The Dawn of the Lightbearer is out there and doing its thing. As many of you know, writing the story and publishing it are the easy parts. Now, it is time for the promotion and getting it to readers—a far more difficult nut to crack. It will be slow going for a time as initialContinue reading “The adventure continues!”
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A year in review: My mistakes
It’s been a bit more than a year since I started this adventure of self-publishing, and I thought I would give a recap of what I’ve learned. I started my experience in April of 2020. Like many of us, COVID gave me some free time as I no longer had a two-hour commute every dayContinue reading “A year in review: My mistakes”
A thought on professional editing…
Why the picture of cookies and what do they have to do with editing? Bear with me. We’ll get to that in a moment. I wish I could say that the story is the only thing that matters in a novel. Unfortunately, that’s a bit idealistic. It probably should be the case as the medium’sContinue reading “A thought on professional editing…”
Dawn of the Lightbearer is now available!
My new novel, Dawn of the Lightbearer, is now available here. At just under 500 pages of epic adventure, its a substantial first step into the dark world of Lucardia. Follow young Erikson Gray as he battles demons, ghosts, pirates, and himself! If interested in my journey writing this book, you can find more hereContinue reading “Dawn of the Lightbearer is now available!”
Dawn of the Lightbearer is finished!
After a very intense five months, the Dawn of the Lightbearer, book one in the Absolution of the Morning Star series, is now ready for the world! The e-version is currently available for pre-order, and it will be officially released on July 2nd- just in time for the Fourth of July weekend (it will be theContinue reading “Dawn of the Lightbearer is finished!”
The final (hopefully) read-through!
I know, I know, I’ve not been an attentive blogger recently, and I apologize. But to my credit, it’s been a busy few weeks. As I’ve mentioned, I decided to try offering Dawn of the Lightbearer for pre-order. Has it been a success? Yes and no. It depends on how you measure success. Has anyone taken theContinue reading “The final (hopefully) read-through!”
Final push to the deadline
We’ll be returning to our regular scheduled programming soon with the continuation of part 3 of my in-laws’ first adventure to the US mini-series (Part 1 and Part 2). I haven’t forgotten the My Life in China Series and still have some stories to tell. As many of you know, I’m in editing overdrive forContinue reading “Final push to the deadline”
Pre-order Dawn of the Lightbearer!
Dawn of the Lightbearer, the first book in my new Absolution of the Morning Star series, will be out July 2nd and is now available for Pre-order on Amazon! For my last two books, Island of Stone and the Slaying of the Bull, I was too nervous to schedule a release date and make availableContinue reading “Pre-order Dawn of the Lightbearer!”
Dawn of the Lightbearer preview!
As I continue to edit my new novel, Dawn of the Lightbearer, that will hopefully be available soon, I wanted to provide those interested with a little teaser. You can find a very rough draft of Chapter 1 here. I’m about halfway through the third read-through for content edits. I tend to read through untilContinue reading “Dawn of the Lightbearer preview!”
Update- Editing and yard work
Hi all, I just wanted to provide a quick update. I know I haven’t posted a blog in a while, but rest assured, the saga of my in-laws’ first adventure to the US will continue soon! Recently, I’ve been pretty busy editing the Dawn of the Lightbearer, and with the nice weather, doing a bitContinue reading “Update- Editing and yard work”
