There is a Brokenness…

“There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond grief which leads to joy and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength. There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of…

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Gateway Lesson 2

This is Lesson 2 in my series for Penn High School–an audio recording about the Hindu goddess, Kali and which surprising character she inspired. **Spolier Alert** Don’t listen to this recording until you’ve read thru Chapter 4 of Gateway. Click here>> Kali Lesson (audio player will open)

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Gateway Lesson 1

This is the first in a series of lessons for the students of Penn High School in Indiana. They are using my YA Urban Fantasy novel, Gateway as a way to learn about mythology via modern literature. In this intro, I give a brief explanation of the correlations between Greek and Roman gods, as well…

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In Quiet Moments

In quiet moments She slips in A shadow on my soul Or is she my soul And I the shadow?

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Empty-Handed Leap into the Void

I’ve been trying to make a decision lately about my life, my career, my life savings, and how much I am willing to risk to live the life I want to live. I pulled a rune on the matter, and as I have so very often in the past, pulled the Blank Rune. The Blank…

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