I was keeping a journal. A notebook I would write in every day, a thought here and there, a list of events. I have trouble remembering things that happened more than a few weeks ago, so it's a nice help to my distracted brain to write them down. I was into it for a while. …
Words need to ferment
This week was the three-year anniversary of the day I finished the first draft of my first novella, Iapetus Shift. That's right, the same novella I just published last month. It took me about three months to type out the 30,000 word draft, but over two years of it sitting in my metaphorical drawer before I …
Writing is hard
Why is it so difficult to type words? I know how to spell, I know how to string sentences together to express thoughts. So why do the words come so grudgingly? I think, for me, the problem is one of caring too much. I want the words to be perfect, to evoke exactly what I'm …
Iapetus Shift release party
It's here! After almost 3 years of waiting and working, it's finally ready to be read.  This is the most satisfied I've felt with any of my Amazon published products yet, and I can't wait to hear what you all think! Big thanks to Cicero Grade Editing, and to Michelle Juett Silva for the awesome cover …
Iapetus Shift update
It is very near! The editing is finished and ready to go, and cover art is in the works! I expect it will be 'on the shelves' sometime next month. I am so excited to finally push the 'publish' button and send it out into the world. It's been almost four years since I finished …
Jonas David 