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Why We All Like Story — What Fiction Does That Nothing Else Can

I was seventeen and it was past midnight and I had school in the morning and the book I was reading — Ender’s Game, borrowed from a friend who’d said “just read it” with the intensity of someone trying to share something they couldn’t explain — had done something to me I didn’t h…

When Time Breaks

The problem had a very specific shape, and I found it by running the math. Partway through Book 2 of the Technomancer series, I’d established that one day in the realm of Elysia corresponds to roughly π days on Earth — 3.14 to one. I chose π deliberately: it’s irrational, it neve…

The 14-Chapter Silence: Writing Trauma Without Putting It on the Page

Content Warning: This post discusses the craft of writing sexual assault aftermath in fiction. Here is a scene I chose not to write. It would have been the scene where everything that shapes Elara’s subsequent behavior in Technomancer actually happened — the event that explains h…

Six Voices, Zero Tags: Why Character Voice is Constraints, Not Personality

There’s a test I run on every POV chapter in Technomancer: strip the chapter heading and ask whether the reader can still tell who’s talking. If the answer is no — if the voice could belong to any of the six point-of-view characters — the chapter isn’t ready. Not because the pros…

Writing update – March 2026

I’ve been busy writing, editing, and working on my marketing via social media lately. Here’s a brief update on what’s been happening in my world of writing. Technomancer Book 2 Beta reading has begun on Technomancer: The Awakened Mage. Advanced Reader Copies (ARC) should be sent …

The Perception Gap

Voices by Speechify Welcome to “An Author’s Voice” where I’ll discuss the craft behind writing and illustrate the points with my own work or discuss other well known examples. Episode One : The Perception Filter Technomancer is a multiple POV novel blending science fiction and fa…

Filter Words

I’ve been re-editing my work and realize my prevalence for filter language making my narrative stodgy. Here’s how I’ve been cleaning up my writing: WHAT ARE FILTER WORDS? Filter words are verbs or phrases that insert the narrator between the reader and the character’s direct expe…

Elara’s Journey: A Techno-Fantasy Adventure – pt5

“Okay,” he said. “We’re going out to the street and to the left. The subway is only a half block away. Hold on to my hand so we don’t get separated.” She nodded and took his hand. “I’m Elara,” she said softly as he stepped off. Finn stopped. He looked at her and smiled. “I’m Finn…

Elara’s Journey: A Techno-Fantasy Adventure – pt4

“Look, I want to help you, but I’ve got my own problems. Do you want help or not?” She nodded and stood. She was almost his height. “I need to find a man I don’t know, in a place I’ve never been, and my goddess has abandoned me. Can you help?” He was on the run for his life and s…

Elara’s Journey: A Techno-Fantasy Adventure – pt3

Elara is cast out of her world, the hell it was after her capture, and sent to a strange, new realm like nothing she had experienced before. Her connection to her goddess is weak. She is alone and afraid, but has a burning need to find some one. Alone and abandoned, Elara must fa…

Elara’s Journey: A Techno-Fantasy Adventure – pt2

Finn Miller, a quantum computing genius who once worked for the NSA, has discovered that the backdoor technology he created–allowing unprecedented access to every phone and router in the world–is being used by corrupt officials for blackmail, human trafficking, and consolidation …

Elara’s Journey: A Techno-Fantasy Adventure

Elara, a young priestess of the Moon Goddess, is captured, cursed, and transported to a technologically advanced world. She teams up with Finn, a brilliant engineer, to expose corrupt forces exploiting technology and bring justice. A thrilling tale of magic, technology, and self-…