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My Writing Journey: 

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There have been few things in my life as constant as my desire to be a writer. I knew since the time that I was six years old that I wanted to be a writer in some capacity. The only question I had was whether it would be my second job, done after saving the world as the next James Bond, or if it would be what I spent my entire life pursuing and obsessing over. 

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I remember writing my first novel at eleven years old. It was a clear rip off of The Chronicles of Narnia. Down to a talking mouse that very much resembled Reepicheep, still one of my favorite literary characters of all times.  

 

I’m sure my eleven-year-old self found it defeating when no agent bit on my masterpiece, but I don’t. The fact that this book would have been sued for copyright infringement issues aside, that was the first of many steps on my journey to being a writer.

 

I’ve written over four novels in my lifetime. None of them have been published to this date. However, each one of them has led me to a deeper place as a writer and a creator.

 

When I was nineteen years old, I went to Calvary Chapel Bible College of Murrieta. Beyond the usual pursuits of studying the Bible and making close friends, several of which I have to this day, I began writing.

 

This all started with the random meeting of a wannabe director named Ben Champlin. We connected almost instantly and soon became roommates. He told me that he could come up with the needed equipment and crew, if we wanted to make a movie.

 

I quickly wrote a couple of screenplays, Broken and Doppelganger, and we made them into two of the movies that I am most proud of to this day. I’ve included the links to these in this page, feel free to laugh at my hair. What? I was a broke Bible College student who couldn’t afford to pay for a haircut.

 

These movies gave me more confidence in my creativity, which lead me to signing up for a forty-eight-hour competition as one of the writers. In our eight-hour writing session, we created a quirky mockumentary about a pillow fight gone wrong in Red Feather Down.

 

My newest project, The Day Hope Died, is the best work I’ve ever created as a writer. It’s the story of Jimmy Olsen trying to figure out what made Superman such a hero and, in the process, he becomes a hero himself. Updates will be sent out as we go deeper into the post production process.

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The next steps on my writing journey will be publishing a novel and selling a feature length screenplay. I’m already in development on both and can’t wait to keep all of you updated as I turn this dream into a firm reality.