The Official Blog of A. E. Costello

The Muse: Writing Life

I remember the first time I heard of a muse mentioned in relation to writing. I had no idea what this woman was talking about. A muse? A fantasy deity that inspires writing? And she only wrote when the muse visited her, and didn’t write unless she was inspired? What surprised me even more was…

On Writer’s Block

Writer’s Block, in the way I define it is when I’m staring at a blank white page, and no words come to mind. I’ll be on my laptop, fingers poised on the keys to write, and my fingers don’t twitch. I can have my pen in my hand, ready to write on paper, and…

Work In Progress – Zak Pittman (Untitled)

The novel I am currently working on has no title, so the WIP is going by the name of its main character, Zak Pittman. This book has come a long way. When I originally thought of it, the story was about a boy named Zakariya Pittman, a poor young adult necromancer sorcerer who didn’t…

The Journey Begins

My debut novel, The Other Side, took eight years to write due to lack of motivation, procrastination, poor decision making, lack of wise time management, and a lot of writer’s block. Yet, on September 12, 2018, The Other Side arrived onto Amazon, available for e-book and paperback. So many emotions ran through me on that…

A.E.C on Writing

Writing isn’t easy, and as a writer, I’d like to share some of the things I go through while writing, or my writing process, or any ideas I have about making writing easier. Just a writer talking about writing.

The Other Side

The Other Side is A. E. Costello’s debut novel, available now on Amazon in e-book and paperback. It is a Christian urban supernatural fiction novel. Jaxon “Xon” Reeves is a black Christian teen growing up in a small Georgian town. He’s doing good at school, has a girlfriend his parents and his church approve of,…