Category: Blog

  • What Actually Changed When I Started Treating Writing Like a Profession


    Not long after the moment I described last month—the moment when I finally allowed myself to say, without qualification, “I’m an author”—I noticed something subtle but important began to change. Nothing dramatic happened. There was no sudden spike in sales, no viral moment, no phone call from a publisher. But my daily behavior began to shift, and that shift has been far more important than any short-term outcome.

    For a long time, my relationship to writing had been strangely inconsistent. I could finish manuscripts. I could publish books. I could even plan new projects with enthusiasm. But everything around the work—the structure, the visibility, the communication with readers—was at best sporadic and at worst, nonexistent.

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  • In Case You Missed It…

    In case you missed it—

    Aurora Book 3 was released yesterday.

    If you’ve been following the series, it’s available now.

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  • Aurora 3 Is Officially Here!

    It’s live.

    Aurora Book 3 is now available!

    This is where everything shifts. What started as uncertainty turns into something much harder to escape. The questions raised by the first two books no longer remain theoretical.

    If you’ve followed the series, this is the point where it either all comes together… or everything falls apart.

    This is the version the story was meant to be.

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  • If You’re Not Ready For This…

    Two days.

    Embracing Light Aurora.

    Book 3 of the Aurora series re-releases on March 26.

    If you’ve followed the series, you already know this doesn’t resolve things—it only pushes them further. What started as uncertainty for those trapped in the aurora turns into something much harder to escape.

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  • Aurora Book 3 is Coming Back

    There are some stories you finish… and then realize you didn’t actually include everything that needed to be included.

    Aurora Book 3 was one of those.

    The story was always there. The ending was always there. But the way it was presented didn’t carry the weight it was supposed to.

    So I pulled it back.

    Not to rewrite it—but to sharpen it. To bring it into alignment with what the Aurora series has been building toward from the beginning.

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  • The Moment I Decided to Treat My Writing Like a Profession

    Not long ago, someone asked me what I did for a living. My family and I were at a festival. It was casual. Nothing formal, and the question came naturally enough. For years, I would have qualified my answer. I would say, “I’m a professor.” Or, “I’m a teacher.” Only occasionally would I add, “Yeah, I also write books.” All technically true, but also slightly evasive.

    This time, though, for some reason, I instinctively said, “I’m an author.”

    There was a spike of anxiety immediately after I said it—almost a reflexive response to the words. I mentally qualified it. I wanted to soften it, contextualize it, explain it. But I didn’t. I let the sentence stand.

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  • Planning the Next Chapter – In-Person Events 2026-2027

    At the beginning of every year, I try to step back for a moment and look not just at the next book I’m writing, but at the larger shape of the road ahead.

    This January has been especially reflective for me.

    After finishing another round of revisions and wrapping up the January Catch-Up, I’ve started doing something I haven’t done very often before — planning in-person events more than a few months into the future.

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  • January Catch-Up: A Quiet Invitation for New Readers


    January has always felt like a gentle pause. After the rush of the holidays and the noise of the year behind us, there is suddenly space again — space to read, to begin something new, or to finally return to a story you meant to start.

    For readers who have been curious about the Meadow series, I’m running a small, quiet January Catch-Up this week.

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  • Designing the Cover for Aurora Book 2 — A 99 Designs Contest


    We are back at it again with another book cover contest. This time it is for Escaping Light Aurora, the second book in Isaac Hunter’s Aurora Series. We are down to the last three finalists, and, surprise, surprise, the same two artists that have done all our previous work are dominating the field.

    Let me show you what we are having to pick from….

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  • !! Book Covers !! – In the Meadow – And Then a Winner is Declared !!

    That did not take very long! It hasn’t even been 24 hours and already a winner has been declared? How is that possible? Well, we sat down last night around the dinner table and had a serious talk about all the candidates thus far. A clear victor emerged and so we thought it best to just end the suspense and get on with it. So, here it is, the winner of the 2nd Isaac Hunter Battle of the Book Covers Contest!

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  • !! Another Battle of Book Covers !! – In the Meadow – Initial Round and Covers !!

    Here we go again! What is wrong with me? I guess I’m just rabid for book covers at the moment. We just finished up the book cover contest for Our Daughter, and we got a winner that we fell in love with. But we also got a cover for two other future books that I want to write: Swallowing Saki and Written. Immediately after the Our Daughter contest ended I jumped in for a book covers for the Meadow Series. We are starting with In the Meadow, but I also think we might have a cover for Returning the Meadow (which is being updated for a 2nd and hardcover and paper back editions currently). So, I’ll share the the three winners again of the previous contest, and then we will look at those in the race right now for Meadow. :

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  • !! Battle of Book Covers (WINNER) !! – Our Daughter Update – Entering the Final Round & Unofficial Winner !!

    Alright! So, I closed out the qualifying round with my top four submissions. It was a tough decision, having to cut a few that had potential but just did not have the right feel for the project itself. Additionally, there are submissions in the contest that we know will not be selected for Our Daughter, but are being tweaked for different books I’m writing. The instructions at 99 Designs states that I can award multiple winners, so win-win for everything. Here are the winners of the qualifying round:

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