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Hard to believe that an author doesn’t put all their time into the books, right? ‘Tis sad, but true. My wife is creating a company to make card games, and I’ve designed a card game for her to release. It’s called All or Nothing and will be going up on Kickstarter “soon™”,

I’ve been working hard and fast on my next book in the Dark Seas Series, On the Shores of a Dark Sea. Tonight I was editing and got to the point I don’t think I was catching much.  Time to shift gears when that happens, so I got to work on the

Got proofs for the print copy in today.  Now to get them looked over and upload corrected text.  I found a couple of typos, and will give the books to friends to find others. Ebook sales are running along better than I expected, to be honest, which is a great surprise.  The

The Anvil of Dust and Stars released today, at 12:01am EST, a mere three hours ago.  This is a very exciting time for me personally, and a milestone in my life.  If you like military sci-fi and/or space opera, give it a shot and let me know what you think. http://www.amazon.com/Anvil-Dust-Fire-Dark-Seas-ebook/dp/B00RY202VO/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1 If

I plan on releasing my 2nd book in my sci-fi series in a few months.  Few might be anything from 2-6 in this case, however.  It certainly needs a going over and an application of the lessons I’ve learned in the last year.  I was hoping it would be easier. But nooooo,

I go to critique group every Sunday.  Most people go to church, I sit in the temple of words known as Pike’s Perk Coffee Shop and go over the words of my peers and they go over mine.  We discuss how we can make ourselves better at our art, and talk about

Sometimes life gets out of control.  Gets a bit confusing, and we let some things drop through the cracks.  That’s what I’ve done with this blog. I created another site that I intended to use for my blog, but that really wasn’t so convenient. Apparently, for the largest part of 2014, this

Nine days to go until the Pike’s Peak Writer’s Conference.  I finished both books. Are they as polished as they can be?  No, probably not.  I may work on them some more in that regard.  But both are written, and sitting at 76K and 79K words, books 1 and 2 respectively. I’m

I got a few requests for my novel from agents.  The answer from one of those agents led to a change in my plans. I have turned my book into two books. I was sitting on a 105,000 word novel.  The agent replied to me stating that most agents want new authors

I am done with book 1.  I’m sure there are little things that need fixed, but the editor at my publisher can fix those. 😉  I have sent out four query letters to agents, and now am going to sit back for a few days and goof off.  After that I’m going