Why Are We Here?

Aspiring authors & independent publishers,

You’re in the right place.

Exciting changes are coming your way:

• We’re focusing this new website on writing and publishing: yours, mine, and others. Come back often as we’ll be adding resources I’m sure you’ll find of value in your own literary efforts
• You’ll see reviews of my favorite books by lesser-known authors (like me, maybe you), including my favorite books on the craft of writing and the business of publishing. Some will surprise you
• And for all you aspiring authors, hang with other authors in a new community called UpLife Press. Why UpLife? Because we are embracing and pressing a fresh new direction: upgrades to life! After all, why should we treat our cars or our houses better than our own bodies? Especially our own minds? Think healthy candy for the brain…

Hang onto your britches, kids. We are in for an exhilarating ride together!

Do you dare to flex your open mind, the most important muscle in your body?  

These are busy and exciting times!

My name is GK Jurrens. I am an author and independent publisher of contemporary thrillers and science fiction, a poet, an avid reader, publisher, and a starry-eyed dreamer of all things possible.

I am an itinerant vagabond who lives and travels North America in a bus much of the time with my lifelong partner and fellow wanderer. Color us inspired. If all things RV turn you on, click here.

When called for, I also love to teach writing and independent publishing (authorpreneurship). Helping other writers yields almost as much joy for me as watching my own words flow magically onto the page.

So if you’re looking for a shortcut to some of my articles on solid writing and publishing tips, click here.

Or navigate to my Writing & Publishing blog on this site here.

I’m a researcher by training which means I love to learn and teach. My books are fun to read, but may also contain a few pearls of wisdom. You judge.

 “Dream big. Set goals. Take action. Reading and writing are like life… the journey is the destination.” – GK Jurrens

Exclusive to my Twitter followers, I also curate and publish a daily newsletter on writing good fiction and highlighting the work of others, including book reviews, eclectic videos and book trailers. If you like the sound of that, click here.

When you read one of my books I wish you to consider a little different perspective when you set the book down than when you picked it up. I want your readers to feel the same way when they read yours.

Thanks for stopping by and for looking around. Check back often. Better yet, subscribe to my email list. See you soon, my virtual friends.

Gene