Journey to Jordan is now up on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

That’s right–my travel journals from the 2008 study abroad to Jordan are now up on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and almost everywhere else!  Here’s a complete list: Kindle | Kindle UK | Kindle DE | Kindle FR | Kindle ES | Kindle IT | Nook | Smashwords | Kobo | Diesel | Xinxii | Sony… Continue reading Journey to Jordan is now up on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

Journey to Jordan is now published!

My travel journals from the 2008 BYU Jordan Study Abroad are now available as an indie published ebook from Smashwords! Originally published as a blog, I always wanted to make it available as a book someday.  I spent the last couple of months running through it, putting together all the old posts as well as… Continue reading Journey to Jordan is now published!

Desert Stars is now published!

Desert Stars, my third novel (and second in the Gaia Nova series), is now available as an independently published ebook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.  Within the next couple of weeks, it’ll be available through Kobo, iTunes, Diesel, Sony, and Xinxii as well. It’s been a long journey, and I’m thrilled to finally… Continue reading Desert Stars is now published!

Kickstarter update, new blurb, and cover art for Journey to Jordan

First things first: with sixteen days to go, Desert Stars is currently about 36% funded.  If you haven’t picked up any of my books yet, this is a good place to start: I feel confident that it’s my best work yet.  $10 will get you a copy with your name in the front under “special… Continue reading Kickstarter update, new blurb, and cover art for Journey to Jordan

Desert Stars sample chapters now available!

I just formatted the prologue and first three chapters of Desert Stars in epub, mobi, pdf, etc.  You can download them for free with the following links: Download EPUB Download MOBI Download PDF Download MS Word Download html Download .prc The samples are taken from the current manuscript, so the editing might be a little… Continue reading Desert Stars sample chapters now available!

Desert Stars 4.0 is finished!

And just in time; I start another job tomorrow.  So anyhow, here are the stats: words: 99,000 chapters: 22 ms pages: 465 start date: 3 Oct 2011 end date: 25 Oct 2011 And the word splash: Can you tell who the main characters are? 🙂 This might sound kind of cheesy, but this book has… Continue reading Desert Stars 4.0 is finished!

You should check this guy out

As some of you may know, in 2008 I traveled to Jordan with the BYU study abroad program.  One of my friends from the program was Joey Anthon Jackson, pictured here. When we got back from Jordan in August, Joey graduated and promptly went back overseas.  Ever since, he’s been traveling the world, spending no… Continue reading You should check this guy out

Old story notebook, part 2

Alright, here is the second part of my oldest story notebook, the one that I just found a couple days ago.  These ideas date from 2007 when I started pursuing writing as more than a hobby, up to the summer of 2008 when I went to Jordan on the BYU study abroad program. The Singularity:… Continue reading Old story notebook, part 2

“You do watcha gotta do for Rock ‘n Roll, ya know?”

Check this out. Apparently, back in the 80s, U2 randomly decided to put on a show on the roof of a liquor store in the middle of LA. A free show. They played one of their best songs, “Where the streets have no name,” and then the police shut them down. This video is apparently… Continue reading “You do watcha gotta do for Rock ‘n Roll, ya know?”