Safe is Underway!
Sometimes, having too many ideas is one of the worst things that can happen to a creative person.
It sounds like a blessing—and in some ways it is—but it can slow you down, pull your focus in ten different directions, make you second-guess every step, and even push you to throw away ideas that might have been great if you’d only stuck with them.
But when the idea for Safe came into my head, it wasn’t like the others. Something in me instantly knew—without hesitation—that this was next. No arguments. No “maybe later.” Just a quiet but absolute certainty: It has to be this one.
The concept—“domestic drama in the middle of a zombie apocalypse”—was simply too good to pass up. The moment I began sketching out the characters, I realized I wasn’t just sitting on a solid horror premise; I had stumbled into something far more layered and resonant. Something special. Something that could be memorable—not just for its scares, but for the humanity at its core.
Right now, Safe is sitting at about 35–45% complete, and the process has been… well, smooth in a way that almost makes me suspicious. The characters are alive on the page in that wonderful way where they start making their own decisions, tugging the story in directions I couldn’t have planned, and all I really have to do is follow them. It’s pouring out of me faster than I expected (that's what she said), and I’m genuinely thrilled with where it’s headed.
My goal is to have it fully written, polished, and published by Christmas 2025—which would be perfect timing. But the months are moving quickly, and there’s still plenty of work ahead.
So, here we are: in the middle of the push, riding the momentum, and seeing where Safe takes us.
Stay tuned.
My first children’s story, The Wolf with Raven Wings, is officially published and available now—both on my website and on Amazon.com.
This one is a little different from my usual work. It’s published under my real name instead of my pen name, simply because most of my other books explore more sensitive, adult themes. But this story… this one means something different to me.
The Wolf with Raven Wings was born not long after I emerged from the hardest season of my life. In many ways, it’s a gentle, symbolic retelling of that journey—a story about the power of stepping outside your comfort zone, and how that leap into the unknown can change your life in extraordinary, unexpected ways.
It’s more than just a book to me. It’s a chronicle of my own transformation. A reminder that sometimes, in order to truly see the beauty of the world around us, we have to first face ourselves. And that discomfort—the kind we try to avoid at all costs—can sometimes be exactly what’s needed to bring us somewhere better.
For parents with children, I can’t recommend this story enough. It’s a lesson I wish I’d learned far earlier than I did. I didn’t truly understand it until I was thirty, and I hope no one else has to wait that long to discover it.
You can get it on Amazon.com or on my official website, by clicking the link below and getting 25% off the Amazon retail price!:
And of course—because I never seem to be able to sit still—we’ve already started talking about what comes next. The only real question is… in what order do we unleash it all?
Will it be a slasher horror novel with a killer twist? A sprawling, globetrotting family crime drama? A tense, claustrophobic sci-fi horror? The next entry in the Wicker Anthology? Or maybe even a Wicker Anthology prequel?
Honestly… your guess is as good as mine.
What I do know is that the pipeline is overflowing. I’ve got at least three dozen fully-formed ideas ready to pull the trigger on at any given moment, each one waiting for its turn to take over my brain.
Right now, though, the loudest voice in the room—both in my head and from my friends—is Babyface. This one’s been haunting me for years: a slasher horror drama with a storytelling twist I can’t stop thinking about, a style that demands to be written, and an ending I think will hit hard for a lot of people. It’s the kind of story that leans in close and asks the reader, “How far can one person go?”
So, with Safe moving along beautifully and an entire mental magazine’s worth of ideas waiting to be fired, all I can say is this—stay tuned. Even I don’t know exactly which one is coming next. I just know it’s going to be something special.
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