// < 1 min //Here, I establish my ambitions for 2025. With a single-paragraph pitch for a character-driven cosmic horror science fiction story, my goal is to complete the first draft this year. I’m dedicating January to forming characters, setting, and a detailed scene-by-scene plot. Writing begins in February. As a first novel, this must be lean, mean, and…

// 5 min //When you fell a Douglas Fir and examine its rings, you read more than years—you uncover a life story. The innermost rings tell of tenuous beginnings, where a sapling strained toward light. In my life, these early rings mark a childhood shaped by books, where stories offered escape and understanding. My earliest memories are of…