Where dark clouds form
This indie writer aims to please with his eclectic library, offering an assortment of subjects. He taps into pains from his past as well as the current joys in his life, blending them into tales that are both dark and touching. Dan delves into his own life experiences; his factory jobs, his time working on a psychiatric ward, his time in the Navy, all of the places he has lived and people he’s known to make the worlds he creates seem more real. When you read one of his works, you are actually reading a piece of him.
From an early age Daniel showed great creativity; telling tall tales to classmates in elementary school, and collecting nuts and bolts, nails and screws with the intent of building a robot. His mother fostered his proposal by saving the ingredients in a jar for him that he still possesses. The robot never quite worked out, but he continued to create, draw, and write.
Dan’s first stab at publication was an epic poem involving vampires and werewolves that received no favorable response. Instead of giving up he once again subjected himself to the heartbreaking process of submission and rejection with a screenplay. The movie was set in a world where every nefarious creature that goes bump in the night existed, everything the viewer had ever seen previously on screen, or read in books that scared them was real. It followed a shell-shocked soldier on a quest through this reality where living nightmares were commonplace to save the love of his life. A producer’s eye was caught who then signed Dan to an option deal. Ultimately the project never came to fruition, the intrepid writer refused to give up.
Elements of the script became his first novel, Life Among the Dead. The daunting procedure of sending out queries was mounted, bringing back only negative feedback. Dan tried to get his feet wet, add some credibility to his craft, he started to submit short stories to magazines, but even the periodicals with circulations of under fifty ignored him. A new plan was conceived, he decided to self-publish. Finally, people are able to access his stories through many different means.
In retrospect he understands why his earlier ventures failed, the works were not as polished as they should have been, as they are now. Perhaps one day he will try again, for now he is happy to be an independent author. The titles listed on the home page of this site are just the tip of the iceberg, over the next couple of years you can expect to see the selection double. For Dan writing has become a form of self-preservation, each book was written while working in a factory, and the only way he can combat the repetitive nature of his job. He escapes into fantasies and scenarios where he can be a hero, and he can be a villain. Almost every character holds of part of him; how he sees himself, how he wishes he can be, and what he fears becoming.
If you haven’t already, give one of his books a try and drop him a line. Nothing makes a writer happier than seeing new reviews or hearing a readers thoughts.
Want to ask Daniel a question? Join his Q&A group on Goodreads.
From an early age Daniel showed great creativity; telling tall tales to classmates in elementary school, and collecting nuts and bolts, nails and screws with the intent of building a robot. His mother fostered his proposal by saving the ingredients in a jar for him that he still possesses. The robot never quite worked out, but he continued to create, draw, and write.
Dan’s first stab at publication was an epic poem involving vampires and werewolves that received no favorable response. Instead of giving up he once again subjected himself to the heartbreaking process of submission and rejection with a screenplay. The movie was set in a world where every nefarious creature that goes bump in the night existed, everything the viewer had ever seen previously on screen, or read in books that scared them was real. It followed a shell-shocked soldier on a quest through this reality where living nightmares were commonplace to save the love of his life. A producer’s eye was caught who then signed Dan to an option deal. Ultimately the project never came to fruition, the intrepid writer refused to give up.
Elements of the script became his first novel, Life Among the Dead. The daunting procedure of sending out queries was mounted, bringing back only negative feedback. Dan tried to get his feet wet, add some credibility to his craft, he started to submit short stories to magazines, but even the periodicals with circulations of under fifty ignored him. A new plan was conceived, he decided to self-publish. Finally, people are able to access his stories through many different means.
In retrospect he understands why his earlier ventures failed, the works were not as polished as they should have been, as they are now. Perhaps one day he will try again, for now he is happy to be an independent author. The titles listed on the home page of this site are just the tip of the iceberg, over the next couple of years you can expect to see the selection double. For Dan writing has become a form of self-preservation, each book was written while working in a factory, and the only way he can combat the repetitive nature of his job. He escapes into fantasies and scenarios where he can be a hero, and he can be a villain. Almost every character holds of part of him; how he sees himself, how he wishes he can be, and what he fears becoming.
If you haven’t already, give one of his books a try and drop him a line. Nothing makes a writer happier than seeing new reviews or hearing a readers thoughts.
Want to ask Daniel a question? Join his Q&A group on Goodreads.