Albigensia Press

09/10/2026

So my recent novel's finished, the race is run, and it's submitted for publication. Now what? I think to myself, "I should finally get around to publishing that sci-fi novel I wrote back in 2020." Then I read Chapter 1. My first thought is, "I wrote this and I can barely understand what's going on!"

So my recent novel’s finished, the race is run, and it’s submitted for publication. Now what? I think to myself, “I should finally get around to publishing that sci-fi novel I wro…

09/09/2026

I just finished an entire novel in ten days. I was stunned when I looked up at the calendar, checked when I started it... yup, 51,305 words in 10 #*$ days! Wow! That's on average ten hours every day. I have never, ever accomplished that before. Whoo!

I just finished an entire novel in ten days. I was stunned when I looked up at the calendar, checked when I started it… yup, 51,305 words in 10 #*$ days! Wow! That’s on average ten …

09/08/2026

How does evil exist with a just god? Because God gives us the free will to make the wrong decision. (Trust me, this is not a theology post.) So I find a real cool story idea, I follow it down its logical progression, and then realize... woah, there is no good solution to this problem, that I created!

How does evil exist with a just god? Because God gives us the free will to make the wrong decision. (Trust me, this is not a theology post.) So I find a real cool story idea, I follow it down its l…

09/03/2026

Weep for the advertiser who has to sell the impossible. When you have to sell "air," or where there is no actual discernable product to give the customer, what do you have to go on? In this case, sheer volume.

Weep for the advertiser who has to sell the impossible. When you have to sell “air,” or where there is no actual discernable product to give the customer, what do you have to go on? In …

09/01/2026

So when you heard the radio ad for Spectrum that explains how their lightning fast home internet can keep up with a family where everyone's online, you start asking questions. It's a five-second part of a bigger ad, but I do have to ask, "Who watches knitting streams?"

08/31/2026

How on Earth Did I Get Through This?

Well, I did it. I completed another novel. However, these 60k words were some of the hardest to pummel through, and I think the answer was where I started: "sci-fi romance." When you're having to blend two genres together, you double the expectations, and double the headache. Each genre has its defined and careful rules that the audience expects from it....

08/28/2026

In the Talmud, there's a story where a rich woman asks the rabbi, "So if God created the world in six days, what has He been doing since then?" The answer is "making matches." The rich woman thinks this is easy and gets her slaves and immediately makes them couple with each other. The next day, they're begging her to change their matches, and she realizes, "Praise be the Lord, who does miracles."

In the Talmud, there’s a story where a rich woman asks the rabbi, “So if God created the world in six days, what has He been doing since then?” The answer was “making matche…

08/27/2026

I've always loved maps. It makes you feel like God, your eyes hovering and controlling everything you survey. However, when you actually have to consider "how do I get from A to B," the map makes it look too easy. Suddenly you find yourself in a dead end with no way to get out.

I’ve always loved maps. It makes you feel like God, your eyes hovering and controlling everything you survey. However, when you actually have to consider “how do I get from A to B,& #822…

08/25/2026

All of us has experienced the unrequited romance. You're attracted to someone who for whatever reason doesn't love you back. Timing is a stone-cold bitch when it comes to romance. So when you write that, it's easy to remember what that felt like. But how do you bring it back?

08/24/2026

You saw this coming a mile away. The second the guy entered the room, you knew that the girl would fall for him. There was an energy that couldn't be ignored. If only she would get out her own way... that's the story trope for most romance novels.

You saw this coming a mile away. The second the guy entered the room, you knew that the girl would fall for him. There was an energy that couldn’t be ignored. If only she would get out her ow…