WREQUIEM AT THE RED ROCKS: SATIRE AND ABSURDISM IN TODAY’S AMERICA
When I decided to write Wrequiem, I wasn’t necessarily thinking about satire, per se. I was really thinking of a book like the three funniest novels I’ve ever read—Catch-22, A Confederacy of Dunces, and The Sellout. … These novels are not just funny. They make you uncomfortable as you laugh. Like, should I really be laughing this hard at this scene, or laughing at all? They make you examine the human condition. Most importantly, they pick at the scabs of your own prejudices, privileges, cruelties, and subliminal thought processes. They make you question what you think you know about the world around you.
Ten Tenets to live by in 2026
Ten Tenets to Live by in 2026
Indie Author MilestoneS Unlocked!
Another Indie Author Milestone Unlocked!
Picking Pivot Points To Promote
How to pick pivot points to characterize your story and captivate your reader.
The Acropolis: A Poem in Five Parts
THE ACROPOLIS: A Poem in Five Parts
This poem was started while sitting at the rooftop bar and finished in my room at a hotel in the Plaka. I’ve never shared it before, but today I gathered my courage and read it at an open mic event sponsored by the Arizona Writers Association at the Tucson Historic Y.
YIKES! Arcs are ready. It’s marketing time!
Yikes! It’s book marketing time.
It’s time to face the harsh realities of autocracy
It’s time to face the harsh realities of autocracy: An opinion piece from the Arizona Daily Star by Jason Makansi
The Art & Science of Cover Reveals
COVER REVEAL
Book 1 of the PANTHEON LEAGUE romantic suspense series, a near-future American "romantasy" set in a world in which mortals, demigods, and goddesses go head-to-head with the dark forces undermining democracy and sowing discord around the world.
NEMesis in love: Book 1 of the Pantheon League Series
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Book 1 of the PANTHEON LEAGUE romantic suspense series, a near-future American "romantasy" set in a world in which mortals, demigods, and goddesses go head-to-head with the dark forces undermining democracy and sowing discord around the world.
Non-Violent Activism in a time of violent politics
Non-Violent Activism in a Time of Violent Politics
At the heart of nonviolent movements is non-dual thinking. It feels oddly as if we’ve forgotten what non-violent civil disobedience truly means, and exactly how and why it is so powerful at effecting change. (Reposted from The Ecology of Tomorrow - Substack.)
MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION
July 20, 1969, 10:56 p.m. EDT. With more than half a billion people watching on television, Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder of Apollo 11 and became the first human to ever step foot on an alien world. His first words were, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”