Middle-Grade Author J.J. Johnson

Clean Author Spotlight Middle Grade Author J.J. Johnson Middle-grade author J.J. Johnson takes center stage as our Clean Author Spotlight this month. Not only are his stories hilariously off-the-wall, but they also serve a greater purpose: promoting healthy literacy by “challenging parents to unplug and encourage their kids to read more.” J.J. Johnson’s blog, Unplugged, […]

Standing Against the Darkness

You see it every day. The people you work with, interact with at the grocery store, church, or on the road. Empty. Discouraged. Defeated.

If you were to stop and ask them, they might tell you it’s something they are going through–a family issue, some financial concerns, cancer. But like you, they know it goes deeper than that. There’s something wrong with the world today.

Writing Update July 2024

A storm is coming… I was reading through some of my newest series Demon Tide in order to get it ready for beta-reading yesterday, and noticed a common theme about my own writing. I love writing about storms. I noticed this about my previous series as well. A few chapters into the book The Watcher […]

Writing Update May 2024

I’m not living by my own rules. (The next few paragraphs is a bunch of ranting and other publishing nonsense. Scroll down to the skip to the update on my books.) You heard it right there, everybody. Yep, that’s me, not abiding by my own rules I’ve set for myself. Missing my own deadlines. Shirking […]

Writing Update February 2024

Thanks to an amazing friend of mine, I start the Rubart Writing Academy this week. I’ve been a part of writing groups and workshops in the past, but I’m particularly excited about this one. I’ll be no doubt wrestling with how to develop plots, draw character arcs, and digging out those skeletons…