Before the books there were the photographs — nearly a million of them, across hundreds of Renaissance faires and years of bellydance and fine-art work. These posts cover that creative life behind the lens and what it taught about seeing, storytelling, and craft.
Book DesignCouples would spend a fortune on a wedding and then try to hire the photographer for a couple hundred bucks. Here's why I don't do graphics, and what wedding photography taught me about pricing creative work.
AIA longtime fan posted AI-generated tribute images to a Texas Renaissance Festival group, and more than a hundred people dogpiled him. He broke the group's unwritten rule, and the community has good reasons for it. None of that earned him…
Character DevelopmentA private joke between two friends in 1995 became an international observance in 2002. I drove to a pirate faire for it once, in the worst costume present.
IntrovertI spent most of my life as a deep introvert, and grief pushed me deeper. What pulled me back out was a camera. Here is the story, and what it taught me.
Grief and LossVernon Lewis was a drummer who showed up at Renaissance Faires and drum circles around Southern California, and he had a gift for drawing people into the music without ever asking them to come. This is the story of how…
Grief and LossSome people show up exactly when you need them most, and you never forget the first time you see them. This is the story of how a woman on a giant wooden rocking horse helped pull a grieving man back…
Character DevelopmentThe real enemy of creative work is not a dry spell; it is the toxic people who drift into your life and fog everything with negativity until the work stalls. I have dealt with them as a writer, a photographer,…
Becoming a GhostwriterI did not set out to be a writer. I set out to understand my grandfather, and the writing followed, more than forty years and 113+ books ago. The path was never a straight line. Here is the real story…
Authority Through AuthorshipBefore anyone reads your bio or looks at your work, they see your face, and they judge it in milliseconds. That snap impression is hard to undo. After building more than 100 professional profiles, here is why the profile photo…
AugustA publisher of 20 coloring books on what makes them work, why adults need them, and how real dancers became line art.
Becoming a GhostwriterBefore I wrote books for a living, I spent 33 years in enterprise technology. What those years taught me that I use on every ghostwritten book: translating experts, running long projects, controlling scope, keeping confidences and staying calm.
Authority Through AuthorshipIn this conversation with Fiona Mcvie, I trace the whole path: where I came from, how a career got built on words, and the unglamorous realities of professional writing and ghostwriting. Updated for current numbers, it is the full story…
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