Munky MindJ. Parrish Lewis was born and raised in Maryland. In his youth there, he and his brother had many adventures in the dogwood forests near his home. His nostalgia for these adventures has strongly influenced his characters, their relationships, and their perspective on the world they inhabit. He moved to California’s coast to earn his degree in communications and now lives with his family in the San Joaquin Valley. Lewis is profoundly deaf and uses American Sign Language to communicate. He enjoys hazelnut coffee, captioned movies, and walking his dog.
Dear Goblin, I have a bathroom scale that I think doesn’t like me. No overt violence so I don’t think it’s evil; just a temperament difference I guess. Since you ingest toys, I thought maybe you’d like my scale, or maybe Feed the Goblins or a Goblinwill I can drop it off at. It would…
Dear Goblin, My kid’s driving me nuts! He doesn’t seem to be capable of remembering to put away his toys after he plays with them. I find myself constantly stepping on one of his little racecars, barefoot, while walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night! Why they’re in the hallway, I have…
Need advice from a Goblin? Look no further. (Really, don’t. Goblins can sense when your attention is slipping away elsewhere, and they don’t like it.) Dear Goblin is exactly the advice guru you need when you’re search for questionable, yet interesting advice that may or may not result in your turning into a mushroom. Dear…
Who knew that you could squash the vile hopes of dark-hearted pixies at the same time as you entertain yourself reading The Goblin Road, now with the cost of a measly 99 cents?(I did, actually, but I don’t want to come off as a know-it all, so I won’t say this aloud. Parentheses, after all,…
For a time, I began to feel that the half-written sequel would stay a half-written sequel, getting dusty in my computer until old age, or until the file format is no longer one that any computer can read. Recently I’ve recommitted myself to this effort, because I do care about this story and I do…
Libraries and bookstores aren’t dead, yet. I’m saddened to believe, however, that it’s inevitable. Last time I was in a bookstore, the e-book section had expanded. There were e-book readers you could buy, and there were computer stations with e-book listings that you could order for download. Basically it seems you could walk out of…
Resolutions. People either love them or hate them. I’m not going to bother looking for research on the stats of what percentage of people keep the resolutions they set for a new year. Most, by now, seem to skip making resolutions and say “I don’t make them because I never keep them” or “I don’t…
I like to read stories that transport me to another place and time. Do you do the same? This is probably why I started writing again two years ago, filling my own tale with trolls and sprites and goblins. Though I am not yet a success as a writer, at least by my own definition,…
Would you believe… This weekend I printed the entire book for the first time, in its complete and final form? Over a year after it came out in self-published books? Yeah, I’m odd like that. When you self-publish, you can do it all electronically. Plus, I’m stingy regarding ink and paper.