Tag: grief
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Walking Through The Creeping Darkness.
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about spirals. Not the optimistic kind that climbs upward, but the kind that feels like it descends forever. Finishing The Recursive Man has been stranger than I expected. For years, my life had a destination. There was always another chapter to revise, another scene to rethink, another sentence to…
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The Triptych- How Forrest Gump, The Dark Half, and The Gunslinger Helped Me Find Myself
People often ask writers what their favorite books are. That’s actually a difficult question for me because my favorite books change depending on the day, my mood, and where I am in life. There are hundreds of books I have loved over the years, from children’s books to literary fiction, fantasy, horror, history, and memoir.…
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The Recursive Man Playlist: A Life-Stories Soundtrack
Sound has always been an integral part of my life. I listen to music pretty much constantly—except for those rare moments when I turn it off to go deep into writing. Music helps me regulate my emotions while fully feeling them. In certain moods I know to avoid certain tracks because, as you can see…
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Just WTF Is The Recursive Man?
Fair question. Most people assume it began the day my brother died and I was diagnosed with cancer. That’s not entirely true. Those events forced me to finish it, but the process started decades earlier. I’ve been doing some version of this my entire life—usually without naming it. It began with one of the first…
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On Loss, Love, and Writing Honestly
On September 19, 2023, I was diagnosed with cancer in the morning. A few hours later, I got the call that my brother had died. I had always told myself that if I ever got cancer, I would stop pretending I didn’t want to be a writer. I would stop writing what I thought people…
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A Note on Pricing
I’m thinking about releasing the ebook edition of The Recursive Man at $2.99 to start. Right now, it’s set to $4.99. Not because I believe the work is worth less—but because this book emerged through an unusual creative process, and I understand that process may raise questions for some readers. What began as an experiment…
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FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)
Going through old folders tonight, I found The Lonely White Walker—a Walking Dead fanfic I wrote back in 2012—and I was honestly stunned to realize people had reviewed it. Not just clicked on it… actually read it, followed it chapter to chapter, left thoughtful comments, waited for updates. I had forgotten that entirely. And honestly,…
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I Shouldn’t Be Here Or: On Faith and the Never-Ending Story
I have nearly died more times than I can count. That isn’t hyperbole. I’ve been in hospitals, in rapid decline, close enough to death that it stopped feeling abstract. It’s happened often enough that I can’t even give you an exact number anymore. The closest was a heart attack that killed 14% of my heart…
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