book – Jonathon Mast: Author

Are You a Dragon?

It started with a book. A friend left a book for me. PLenty of my friends know I love older oddities, and this was certainly one. The book looked ancient, with a weird title: How to Be a Dragon. No author listed. No publication data. Just… a book. And the content of that book? ItContinue reading “Are You a Dragon?”

Too Close

Well, I’m journaling now. About a month ago I started therapy. There’s a lot going on in my messed-up head, and I was finally convinced to go to therapy to get some help. And it’s been good. I don’t know that it’s directly helping yet—we’ve just gotten started after all—but I’m finding the time worthContinue reading “Too Close”

The Problem with Fast Writing

I write fairly quickly, averaging about 40,000 words a month. There are definitely writers that pen their opuses much more quickly, but I’d say I’m still working at a decent speed. That’s good. Most of the novels I write are about 40,000 words, so I can put out about a novel a month. But there’sContinue reading “The Problem with Fast Writing”

So Excited

And I just can’t hide it! Look, I’ve done this before. I should be over it by now. I gotta check my email again. Nope. Still nothing. So for the last few years I’ve almost exclusively focused on self-publishing. That means that, for the most part, I get to move at my own speed. IContinue reading “So Excited”

One Little Detail

My wife sat beside me in worship, and she did it again. She repeated the same thing that first drew my attention to her so many years ago. It was a little thing. Her roommate and my roommate were going out. They invited the two of us to join them on a trip to theContinue reading “One Little Detail”