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Busy, busy, busy! I've been hard at work finishing my next novel, The Path We Choose, and while I hoped to have it ready by the end of October, that just isn't going to happen. The story is far more complex than my first, and I am making sure every detail is correct before I put it out into the world.

I'm beyond excited to talk about the characters and everything they're going through... just need to wait a little longer (yes,...

I'm keeping this update short...

• I've recently started working on the final draft of the next novel (I'd share the name, but I've been torn between two...). I was hoping to have this ready to print by the end of summer, and I will, but probably just the dozen or so proof copies.
• Writing this story has been so much fun. There might have been some subconscious foot-dragging as I've gotten close to the end just because I'm not ready to say goodbye to these characters and this world.
• Not sure if...

Every Christmas, for as far back as my memory goes, our family had a set of traditions centered on Christmas Eve dinner. Beginning days earlier, my grandmother would start the process of making hundreds upon hundreds of Polish pierogi from scratch. As kids, my brothers and I loved helping out, though that usually just meant rolling the extra little dough scraps into ‘fingers’ and tossing them into the boiling water. I don’t remember ever seeing her reference notes or a recipe of any kind, but...

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As we enter spring, I'm filled with a sense of renewal and growth. Cheesy, right? Actually, 'filled' may be a bit of an overstatement. It's more of a less-than-empty feeling if I'm being honest. But that's progress, and these days, any small bit of inching forward is a good thing.

Now, this may seem insignificant, but since I began writing, my only hope was that people would read my books and enjoy the stories. In the first 22 months after publishing 'Misplaced and Forgotten',...

Welcome to my site! I wanted to share a few notes about what you can expect to find here...eventually. Kinda sparse at the moment.

1. My books! Duh. It's an author site.
2. Updates on my writing. Not much to share right now. Beyond the Great Divide: Book 1 went on sale a week ago, and I'm working on the story map for Book 2.
3. Blog posts about my life or ideas or philosophy...maybe. Don't really know if they would be the least bit interesting, so I'll play that one by ear.
4. There's also a section to...