A special National Coming Out Day announcement! Congratulations to anyone who came out today! You are brave, and you are loved! Cover Reveal And now, the cover reveal for my next novel, THE CLIMB. Artist Michael McCaffrey originally painted the cover with acrylics on canvas. After scanning it and performing some …
THE CLIMB is the coming out story of Skyler Phoenix and his journey to find acceptance and love in the midst rejection. With defenses around his heart and his trust at an all-time low, the once-strong Skyler struggles to love himself even when his new foster family and friends offer …
I’m thrilled to share that another milestone has been reached. The beta read period for my upcoming novel, The Climb, closes on Sunday. For the past two and a half months, a dedicated team of readers have poured through The Climb and marked it up with comments, edits, and feedback. Beginning August 1, I’ll start reviewing …
In my upcoming novel, THE CLIMB, the main character, Skyler Phoenix, writes a letter to hate shortly before summoning the courage to come out. In the wake of the Orlando shootings at the Pulse gay nightclub, I decided to share the letter with you, since in effect, I wrote it. I …
I’m really exited to share that I’ve finished a major round of edits for the THE CLIMB, the novel I’ve been writing since 2012. Four years later, I’m thrilled to finally transition the book to the beta read stage. At the time of this post, THE CLIMB is just over 125,000 words will be independently …
And here I was, thinking that my almost-finished novel—THE CLIMB, about a young man (Skyler) shunned by his church and family—wouldn’t resonate that much anymore today—and then this happens: A young man, Dylan Settles 18, receives a letter from his church that excommunicates him because he’s gay. http://www.queerty.com/young-gay-man-kicked-out-of-church-for-embracing-the-homosexual-lifestyle-20151013 Dylan, for you …
The picture of this young man fired up my imagination. I do not know who he is, who took the photo, or why. But I when I stumbled across it, I realized he would be the visual inspiration for a main character in a story I was incubating in my mind. It’s his eyes… they desperately …
Five years after the death of his mother, Skyler Phoenix had finally pieced his life back together. He enjoyed his sophomore year at the Academy and gained notoriety among his peers as a star athlete and leader, even if he didn’t believe all the religious stuff they lived and breathed …