This book, A Priest's Discovery [working title], was originally going to be a short story, but as the ideas kept flowing and the characters developed, the page count grew too. The ideas for the book came from various sources such as people I was inspired or influenced by and places I have been. Most of all, it was my own experience balancing my curious mind and my faith, a duo that has not always acted as an alliance. Being raised in a Catholic household and attending a loca

Hi, friends! April has been off to a great start! I finished the sixth draft of my book and shared it with some fellow readers and writers for review. Once I get their edits and feedback, I will be back at the computer preparing the document for agent eyes, and then, hopefully, a publisher. Before I get too ahead of myself, I would like to share what my book is about. Those currently reading it have deemed it a religious murder mystery. The working title is A Priest's Discove

This past month I reread one of my favorite nonfiction books that has haunted me since it was published. Dark Archives  by Megan Rosenbloom is an insightful and informative exposé of morbid curiosity and alternative perceptions of death. Rosenbloom illustrates certain notions towards death have led people to create books bound in human skin known as anthropodermic bibliopegy. It was this topic that led me to discover a movement dedicated to changing how society perceives deat

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