I realized that I have been AWOL. It has been several months (5) since my last Blog post. Shame on me. In my defense I did have the launch of Book 4, New Horizons, to work on. I’ve also been involved with an audio version of Future Discovered which is…
Best Science Fiction Series according to the Texas Association of Authors. That was the award for my first three books in the Host series starting with Future Discovered. Was I surprised? Yes. How did it feel? After a lot of work, it was great to have some solid recognition. I…
Several blogs past, I wrote about reviews and their value to authors. My focus, I now know, was limited. I was thinking of reader reviews on Amazon and even Goodreads. Those are important, there is no doubt. However, as I become more aware of the details of marketing, professional reviews…
This has been an award-winning year so far in many ways. Perhaps the brightest spot was winning the Best Sci-Fi Series Award by the Texas Association of Authors. This was all about the Host Saga featuring Van Childs and his fight to prepare and save mankind from a ruthless, world…
This coming Saturday, June 9th, I will be at the Wimberly Book Festival in Wimberly, Texas. I don’t get a chance to do this often, so I hope you can make an adventure out of the trip to see and meet fifty Texas authors like me. Of course, you have…
All My apologies for being off line for a while, and here is an update. As I told one of my readers, Chris, it has been a hectic few months in 2018. First, I had one editor retire from fiction and then another who backed out of his commitment just…
So, what have I been doing you ask? At least some people have asked. The truth is I’ve been consumed this year by writing Book 4, New Horizons, and working on my other job as a leadership coach. Did I mention that I have also been working on a very…
I recently participated in my first media interview. Thought I would never do one, but ended up doing two! I met Rob Brown of For Book Lovers Only at a Texas Authors marketing event in Houston several months ago. He interviews authors on both TV and radio and has studios…
This is the cover reveal for Search For Help. It has been through several iterations but this one is final. It is meant to portray a huge human gamble lead by Van Childs, the guardian, to find help in preparing for the Arkon. Pointed into a cloud of stars in…
My primary editor Tammy Salyer reminded me that I started this writing adventure just over two years ago with the objective of doing three books (then a trilogy) by September of this year. And, thanks to a lot of people, I can get there as planned. I may move the…
