Stu Jones's Blog

I'm a big time superhero fanboy and I make no bones about it. Marvel is typically home base for me, but I'm open minded when DC, Image, or Dark Horse does something worth checking out. Having just finishedthe rough draft of my very ownsuperhero origin story, I am in a serious super-powered mindset as of late. In developing my own supers and in wanting themto be unique,thisparticular writing journey has forced me to make a very difficult determination(like choosing your favorite child,

I'm a big time superhero fanboy and I make no bones about it. Marvel is typically home base for me, but I'm open minded when DC, Image, or Dark Horse does something worth checking out. Having just finished��the rough draft of my very own��superhero origin story, I am in a serious super-powered mindset as of late. In developing my own supers and in wanting them��to be unique,��this��particular writing journey has forced me to make a very difficult determination(like choosing your favorite chil...

I'm a big time superhero fanboy and I make no bones about it. Marvel is typically home base for me, but I'm open minded when DC, Image, or Dark Horse does something worth checking out. Having just finished��the rough draft of my very own��superhero origin story, I am in a serious super-powered mindset as of late. In developing my own supers and in wanting them��to be unique,��this��particular writing journey has forced me to make a very difficult determination(like choosing your favorite chil...

Authors need gushing five-star reviews of their hard work tovalidate them. Does this come as a surprise to anybody? I didn't think so. Receiving that sort of praise feels great - but is expecting it realistic? Okay, folks, buckle in because this one might sting. A good friend, SWAT teammate and fellow LEO was once instructing our team on tactics and our ability to get the mission done. He said something that stuck with me; a mantra that I carry with myself to this very day, in every

Authors need gushing five-star reviews of their hard work to��validate them. Does this come as a surprise to anybody? I didn't think so. Receiving that sort of praise feels great - but is expecting it realistic? Okay, folks, buckle in because this one might sting. A good friend, SWAT teammate and fellow LEO was once instructing our team on tactics and our ability to get the mission done. He said something that stuck with me; a mantra that I carry with myself to this very day, in every

It's not actually the mountain that kills you. It's you that kills you. Slowly, with each passing moment, you are theinsidious murderer of yourlife's goals and dreams. Is this a shock to anyone? All the early mornings or late nights, the days where you need to get work done but have no idea how to make it happen, the seasons when you're just too beat down, or there's simply not enough time in the day for your passion. No matter how strong of an individual you are, fatigue getsthe bestof us

It's not actually the mountain that kills you. It's you that kills you. Slowly, with each passing moment, you are the��insidious murderer of your��life's goals and dreams. Is this a shock to anyone? All the early mornings or late nights, the days where you need to get work done but have no idea how to make it happen, the seasons when you're just too beat down, or there's simply not enough time in the day for your passion. No matter how strong of an individual you are, fatigue gets��the best��...

It's not actually the mountain that kills you. It's you that kills you. Slowly��and with each passing moment, you are the��insidious murderer of your�� life's goals and dreams. Is this a shock to anyone? All the early mornings or late nights, the days where you need to get work done but have no idea what you're supposed to be doing, the seasons when there's simply not enough time in the day for your passion. No matter how strong of an individual you are, fatigue gets��the best��of us all��soo...

It's not actually the mountain that kills you. It's you that kills you.��You are your own insidious killer. No matter how well you plan, or��what steps you take��to be prepared for every��contengency, fatigue gets the best��of us all��sooner or later. It's how you choose to weather that fatigue that counts. Do you let it destroy you? Do you allow��it choke��the light from��your dream? Many do. The picture above was from Marksman Observer school in March of 2015. A hazy gray photo of a��lone s...

This is a tough one for me to learn. I've had my social slip up's. I've posted or shared stuff I shouldn't have. It can be hugely tempting sometimes. I, like many others, have been lulled into the belief that social media offers us a safe spacewhere even people who feel differentlywill try to understand us when we vent our raw opinions, frustration, or bias. It's not, and they won't. If anything, the ease ofmaking these statements to a virtual audience, instead of someone's face, is dangerous...