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…
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…
Just had a great marketing adventure in Houston, Texas. Many of you know I have never professed to be a very good marketer . . . it’s part of the life of an introvert. So, when the opportunity comes to sit and listen to LOTS of great information, I usually…
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…
One of the hardest things for an author to get are book reviews. That may seem odd given that people in general have all sorts of views on nearly everything. But try and get them to publish their views on a book, a story or an article is like pulling…
If you nominated Future Discovered during my Kindle Scout campaign you already know that the book was not selected for the program even though you all provided tremendous support. While I am disappointed, I am not that surprised. For a first fiction novel to be selected the chances are quite…
I’ll bet you have always been asking yourself when is it proper to use an ellipsis. No? You mean I’m the only one? Hope you’re laughing because I am, but probably not why you think. I still have a pinched nerve that requires me to lie flat for a while…
To me synopsis writing is harder than writing the novel itself. I know, how can I say that having written nearly 240,000 words in the last twenty months. Well, imaging taking 87,500 words to tell a story (Future Discovered). A task in itself. But then, try throwing out 86,500 of…
