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Pitch Wars: Craft Meets Community

Pitch Wars: Craft Meets Community

A few months back I was lucky enough to be accepted into an online program called Pitch Wars. Each fall, hundreds (maybe thousands?) of authors submit manuscripts and just over 100 are selected to be paired up with mentors in adult, middle grade, and YA 

How are Top #Pitmad Authors Pitching?

How are Top #Pitmad Authors Pitching?

Pitmad is an event where authors pitch agents on Twitter for representation. The Tweets include a short description of their finished manuscript with some hashtags that identify the category (like #YA for young adult or #T for thrillers.) If an agent is interested in an 

Crash Into Pieces posters

Crash Into Pieces posters

With the launch of Crash Into Pieces, I wanted to build out a few posters that highlight elements of the plot. Here’s what I came up with.

Crash Alive – Now an Award Winner

Crash Alive – Now an Award Winner

I’m happy to share that Crash Alive was selected as the winner of the “Operation:Thriller” writing competition, sponsored by Authors.me and Reedsy. This is great news for a few reasons: #1: It’s not easy putting out your first novel out into the world and wondering how it 

Research from Crash Alive – USB Hacking

Research from Crash Alive – USB Hacking

Note – Potential Spoilers Below: This is a blog post diving into parts of the research for my new thriller, Crash Alive. I’ve done my best to avoid spoilers, but if you haven’t read the book and want to go in fresh, you might want 

Research for Crash Alive – the Morgan Library

Research for Crash Alive – the Morgan Library

Note – Potential Spoilers Below: This is a blog post diving into parts of the research for my new thriller, Crash Alive. I’ve done my best to avoid spoilers, but if you haven’t read the book and want to go in fresh, you might want 

Research for Crash Alive – Cicada 3301

Research for Crash Alive – Cicada 3301

  I love doing research and every once in awhile, I’ll stumble on something that is too good to pass on. This post dives into one of those “no way this is actually true” examples of how real-life can sometimes prove to be stranger than 

Research for Crash Alive – Steganography

Research for Crash Alive – Steganography

Steganography is the process of hiding a message or other information within another message. Think of invisible ink — something that allows a message to be hidden in plain sight. But modern technology allows for lots of other cool ways for information to stay unseen