How many Books Did You Read in 2025? The year 2025 is quickly coming to an end. As I write this on December 9th, we only have 22 days till the end of the year.. Yikes! Did you have a reading goal for these 365 days? I don't have a hard and fast goal...

Love in the Inbox: How Three Movies Reimagined the Same Romantic Twist Across Eighty-Five Years I don't write much about romance, but I do watch the Hallmark channel with my wife. When she recommended we watch a movie, Maintenance Required, from Ama...

A Celebration of All the Things That Make Thanksgiving Day Magical Thanksgiving—and its increasingly popular companion celebration, Friendsgiving—has a unique power. It pulls us out of the blur of everyday life and gives us a reason to gather, feas...

Black Friday Just Became Legendary Grab 5 Fantasy Adventures for Only $4.99! Are you ready to claim an epic Black Friday victory? (And honestly . . . shouldn’t Black Friday *be* a holiday by now?) For one magical week, you can snag five full-length ...

From Bronze to Chain Mail: The Evolution of Armor on the Medieval Battlefield When we imagine medieval warfare, gleaming knights in shining plate armor often come to mind, steel-clad warriors thundering across battlefields beneath fluttering banners...

Fortress of Stone and Strategy If the early medieval motte-and-bailey was a child’s first sketch of power, then the 14th-century concentric castle was the masterpiece, a symbol of might, intelligence, and endurance carved from stone. To stand before...

From Torsion to Counterweight: The Evolution of Ancient Siege Engines In my final book in the Mountain King Series, Crown of Velidred, Lord Hubert is marching toward Velidred Castle to begin a siege of the castle. His army has several siege engines ...

Adding an Image with a Link on a PayHip Blog. One challenge I encountered when I first built my blog on the PayHip site was how to add an image and put an HTML link on it. The goal was to allow a visitor to click the image and go to the new website ...

Autographed Books at the Gail Borden Library Author Fair I'm excited to be attending the Gail Borden Main Library Author Fair on October 5th, 2025. It will be my fourth time at this event, and I've always had a good time. Many authors attend the eve...

Champions of Velidred - Chapter 6 An Action-Packed Fantasy of Magic and Glory Thrust into a brutal, magic-laced tournament after a tragic loss, Alpherge must fight through fire, fury, and sabotage. With Riley at his side, he’ll face a gauntlet of de...

Meet the Author at Streamwood, IL Library Author Fair I'm excited to be attending the Poplar Creek Library's annual Library Author Fair. Saturday, September 27, 2025 1-4 PM MEETING ROOM 1 1405 S Park Avenue, Streamwood, IL  I'll be selling and ...

An Action-Packed Fantasy of Magic and Glory Thrust into a brutal, magic-laced tournament after a tragic loss, Alpherge must fight through fire, fury, and sabotage. With Riley at his side, he’ll face a gauntlet of deadly trials, and an enemy who will...

Don't Assume Every One Knows What You're Talking About Even within the same environment, everyone lives in a different world.    Arthur Shopenhauer My brother-in-law, Joe, and I were talking the other day. We're old guys, so we have a...

Champions of Velidred - Chapter 4 As the tournament unfolds, it becomes clear: someone wants Alpherge's team to lose--and they're willing to kill to make it happen. Packed with magic, murder, and momentum, Champions of Velidred is a fast-paced fanta...

Champions of Velidred - Chapter 3 As the tournament unfolds, it becomes clear: someone wants Alpherge's team to lose--and they're willing to kill to make it happen. Packed with magic, murder, and momentum, Champions of Velidred is a fast-paced fanta...