Sometimes you do things simply because they’re fun and you’re curious how it’ll turn out. Turning my epic dark fantasy novel, The Sciell into a hardback book was one of those passion projects. I’ve heard hardback books don’t do well for small press authors. Make sense since we struggle to get our titles into bookstores….
I have a problem with Book 4, The Sciell’s Legacy. There are a lot of characters, like a lot. I struggled with this is Book 2 and 3 as well. In the post: Writing a Large Cast, I listed some helpful articles on managing an ensemble cast. I didn’t set out to write a story…
2018. The year of mountains. The simplest things, stuff I’ve done several times with no problems became enormous mountains to climb. I talk about the journey to published The Lost Sciell in this post: Behind the Scenes: Publishing a Paperback Book Now, after several months and a lot of work, I’m finally holding the paperback version. That…
Having limited funds makes you get really creative. You’ve heard how it’s good to step out of your comfort zone. It can be a total pain but you discover things about yourself. Sometimes life hurls you out of your comfort zone and you have no choice but to work with what you have. It’s easier to…
It took almost 2 years and a lot of roadblocks but The Lost Sciell is here! Being poor without being homeless and then getting a job…I haven’t had a lot of time to work on books. Then, social media marketing takes up a lot of bandwidth. I’ve thought of quitting a couple of times but what…
It’s been a ride. Working on a book is always an adventure but this one was something special. 2017 has been full of obstacles in the form of walls decorated with arm-length spikes. I finally have a date for The Lost Sciell: Book 3 of The Merging Worlds series. It’ll be released on December 19. ……
On Saturday, my publisher and I exhibited at the Black Book Expo in Harlem hosted by Black Expo America. Since the event was fairly small, each author was given 5 minutes to talk about their books on stage. One of the reasons why I like smaller book conferences. I wrote and practiced my elevator pitch…
Five characters in my Merging Worlds series, all children, find themselves on a ship- transported there by the enemy. Now, I need to realistically write their experience. I’ve been on the water a couple of times. Once, I was on a cruise ship in the middle of a storm. That was awesome until I saw…
It’s tough writing a story with a big cast. You want to give characters the right amount of development but you don’t want to confuse your readers. I’m still struggling with this. One of my beta readers got confused with the characters and their relationship. They were reading Book 3 of The Merging World Series….
It’s 60 or so years after the apocalypse. Countries are trying to rebuild society. War puts the world in chaos. This is life in my WIP, Book 4 of The Merging World Series, The Sciell’s Legacy. The world is dangerous for everyone. Characters build their own villages to stay safe. Several questions come up while…
