individuals trying out new things without a firm grasp of how, which, in turn, can result in costly mistakes. Publishing has seen a … Continue reading Self Publishing: Some Things to Know Before You Hit “Publish”
So life has been…pretty busy! Obviously, I haven’t been doing a great job of keeping up with the posts like I used to. However, that is something I want to do better about, if anything just so I can have a good reason to keep paying for this website. So let’s start by going over … Continue reading Teaching and Marketing and NaNo…oh my!
Well hi there! It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post (what else is new?), and there is actually a good reason for that! Between the end of the school year, some general life craziness, and preparations for the launch of my debut novel (check this link out!), things have been pretty busy. … Continue reading A Quick Note About Book Reviews
So, firstly, sorry for being a bit of a ghost on here again (what else is new?). However, I am happy to say that this time, it is for a good reason: I’m publishing a book! LEGEND OF SAMANTHA TORRES is a middle-grade fantasy adventure novel featuring a diabetic main character, a mysterious jungle island, … Continue reading I’m Publishing a Book!
Oh hey, it’s me! I definitely didn’t forget to actually write blog posts for the last 6 months, no no no no no. Okay, I did. But to be fair, life can be kind of hectic, and I do have a proven track record of being terrible with this blog. So this shouldn’t seem like … Continue reading Year-End Reflection: Teaching, Reading, and Writing
“Marvel movies are formulaic!” That shouldn’t exactly come across as news to anyone. Since the beginning of the MCU with 2008’s Iron Man, Marvel movies have followed a very basic story structure. It isn’t a bad thing, per se, and the beauty of the MCU has been how regularly it’s produced entertaining films that follow … Continue reading With “Love and Thunder,” It Is Clear That the MCU Has A Storytelling Problem
Happy April! Spring is in full bloom, and boy howdy is it already shaping up to be a busy on. Let’s jump right in! Teaching Tech Tip: Use Flipgrid to make short informational videos If you’ve followed me at all, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that I use Flipgrid a lot in my … Continue reading A Writr’s Report: April 2021
When you start writing a story, it’s important to have a sense of who your characters are, especially your main characters. Who they are, what they want, what their voice sounds like: all of these are important qualities that can make or break a story if you don’t have answers for those sorts of questions.My … Continue reading How I Develop Characters (with bonus short story!)
Fanfiction is weird, yo. My understand of what fanfiction is has always been a little…skewed, I guess. Growing up, my perception was that it was a bad thing: it was predominantly smut, or writing that took stories I enjoyed and made them wayyyyyyy too sexual, or was just full of wish-fulfillment. I treated it like … Continue reading Leticia Lunetti: My Dive into Fanfiction
Jacob Ryckman 