How I Got My Agent: A Story Even I Can Barely Believe
Christopher 4 June 14, 2021 Editing, General, My Approach, WritingThe story of how Christopher got his literary agent after more than 8 years, 7 manuscripts, and 200 rejections.
Writing
Thoughts from Isolation
Christopher 0 March 20, 2020 General, Poetry, WritingSo I’ve been living the isolation life for almost a week now, experiencing the strange mental state that some have called plague mindset. The easiest way to summarize the feeling is the innate sense that something is very wrong. So very wrong, in fact, that you feel an urge to act…except that the best thing…
Sometimes Great Beginnings Start with Stops
Christopher 0 July 12, 2019 General, My Approach, WritingI’ve been writing for many years. If you want to be very specific, the first creative work I specifically remember making of my own accord was a three-page poem about wolves that I wrote in the third grade. I kept going after that, writing predominantly for fun until I suddenly found that writing was an…
Past Due Review: Transistor (2014 Game)
Christopher 0 August 27, 2018 General, Past Due Reviews, Worldbuilding, WritingSometimes, you miss the party on something in pop culture, whether it be a game, book, show, or movie. Years later, you finally get around to experiencing that whatever-it-was, and then you start a new series on your website where you write story-focused reviews for those things. Or at least, that’s what I’m doing! Today,…
Make Believe (Poem)
Christopher 0 April 6, 2018 My Approach, Poetry, WritingFirst: it’s been far too long since my last post, and for that I apologize. This new novel I’ve been working on has really been gobbling up my time (in the best possible way). Still, I wanted to ensure that some of my writing consistently finds it way into the world, so here’s a new…
Deep End (Poem)
Christopher 0 March 6, 2018 General, Poetry, WritingAnother day, another heavily rhythmic poem exploring the themes I find most frustrating in the current national debates. We need conversations; not yelling matches. We need understanding; not “agree to disagree.” The longer this goes on (and it’s already been going on for quite a long time), the farther we’ll get into the: Deep End…
Middle Ground (Poem)
Christopher 0 February 27, 2018 General, Poetry, WritingAs promised, I’ve returned with another poem to share. Like the last, this work is driven by my ongoing heartache and frustration with the way many prominent political leaders have responded to the tragedy in Parkland. More than that, though, today’s poem takes a stab at the breakdowns in communication that have been ongoing with…
Ad Nauseam (Poem)
Christopher 0 February 26, 2018 General, Poetry, WritingIt’s been over a week, now, since the tragedy at Parkland. If you are at all like me, you were devastated that such horror could happen again…and again…and again over these last years. Though I cannot imagine how those directly affected feel, in the days that followed I read the burgeoning crop of stances, responses,…
Syntax (A Poem)
Christopher 0 January 28, 2018 Poetry, WritingThought I would share another poem that I put together. Lately, I’ve been meditating on myself and what gives my strength. Naturally, love–both God’s and my family’s–sits foremost on that list, but writing comes very close after. With that in mind, I wrote this: Syntax Phonemes crisscross my injuries, binding ragged-edged hopes fraying into doubt….
The Greatest Gift Is Hope
Christopher 0 October 2, 2017 My Approach, Uncategorized, WritingI greet you somberly on the morning after a terrible tragedy that, in combination with recent natural disasters and artificial discord, has left many people reeling, overwhelmed, and lost. Nothing can remove the hurt that many feel, and confusion will be the theme of many lives for days to come. I do not say that…