What is it about a good story?I've been fighting the urge to re-listen to The Prisoner of Azkaban for ages. That story relates to me on a lot of special levels. I used to re-read Homeland, by R.A. Salvatore every year. When I run across a story...
I need helpI'm re-covering The Vustaan Incident and I need your opinion. Please click on the image and vote for your favorite cover (bigger pics are on the site). Thank you! Seriously. How Do You Decide What to Read?I feel like...
A Week in the WoodsToday (Tuesday) is my 25th wedding anniversary! My wife and I just finished a week in the foothills of North Carolina. Despite bear encounters, WiFi woes, and some of the crookedest roads I've seen, we survived. It was nice to see...
Sorry this is late! I lost a day somewhere :/Do you attend those nerdy conventions?I was talking CONs with some author friends and one shared a list of different conventions that may be good for authors to attend, and maybe sell a book or two. The li...
What pushes your buttons?Whenever we eat at my wife's favorite in-town restaurant, I order the exact same thing. It never fails. It's weird for a guy who gets bored easily to get the same thing, but it's what I like. I've noticed the same thing with...
The Blood of a Dragon is FREEFrom June 20th to 24th you can get Book 1 of The Dragons of Dorwine for FREE on Kindle. Click the big picture. Summer is in full swingThe Adkins family is in high gear. Between making Batman armor, Larping costumes, and w...
A Summer Full of ReadingIt's easier for me to get motivated to do things when I do them with other people. That's why you have gym buddies, accountability groups, and partners in crime. As a book nerd, I want to read more than I do. As an author, I n...
Ninja Audible SaleSorry to double-clutch on the e-mails, but I didn't want y'all to miss this one. Some of you have confessed to being 'credit poor' on Audible. Well, this is good news for you. My books, The Blood of a Dragon and The Eye of a Dragon...
Nothing New Under the SunMission Impossible, Fast and the Furious, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dune, Spider-Man, John Wick, Shazam!, Meg, Scream, Transformers, just to name a few. Each of these franchises have a new movie this year. When I was a kid we...
Robots In DisguiseYeah, I'm going there. This has been a hotly debated topic for a while now and I've mostly sat back and watched. Today I'll stick my toe in the murky waters.Like any emerging technology, there are folks vehemently for and agai...
