1) Too much exposition can be boring. If you've got an awesome flaming sword (or a Chekhov’s gun), you're going to want to use it. You...

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You know what it’s like when you get an idea for a story and you’re really excited to write it down and bask in the wonder of your...

Flights from the Rock, the fifth volume in the modern From the Rock series, hit #1 Bestseller on June 12, 2019 at 5:19 PM Newfoundland...

Let’s talk about writing advice. Nowadays, telling someone not to follow writing advice is as cliché as the writing advice in question....

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It's the fortieth anniversary of the release of Alien. In its honour, I'd like to try and breakdown why it's arguably the most effective...

I'm not going to sugar-coat it. I'm angry. I'm angry about a lot of things these days. It's a low-level burn that simmers under the...

Okay, so here’s the thing: I’m kinda, sorta stuck in Editing Hell. Yeah, that’s a thing. Crammed somewhere between the Hell of the Upside...

The Starving, the debut novel from Jon Dobbin, hit #1 on the Amazon.ca in the 'Westerns' and 'Occult Fiction' categories. The novel hit...

Sometimes I write things that I have no intention of ever showing anyone. Ever. There are random scenes, ideas, and sometimes even...

The past week has been incredibly busy, leaving no time to plot a prop/concept for this week. When life finally slowed down for Sunday, I...

“There’s somethin’ wrong with the world today/ I don’t know what it is” crooned Steven Tyler of Aerosmith in the band’s seminal 90’s hit...

I went to a party a few weeks ago. It was a surprise party for someone’s birthday, but it was three weeks after their actual birthday,...

STORYTIME!! This particular shoot I actually managed to plan this one in advance! We were inside of Montana's having a lovely feed with...

Dystopia from the Rock, the fourth volume in the modern From the Rock series, hit #1 Bestseller on February 21, 2019 at 8:22 AM...

Listen, okay, writing isn’t easy. Right now, I’m sitting in an uncomfortable chair, balancing a laptop and generous sized tea all the...