The Dynamite Chicks is my character Skye Wright’s punk band. In my book series Skye and her old bandmate Annie get together and reform their band and start playing shows again. The Dynamite Chicks are a hard rocking, hard driving and raunchy rock and roll band. This fictitious band’s sound and style have been inspired …
How to follow the life of Skye Wright, my character come to life
“Just don’t pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don’t.” – Anne Lammott The first ever illustration of my character Skye Wright, for the cover of What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? Skye was never supposed to be a big deal. As I wrote before, she was only …
One Day At a Time – An Excerpt from my upcoming novel the Rise and Fall of Skye Wright
This is an excerpt from my new two books series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright. This excerpt is from the first book. This excerpt is early the book. This piece introduces Molly Mix, Skye’s friend and reluctant recovering addict. This work is the continuation of the Skye Wright saga, and follows her adventures …
Fast and Frightening – An Excerpt from my upcoming novel The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright
This is an excerpt from my new two books series The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright. This excerpt is from the first book. From the very beginning of the book, where Skye Wright is working at Anemone Studios, a prominent alt-music studio and label. I heard that girl is fast and frightening Dirty hair …
Haunted When the Music Plays – Songs That Have Haunted Me
Music is a huge part of my life. I collect all kinds of music, I’ve seen countless numbers of shows and concerts, so many so that it would be impossible to calculate how many times I’ve seen live music. Through all of the bands and songs I’ve listened to, I occasionally come across a song …
Need Second Eyes for your Writing? Professional Beta Reading!
I am offering my services as a professional beta reader! Novels, short stories, articles, blog posts, and whatever you need help with! Second eyes for – Style – Readability – Suggestions for sentence and word choice improvement – Catching tpyos typoes typos! – Not just finger wagging. I will also tell what works and when …
Why I fell In Love with Dani Dassler – An Important Voice in Punk Literature
The punk scene is my main tribe. It was an important refuge for me in my youth, so much more than any of the other realms I inhabited back then, and it’s still a major part of my life now. It’s also the main topic of my writing. Almost all of my characters, especially my …
The Pizza Connection – An Excerpt from my novel A Long Slow Aftermath
An excerpt from my recently published novel A Long Slow Aftermath,. Preston comes home and visits his neighbors, who supplement their working class income with a pizza connection. Preston walked Toshi back to the house so she could get back to work. He walked down the driveway and into the backyard to get to …
Quotes from my novel A Long Slow Aftermath
These are quotes from my recently published novel A Long Slow Aftermath,, the story of Preston, a working class punk who is trying to get his life together after leaving a drug rehab. Think of them as mini-excerpts! Preston deals, not only with a wide array of interesting and too-interesting characters, but also with his …
Definitions of Masculinity – Man Cards, Sheet Stays, and Stupid Sports
A woman once questioned my masculinity because she saw me eating a piece of biscotti. “What kind of man eats biscotti?” she asked with a sneer. I was a little confused. I looked at the biscotti and then looked back at her. “A man who likes almonds?” I volunteered in an unsure attempt to reaffirm …