A PRELUDE TO ERIDUL
Charlie Saves
Christmas
An eleven-year-old girl finds herself in a world of perpetual twilight, where her arrival could change everything.
Discover the bookAUTHOR · MUSICIAN · STORYTELLER
A life
in stories.
I write novels for adults and children and make music, film and audio drama. My new novel, A Use for Good Men, draws on my service as a Navy chaplain with the Marines in Iraq.
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From the page to the screen to your headphones.Meet Daniel
01 / THE WRITTEN WORD
Literary suspense & imagined worlds
LITERARY PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE
A Use for
Good Men
In 2003, Sam Artell was a Navy chaplain with the Marines in Iraq, the man they found when they needed someone to hear what they could tell no one else.
Nineteen years later, a defense contractor wants the software he built to help veterans find work, and the executive behind the deal was waiting at the end of the worst road of Sam’s war.
Elsewhere, a little more magic.
THE CHRONICLES OF ERIDUL
Charlie Saves
THE CHRONICLES OF ERIDUL · BOOK ONE
Cassie and
the Spectral Shade
A scholarship to an elite arts school draws Cassie into a mystery where her talent can open the way between worlds.
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Released as Daniel M NicholsThere’s a song
in there, too.
Original songs and EPs.
Another way to tell a story.
Four songs for the season.
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A four-song EP.
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A single featuring Sawyer Greene and Beth Yadon.
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When I Dream of Christmas
From Christmas 411.
03 / ON SCREEN
Music, service & the people behind the storyMILITARY TO MEDICINE
NEW
AMERICAN
COUNTRY
In Tribute to the Military WifeAMERICAN
COUNTRY
A TRIBUTE THROUGH MUSIC
For those
who serve.
And those
beside them.
Military to Medicine: New American Country in Tribute to the Military Wife is a 2011 music film honoring military spouses and the families who serve alongside them.
Daniel conceived the film, served as its executive producer and wrote several of its songs. He also brings musicians together for Patriot Day Live.
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Road to the Stage
Daniel’s monthly documentary follows a two-year journey toward a bodybuilding stage: the training, the small gains, the uncertainty, and the life around it.
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05 / NOW BUILDING
Apps for health & relationshipsTools for the
long work.
Two apps about the slow, honest work
of getting stronger and staying close.
PHYSICAL PROGRESS
A private, evidence-first record for physical goals. Log progress in conversation, follow the trend instead of one noisy day, and see what the work makes possible.
Visit WithMightRELATIONSHIPS
Each partner answers a foundational questionnaire on their own. CouplesCheck returns individual scores and insights, plus a side-by-side comparison to help you understand each other.
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Hello.
I’m Daniel.
Author, musician, former Navy chaplain.
Always a storyteller.
I served as a Navy chaplain with the Marines in Iraq in 2003. Since then I’ve written novels for adults and children, recorded music, executive produced a film and created audio drama with Good Ham Productions.
I started HappyGoLukky with my family and co-founded Good Ham Productions. These days I’m also building WithMight and CouplesCheck.
- Awards
- Best Director, 2021 New Jersey WebFest, for HappyGoLukky, which also won Outstanding Fantasy
- Service
- Navy Reserve chaplain for more than sixteen years
- Published
- Deployment letters in Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan
- Education
- MA in Counseling and MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary; MBA, University of Maryland