ShanMURAL REVEAL!(A look back on a pretty cool project) To celebrate the launch of Thieves Beasts & Men, I turned to one of my first loves - painting! My...
ShanSHELF UNBOUND INTERVIEWThieves Beasts & Men, Finalist for the Shelf Unbound Best New Fiction Award, 2021! So incredibly honored and excited! Below are the...
ShanTRACKING "BANDS OF A SMALL HURRICANE"(episode 1) Bands of a Small Hurricane is, hands down, the best thing I’ve ever done (and if I’m being honest with myself, likely the...
ShanUNSAVORY CHARACTERS(On Writers & Crimes of Creativity) Authors are frequently criticized for their unsavory characters, as though a protagonist (or, more...
ShanA WRITERS' STATEMENT(I was recently tasked with writing an artist statement about why I write. Here's what I said.) I think I’m a writer because of the...
ShanART AS CHARACTERIZATION(Using Fine Art Mediums to Drive Your Story) There are two primary forms of charcoal: vine and compressed. Vine charcoal comes in willowy...
ShanMAY ART ALWAYS BE FUN(On Raising an Artist) originally written & posted for Creative Pinellas, when I was honored as an Impact Returns/Emerging Artist Grant...
ShanMY MUSE / MY DISEASE(Bipolar Disorder as a Catalyst for Creativity) She sits adjacent on the couch. Beside me, yet somehow facing me. She’s patient....
ShanWHO AM I?(Credentials & Goals in the Highly Subjective World of Literature) Giving a quick rundown of who I am and what I'm doing seems like a...