Happy New Year!!! It’s finally 2018. What’re your plans for this year? I’m still making mine. I have 2 books I’ve been working on since last year: Book 4 of The Jura Series and The Sciell’s Legacy the fourth and final book of the Merging Worlds Series. I’ve also been playing around with the idea…
My publisher and I have been having a long…discussion about a category for one of my series. Often, my Merging Worlds series gets comments like it’s great for adults and young adults or teens would enjoy this. Whenever I’m at a conference, teens are the ones grabbing my books the most. But, I don’t market the…
You’ve probably had this happen. You get an idea but you ignore it because it’s a pain. The idea leaves you alone but it never really goes away. After awhile, you try it just to see how it would turn out. For months, a voice has been telling me to redesign the covers for The…
In my stories, I don’t put a lot of emphasis on holidays mostly because they’re post-apocalyptic. The characters aren’t going to stop and celebrate when they’re so focused on surviving. Actually, they might. Holidays are something solid when the world has been turned upside down. Would characters in The Merging Worlds series celebrate something similar…
With The Lost Sciell’s, Book 3 of The Merging Worlds series, release date this summer, I’ve been designing images. Those who subscribe to my newsletter got a first look at some cover designs. I’m in the process of updating the maps. Let’s take a look at how they’ve evolved over this series. I won’t be changing…
October is one of my favorite months. NY Comic Con is in a couple of weeks. The weather’s not too hot or too cold. The leaves change colors. More importantly, it’s a whole month for celebrating horror. I have some fun things planned for you. Newsletter You probably noticed that new image near the top…
In Part 1, we covered the different ways your character’s power can grow. Let’s dive deeper into that. What does leveling up look like. It’s the same as trying to figure out what your child character will be like when they’re an adult later in the book or series. So many factors contribute to the…
On Saturday, I signed The Sciell and Chains of the Sciell at the Harlem Book Fair. It was awesome! I sold so many books. The morning, however, didn’t start out so great. It was raining buckets. The fair’s outside. Fortunately, it stopped raining by the time the fair started. That wasn’t the only irritation. Our…
Head over to Booker Like a Hooker- that name is an attention grabber 😉 -for my guest post 10 things about a Blogger. Chains of the Sciell is out! Check out a review it got yesterday from Natural Bri! Since this is book launch week, I wanted to research any special promotional ideas. You know, to…
Check out my interview at Yeah Books!. To follow my blog tour, like my Facebook page or follow me on Twitter #ChainsofTheSciell. Excerpt A foot knocked the back of her knee. She stumbled. An invisible attack opened her skull. A hand pushed her chested. She fell backwards into another invisible knife to the mind. Using physical attack to…
