Ever since I have released this series, when people ask me about it and I tell them that it has an anti-bullying premise to it, they always praise me and say that it’s a wonderful idea that more stories should focus on. The problem is that it’s a lie, a good portion of stories at … Read more

So we have already discussed a theory behind the psychological elements involved in bullying, but let’s examine the life of a person who might bully others. It is said that hurt people, hurt people. This is a very true statement. Within psychology it is a well known fact that many of the people who harm … Read more

Coping skills are things commonly brought up within therapy and are necessary when dealing with negative emotions. A coping skill can easily be defined as how you deal with a negative emotion. These skills can be both positive and negative. An example of a negative coping skill would be someone punching the wall if they … Read more

In full honesty, this is the form of bullying that truly makes me sick to my stomach. When you see someone picking on a person with a mental disability, you can see a great deal about them. Not only does it show a significant level of insensitivity and ignorance, but also shows an issue with … Read more

A fall from grace, it’s something nobody wants to experience and something people usually don’t want to witness either. Despite that, it’s still something we see all the time. This is what happens to Cheyanne in the third book of the Adventures of Silver Dove series, Chasing the Sprinter. She was at the top in … Read more

On TV it is very common to have a shy character who gets picked on. Why is that? Because we can relate to it, that’s why! This is something that all of us have experience with. Whether we were the ones experiencing it, observing it, or perpetrating it. There is nothing wrong with shyness, this … Read more

As anyone who has read my series, the Adventures of Silver Dove, can tell you, it has a huge focus on bullying. There are hundreds of programs dedicated to ending bullying within schools, but still the problem remains. If we put all this effort into ending this problem, then why is it not working? What … Read more

When and how did you get interested in art? “I was interested in art when I was in Kindergarten because we would do all of these arts and crafts and my mom and dad would put them on the wall and fridge and then the teachers would put the stuff they kept in these little … Read more

Ever since I first released the Adventures of Silver Dove series, people have been asking me how I came up with the idea, so here is the honest truth. For practically my entire childhood, I was picked on mercilessly. A good portion of the time I didn’t want to go to school because I didn’t … Read more

Out of all my writings so far, Death’s Assistant has been the darkest subject wise. I started coming up with the plot line when I was in middle school, and it was even darker then than what was later released. Several of the people who have read these stories have wondered how I came up … Read more