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Twenty years of reading, watching, writing, and asking questions. Explore my latest essays, book and movie reviews, and dispatches from the world of The Chronicles of Purgatory Station.
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First Sketch of The Celestial Spetatrix from Souls Triumphant
This is my first sketch of a Celestial Spetatrix. They are the opposite of the Celestial Knights because their duty is to simply observe and record the life of…
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First Sketch of The Celestial Knight from Souls Triumphant
This is my first sketch of THE Celestial Knight. The Celestial Knights were created to battle the Burnt Ones after they were banished from the Kingdom. (Be…
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First Sketch of the Burnt Ones from Souls Triumphant
This is my first sketch of the Burnt Ones, Ned’s army of evil doers. Without revealing too much, they are much more than they seem at first…
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First Sketch of Ned from Souls Triumphant
This is my first sketch of the incredibly handsome, and villainous, Ned from my novel Souls Triumphant. This character is one of my all-time favorites, and I’m not really sure…
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First Sketch of Buddy from Souls Triumphant
This is my first sketch of Buddy from my novel Souls Triumphant. This enigmatic and disarming character was originally conceived for a short story back in my creative writing…
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First Sketch of Alessandra Diepara from Souls Triumphant
This is the first sketch of Alessandra from my novel, Souls Triumphant, back when it was just a short story in my creative writing class…
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The Face of Dr. Nekros
This is the face of Dr. Nekros, my new lead character in a serialized series I’m publishing through the Amazon Shorts Program. To read…
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First Sketch of Joseph Zadkiel from Souls Triumphant
This is the first sketch of Joe from my novel, Souls Triumphant, back when it was just a short story in my creative writing…
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Think Again by Adam Grant – A Book Review
I chose to read Adam Grant’s Think Again after hearing Angela Duckworth mention it on No Stupid Questions. In Think Again, Grant challenges the…

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