I wrote Broken for me, but published it for you for a number of reasons. First, psychological speaking, this is all very cool. Second, my children have suffered from my conditions and my only goal is to help them and undo the damage I have caused. This ties into my third reason: I hope others […]
Another Sea
I dreamed last night. It wasn’t a nightmare, but… The feeling it evoked is still with me. Like I laid down in a garden with him and there was peace. And I loved him, pure and simple. I loved him so completely in that moment and then forever. I was camping with my family. My […]
Official Diagnoses and Overview
3:53 in the morning. Goddamn the muse. I’ve had one REM cycle—I forgot to take my medication for nightmares tonight—and I can’t sleep. I know I’ll crash and pay for this later. I have Nala in my lap. A stuffed lioness cub I cling to like a child when I sleep. I can’t let her […]
Inkett Fantasy Contest
Fantasy writing contest “Hither and Thither” is open for submissions at Inkitt! Inkitt is a free writing platform that aims to help writers achieve their fullest potential. On July 13th the site launched a new Fantasy writing contest: Hither and Thither Submit your best original fantasy fiction stories of any length. As always, there is […]
Looking back to “Broken”
These are a series of emails exchanged with an ARC reader. As Broken is being launched, the therapy doesn’t pause. I want to show you a few things with these emails. First, this is what it looks like to be a writer. Second, this is the internal struggle I am dealing with even now. […]
ARC praises sung for “Broken”
This is what Joshua Robertson has said about “Broken” Broken is worthy of a reward. Chrysler has an uncanny ability to capture what most people have no concept of understanding. This is the type of literature that social workers and psychologists are forced to read during their internships to give them some understanding of what […]
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me? I’m dying inside? There’s war outside. Can you hear me? All around me are horizons. Everywhere I look, horizons. And I wonder, what’s beyond those hills? I dream of what my life could be. I dream of what my life should be. I dream of worlds beyond me. All around me […]
The End of the Trail by Louis Rakovich
The End of the Trail by Louis Rakovich About the Author: Louis Rakovich writes sometimes-fantastical literary fiction. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Bartleby Snopes, The Fiction Desk, Criminal Element, Spark: A Creative Anthology, Bad Dream Entertainment, Phobos Magazine and other places. He grew up in Jerusalem, Israel, and currently lives in […]
How big is big?
This post is to answer the one question many authors have asked me. Also, I am a visual learner and don’t get what 500 pages “looks” like. So this is me, showing all of you how big Dolor and Shadow really is! For this comparison I am using Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind […]
Broken Timeline
“Broken” timeline After completing the first of two final edits for Dolor and Shadow, I began work on my next project, Bane. I made it three chapters into Bane, when another project—a more emotionally demanding project—came to mind. When the words are ready, they flow and “Broken” poured out of me. 7 March 2015 – […]