Jason Haskins

A small sample about "Of Snow Forts and Santa", NaNoWriMo updates, and more.

Fourteen years of living within walking distance of the Boise River Greenbelt, and it has been only over the last 15 months I truly began...

Under most circumstances, these opening paragraphs are devoted to insight, thoughts, or memories. Perhaps even an excerpt from a novel or...

The path is stamped down from years of use. The exploration of memory lane over the years, whether on this site or The Journey of Now...

Recently, I completed a short story that I submitted for consideration to a competition. Sad to say it wasn't selected. However, because...

Tumbleweeds swiftly rolled through the website the last couple of months. By that regard, it was in April the last update was provided....

Shortly after the release of The Blue Gem (Book 1 in the Magic of Crieo series) back in March of 2018, I began work on its follow-up, The...

Every now and then, I've been known to take a trip down memory lane. This provides an opportunity to check in with the past, regarding...

Sleepwalk (they say) All up in the headspace and looking for the doldrums to be rattled loose. Or are they cobwebs that need to be blown...

Under normal circumstances, a recap of 2020 and a new goal list for 2021 would occupy this space. While I did achieve certain aspects of...

Do you remember the last event you attended in a large gathering? Was it to see a play? Was it to attend a concert or sporting event? For...

In a short few weeks, with the calendar flipped to November, the first anniversary for Of Snow Forts and Santa will enter the universe....

To pass the time, hiking has entered the picture. Namely, over the last few months, walks distancing anywhere from one to five miles...

These characters were my best friends, my mentors, and my enemies, many of which still rattle around in my brain to this day.

Paint, colored deep red, was fresh, evident by the bottoms of the letters trailing down in small streaks towards the bottom.

"The Dragon Slayer" will complete the initial series of fantasy novels, which began with 2014's "The Dragon Princess".

Rainy days have always soothed me in many ways, especially in the cooler autumn months. On this Saturday in June, there is a certain...

Musings on Idaho Gives 2020 and Alley Repertory Theater

Pause. Breathe. Two words that carry weight on any normal day. The last six weeks plus have taught us that much as we pause on a sense of...

"It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times." ~ The Simpsons, season 4 episode 17. The world is quiet. Welcome to the new...