Good news, everyone! As of today I have officially wrapped recording for the audiobook version of Gift of the Shaper! It took me just over a month to do everything — installing sound dampening material in my “studio” (below), putting up the microphone, doing all the voices, and doing multiple takes for those times where…
When my alma mater, Bellevue University, decided to do an interview with me about Gift of the Shaper, I was over the moon. Most of you who know me personally know that, besides the Jessica Alba incident, I haven’t really gotten much publicity. There are a lot of factors behind it (mostly because I’m doing…
Writing a Book? Here’s Where to Start One of the questions that I get asked the most is “what advice do you have for someone trying to write a book?” My answer is almost always some variation of “the only way to write a book is to write a book.” And by that I mean,…
Autism Speaks Charity Walk (April 14) Hi everyone! On April 14, I’ll be participating in the Bay Area charity walk for Autism Speaks. It’s is an incredible organization that does some really impactful work including awareness, outreach, and treatment of autism. On a global scale, autism affects over 24 million people (almost 1 in 1,000) and…
I’m two weeks into the launch of my Epic Fantasy Gift of the Shaper and I couldn’t be happier. If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll know that not only is it my first book, but that I’m also well into writing the sequel. I meant it when I labeled Gift of the Shaper as “Book one…
D.L. Jennings Does Houston Hi everyone! If you were looking for 86 minutes to kill — like if you have a long car ride, or you need to cook 86 packages of minute rice — I did an interview with Ken Webster, Jr., who hosts Pursuit of Happiness Radio based out of Houston. Lucky for…
A good character needs a good name Above all, I’ve always loved coming up with names. Whenever I sit down to write, I always try to fit the name to the character/person I’m writing. In one sense, the name becomes the character: you hear it, and picture them in your head. You couldn’t imagine George R.R. Martin’s…
