Fortress is the 4th book in the A Monster By Any Other Name series and it continues Jake and Tobias’ story directly from Freedom! Pre-Order on Amazon today or buy anywhere ebooks are sold on September 7!



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Podcast Transcripts

  • S1E7 – Birthday 2021: Sinus Infections, Intense Adulting, and Ice Cream

    Hi friends! My birthday in 2021 was a weird one. How much adulting can you get done with a sinus infection and a couple days off? A lot, actually. Listen to the episode here or wherever you listen to podcasts*. Transcription is below! Also, the image that SHOULD be showing up with the podcast embed…

  • S1E6 – Music Interlude: Monday Morning Song

    And now for something completely different. This podcast is not the first time I’ve played around with audio. GarageBand was a free music editing software on my computer since high school so I had a long of fun mixing music for myself. This example, Monday Morning Song, is a fairly good example. It even has…

  • S1E5 – A Fall Deer Encounter

    The other day, when I was biking, I saw a herd of deer… Please note that the transcript below has received more edits than usual for clarity and smooth reading vs speaking. Any words or phases that are not accurate to the actual narration are in parenthesis. Listen to the episode here or wherever you listen…

Other News and Events

  • Conference Presenter: Lakefly Writers Conference 2024

    Conference Presenter: Lakefly Writers Conference 2024

    This last May of 2024 I had the honor to present a breakout session on “Self-Publishing on a Shoe String” at the Lakefly Writers Conference in Oshkosh, WI. This is my local writing conference, and I love the community and all the cool things you can learn.


  • Conference Presenter: Lakefly Writers Conference 2022

    Conference Presenter: Lakefly Writers Conference 2022

    Hi friends! I’m so delighted to announce (very late) that I will be speaking at the Lakefly Writers Conference (May 6 and 7, 2022) giving a presentation on Conquering Writer’s Block! I’m passionate about this topic and so excited to be speaking at the Lakefly. This is a little conference in my hometown of Oshkosh…