The Muse

It’s funny how an author’s love and inspiration come and go. Here’s the deal: I’m 80% in on the rough draft of a story about the Old West and zombies, a story that I was in love with from the jump, and now I absolute hate the story. I don’t hate that it’s poorly written

100 Mile Out Gear

“Imagine you’re out at the furthest location that you frequent and every thing goes dark… actually go out there and get outa the car. Now, how will I get home and what will I need ? What will I encounter along the way? how many bad actors will I be faced with? Where’s my resupply

The Creative Mind

Look, a blog post! I know, I know, I’ve been slacking. In fact, that’s what this blog post is about. Having a creative mind brings both a freedom that cannot be explained and a sense of being imprisoned. You see, there are plenty of projects that I want to begin working on but there is

As the host of Prepper Nation on YouTube, John began prepping in 2012 after a tornado ransacked his hometown. It was a wake-up call finding himself with a wife, small children, and no access to electricity, water, or even food. He spent the following year reading up on doomsday prepping and began putting the knowledge

The Passion to Write

So, in starting up the Sleepy Writer Podcast, I’ve really found the passion to write again. It’s not that I ever really “lost” the passion, but life is life, things get busy and before you know it there are a million other things you need to do first. I’m still super busy (who isn’t), there

1/1/2021 – It’s officially a go. Preliminary work has started on a collaborative tabletop RPG and it has an official name: Earthworld. There’s no official art as of yet and we’ve made it as far as brainstorming onto stacks of notebook paper. It’s a process, folks. What I can tell you is that we plan

Wokeness & Opportunity

Look, a post! Yes folks, I know it’s long overdue and many of you believe I have moved on to greener pastures – the whole YouTube deal. Well, though YouTube is great and I truly love hosting Prepper Nation, at the end of the day I’m still a writer. That will never change. Let’s talk

Writing

See folks, I didn’t forget about this website/blog! I wanted to ramble for a few minutes on a couple of developments here at The Ponderosa. First, I am now working with Arkhaven Comics in an official capacity. For those who aren’t familiar, they’re a smaller comics imprint comprised of writers that’ve broken away from DC

Cell Block C

Yes everyone, YouTube has formally banned me from posting on Prepper Nation for the week and my release date is nearing. My crime? When talking about the vaccine I said “do your own research” – nothing more. After being hit with the YouTube strike I thought I would appeal this nonsense but nope, my “lawyers”

The Future

Well folks, it has been a very strange month. I finally earned my degree, which is awesome (except the part where I have to pay for it now), and I thought it would free up ample time to write. It hasn’t. Honestly, I have plenty of stories in my head and will continue to write

I’m Done!

I am officially finished with college! Done! Finito! It feels strange blogging here on the writing blog (that I haven’t blogged on forever) because it has been such a whirlwind handful of years. I mean, I’m officially a historian, we saw the Covid-19 rear its nasty head, and my once ragamuffin YouTube channel has exploded