Smoke & Witchcraft


  • Trains and Sandstorms of the 1890s

    While I’ve been working on Camp NaNoWriMo (slowly, but surely is my motto this month!), I’ve come across some interesting research that I thought I’d share! This novel is Book 2 of my Colton Fen series, and takes place in the 1890s. My characters first have to take a train from western Texas to New…


  • Hostages and Regrets

    Look at that, I’m finally getting some words in on Book 2 of the Colton Fen series. Going at a far slower pace than what I would prefer, but I do at least have somewhat of an outline to go along with this scene. Seems like every time I sit down to write on this…


  • A Witch’s Workshop

    Got some writing in today! My first writing for the year and it took me over an hour to churn out. Not exactly my best pace, but I haven’t touched this piece in a few weeks. Oh the holidays, totally throwing off my writing groove. In other news, the Christmas Tree is finally down. We…


  • What does blue mean exactly?

    After dealing with a short hiatus after NaNo, I finally got back to writing today. I had tried a couple of times over the last few days, but I think my brain just needed a break from the material. I’m not quite back up to the 2k/day speed I had before, but I’m still pretty…


  • And the winner is…

    Feels good, man! After failing horribly last year at getting my NaNo completed, it sure does feel good to mark this one off my list. This is the second NaNo I’ve completed this year if you include Camp NaNo. It’s amazing how having a deadline and constant statistics to look at helps improve my wordcount…