There's something incredibly rewarding about feeling like you can do it all. I've felt that feeling recently, I've lbeen living that life. I've been doing it all - writing, reading, working, training, socializing, recording music, fixing up my house - and I've felt like an absolute super villain on a quest for power, a quest... Continue Reading →
I Just Failed – Big Time
It was all supposed to work itself out, but then... I don't even know how it happened. Okay - I'm overreacting. It's not like I've done anything bad or that anyone's hurt, or that I lost the secret map to the hidden treasure that was going to make me rich beyond my wildest dreams... but... Continue Reading →
At The Gate Is Going On Tour
There's less than a week left until At The Gate is released and to get everyone in the mood for the scariest book they'll read all fall, R&R Book Tours is taking my book on a tour! Head over to R&R Book Tours (http://rrbooktours.com) to get the full overview, see the official blurb, and get... Continue Reading →
5 Reasons to Work on Multiple Projects – The Benefits of Divided Attention
Let me ask you a question - do you work on multiple creative projects at the same time, or do you have a sole focus from start to finish? A friend of mine asked me this question recently, and we realized we're in completely different camps on the matter. I'm definitely in the former. Currently... Continue Reading →
I Need To Do Something Else
Do you ever sit down with the urge and motivation write and then... nothing happens? I'm not talking about writer's block—at least I don't think I am. I feel like writer's block is the inability to put words down on the page, when you can't drive the story forward and don't know how to continue.... Continue Reading →
ARC Readers Wanted!
My psychological horror novel At The Gate is coming out this year - releasing this fall - and we're close to sharing some very exciting news: the official cover reveal and the date for pre-orders! But before that, I want to offer you one last chance to get an early copy! Interested in receiving an... Continue Reading →
I’m Taking A Break
Will I ever write again? My wife and I are currently staying away at a cabin by the sea, somewhere on the Western coast of Norway. It's a family cabin, a place we've spent a lot of time when we were younger, a place we used to call home, and we're so lucky we got... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Never, ever, read this book. Here's a fun fact: we don't have required reading in Norway (at least we didn't in the 90's where I grew up). That's not to say I didn't have to read things, I just didn't have to read loads of old books from some arbitrary, outdated list. But I'm trying... Continue Reading →
Finishing a Book & Not Knowing What To Do With Yourself
Ever read a book and felt a wave of sadness wash over you as you realize it's over and you can never relive that adventure in quite the same way again? Apparently that happens when you write books too. I just finished a novel I started in November. It was supposed to be last years... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Animal Farm by George Orwell
A definite must read — especially in this day and age. A few years ago, the only thing I knew about George Orwell was that he'd written 1984, and that it was about the government surveilling its citizens or something. So when I came across a cheap paperback copy of it in Oslo airport a... Continue Reading →