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On Writing – 02/07/23
I tend to write complicated books with a lot of moving parts. It is critical that I outline in detail virtually every chapter to ensure I do not leave any plot holes and everything gets resolved. There are people who don’t have any plan at all when they start writing a book and still manage…
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JOIN THE J.E. Park advance review team!
Publishing books in the modern market comes with a chicken-and-egg dilemma. In order to sell books, you need to have good solid reviews. In order to get reviews, you have to sell books. If you don’t have reviews, it’s very difficult to sell books and if you’re not selling books, you’re not getting reviews. So…
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Las Pulgas
Back when I was stationed in San Diego, I practically lived in Tijuana. I would break curfew just to go down there and get a Tijuana Danger Dog (bacon-wrapped hot dog on a steamed bun slathered with mayo, Cholula hot sauce, Jalapenos, pico de gallo – IMO culinary perfection. Had to be careful not to…
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‘TIS THE SEASON OF WONDER
So, I was Christmas shopping, trapped in a Bath and Body Works, watching my youngest daughter sniff things, when I had a minor epiphany. Did you ever notice that, when a woman says, “Hey! Come over here and smell this,” everyone just leans in take a whiff? Yet if a man says the exact same…
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December 2022
Writing books is hard. For me it is anyway. There are people out there who can manage to put out a novel a month, but I can only assume those are folks with a singular sense of purpose and an unnatural amount of dedication to their craft. In my case, however, I have a day…
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Narman’s Pyke – Chapter 1
The crack in the voice of Wasp-Two’s pilot made it sound like he had much more to live for than the rest of us. “Good God! Am I the only one seeing this?” He wasn’t. Having been assigned as Dr. Jella Duverii’s bodyguard, I was seated in Wasp-Three’s cockpit with the command staff instead of…
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Moloch’s Garden – Chapter 1
Despite knowing that I would have to face him at some point, I was not expecting Gunny Malcolm to be the first person I encountered once I stepped off the dropship. Like me, he was in his dress greens, standing in the unrelenting Kanarisian rain, getting soaked to his bones while flanked by a pair…