Be sure to read to the end of this blog because I would love your feedback on my latest cover and I reveal the reason behind my lack of recent releases... Let's get started:
Be sure to read to the end of this blog because I would love your feedback on my latest cover and I reveal the reason behind my lack of recent releases... Let's get started:
While I've been celebrating the release of EverMage: Clash of Chaos, I just had to let you guys know about more exciting events that I'm taking part in this month!
When I wrote the first draft of EverMage back in 2011, I had no idea that it would end up being one of my bestselling novels - selling over 12,000 copies and generating over 2.5 million pagereads through Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program, and being featured as a Deal of the Month on Amazon back in 2015.
Our favorite space engineer, Skye, goes on her first away mission deep into enemy territory in The Vorian Incursion. This sequel takes place soon after the events of The Engineer's Escape and is the second installment in The Swallowtail Voyages. For those of you who are just now learning about this series, here's the premise:
You guys are awesome at helping me make tough decisions. When my illustrator sends over three amazing sketches, I have a hard time choosing. Take a look at the sketches below and vote in the poll to let me know which one you like best. If you have additional feedback, ideas, or suggestions, feel free […]
One of the most difficult aspects of being a full-time writer is sticking to self-set deadlines. Looking back at my planned release schedule for 2016 makes me laugh...And it's not a case of me looking at a blank page and saying "This looks like a job for future me," either. It's more of a case […]
I've been working with an amazing illustrator who has designed an awesome piece of artwork to represent the EverMage series. Though the previous cover has served me well, I created it at a time when there just wasn't a budget for custom illustrations of this caliber and I've learned that how my work is perceived is greatly […]
I've just finished updating my series, Soul Breaker. After a bit of fiddling, I've turned a 9 part short story series into 3 nicely-paced novellas and have dropped the price to give everyone a better value for their money. I feel that releasing such a long story in so many parts scared away a few potential readers, […]
I'm very pleased to announce that my first full-length YA Fantasy novel, Game ALive, is up on Amazon. Up until this point, I've focused on short stories, and branching out into longer material has been a great experience with regards to getting more in-depth with character development and world building. It's also been great having an […]
This is my first post on the site in a while, but I've been busy working on a few short stories as well as my first full-length novel which will hopefully be ready for publishing by December to January. Here are my new short stories: EverMage: Of Swords and Magic Mithris, a naive wizard's apprentice […]
August has been a very exciting time for me as an independent author. I managed to produce over 25 new pieces of writing and sell over 3,400 copies of my works across all of my pen names. The number still blows my mind. Especially given that I spent the first two weeks of August on […]
Zombies are so much fun work with in a story. There's a tremendous amount of material to draw inspiration from, but because the monster is an embodiment of something so primal, the fear of death, it's pretty open as to what exactly the zombies can and can't do in a story. In my latest story, […]
August has been my best-selling month ever, with almost 70 published titles across Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and, most recently, Kobo. It's been an exciting experience watching my daily average of sales take off as I steadily write and publish. It's truly an amazing time to be a writer. For the first time in history, […]
After seeing such awesome results in July, I've been throwing everything I've got into writing and publishing new works for August. Last month was my largest month yet as far as book sales go, netting me over $5000, but I'm pushing myself to outperform July even though I was on vacation for a week of […]
I just completed and published my first collection of scary stories. My aim was to start a series that will be enjoyable to read for a wide range of ages in the spirit of Alvin Schwartz and his amazing collection titled Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I loved reading his book when I should […]
When I woke up this morning, I was pleased to discover that Amazon had published latest short story, Throne of the Sea. I had a lot of fun with this one and plan on building on this series as time goes on. When an enemy tribe steals the chief's daughter, Fallon, along with his best […]
I like to perform all sorts of tweaks and experiments to see what gets better results. My first cover for Fracture was made very quickly and I wasn't completely happy with how the ship stood out. It also didn't highlight the fact that there is a very awesome space battle in it as well. So, […]
July is here already and my 30-day 30-short stories experiment has ended. It'll probably take me a while to get around to publishing all of them since each cover takes anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours, depending on how long it takes me to be happy with it. With that said, I've just published […]
A few months ago I had a very bizarre dream involving space and two warring civilizations. When I woke up, I jumped over to my computer and typed out as much as I could remember before it faded away. Fracture is the result of that dream. Fracture follows the story of a female scientist aboard […]
For those of you just tuning in, I've dedicated the better part of June to writing short stories, the majority of which are Science Fiction. Well, I've put together 4 of these stories in a single Science Fiction Short Stories collection that you can download for free right now for your kindle or any device that […]
I had been tinkering with the notion of dedicating a full month to writing with the very ambitious goal of one short story per day. While it's been difficult, I'm still on target to meet my goal. The Last Sun is the next in a line of science fiction short stories that I've been writing […]