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Hi!

Life has been exceptionally wonderful and a bit challenging since my husband and I welcomed our newborn son into the family. Miraculously, I’ve still found time to work on the last two novels—a.k.a the exciting conclusion—to the Guardians Series which many of you have enjoyed. Thank you for your support and patronage along the way.

Over the past four weeks as time allowed, I continued writing and have nearly completed the first draft of book five. As soon as I’ve finished that, I’ll go ba...

Interview Part 2: How I Developed My Superpowers for Guardians

This post originated and grew from an online conversation I had with one of my European fans, Jay Wong.

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This post continues from Interview Part 1: How I Developed My Superpowers for Guardians.

Usually super heroes get one or a small set of super powers. You’ve created super humans with what seems like a large number of super powers. Why?

[image error]Good question. Simply put, it’s something I’ve always wanted to see but never did. I wanted to create characters that had the best powers of all the comic-b...

Interview Part 1: How I Developed My Superpowers for Guardians

This post originated and grew from an online conversation I had with one of my European fans, Jay Wong.

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Jay: If you could get one superpower, what would it be?

Damien: Oh wow, that’s a tough call. I’m torn between flight and telekinesis, but since I have to choose one, I’ll go with telekinesis. However, I will assume flight comes with telekinesis—just like Magneto in the X-Men.

Is that why you gave Blake telekinesis? To give him the temporary upper hand?

No, when I started planning the boys’...

Where is the Pre-Order for Ultimate Sacrifice?

A number of you have asked where the pre-order is for Ultimate Sacrifice, the fourth book of the Guardians Series—thank you.

Well, it’s coming. I promise.

As you can see below, the first draft of the book is finished and will soon move into the editing phases. The reason I’m not pushing a pre-order yet is because my husband and I are expecting a baby boy any day now and I do not fully understand the demands said bundle of joy newborn will have on my time, especially in the first few months.

I...

I Need Your Help to Rebrand The Climb

I Need Your Help!

Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas for the new title for THE CLIMB. I’ve included a few of the suggestions below, in no particular order. The first three are struck-through because they were my suggestions.

Love Me, Please The Startlingly Unfabulous Teenage Life of Skyler Phoenix My Life Wasn’t Supposed to be This Awkward Love Grows in Honest Places Piece by Piece Picking up the Pieces From The Ashes Burn to Emerge Climbing (to?) (for?) Love Finding Happiness

I’m st...

Behind the Scenes | Seavey Island Facility

[image error]The Seavey Island Facility houses one of The Order’s crowning achievements; a state-of-the-art orgone energy collection and storage system dispersed around town, right under everyone’s nose. The Reactor Core itself is built into the main tower of the abandoned Portsmouth Naval Prison. Its location in the harbor assists with amplified orgone conversion, a phenomenon believed to be assisted by the tidal power of the Piscataqua River.

The images below represent the building layouts I created pri...

Go to the Dark Side with The Rise of Dark Flame

This weekend, I’m proudly released The Rise of Dark Flame, the next book in the exciting Guardians superhero series. [image error]What makes this series unique is it’s LGBTQ focus, allowing for a gay superhero to rise above his surroundings and become who he needs to be, as both a gay youth and a super-powered individual.

There are too few examples of LGBTQ superheroes in popular media today and most of those are retconned or made LGBTQ with new storylines. For example, DC Comics relaunched the Green Lant...

LGBTQ Pride Month: Why I Write Amazing LGBTQ Books

When I started writing, I made the decision to write LGBTQ characters into mainstream science fiction books as a reaction to the massive gap I saw in science fiction television shows and movies growing up in the eighties and nineties. (Sadly, I didn’t read much back then.)

[image error] Gay characters in Star Trek? Not until Discovery aired in 2017-18; not until they retconned Sulu’s story in ST: Beyond in 2016; Gay characters in Star Wars? Hmmm…only if you gay-ship Poe and Finn; Gay characters in Dune? O...

New from Chase Potter | CORRUPT

One of our authors, Chase Potter, has a new book out today! Show him some love and grab it from Amazon today for only .99 cents this week only!

Corrupt

[image error]With a reputation for underhanded business deals, real estate developer Matthew Archer is as charming as he is untouchable. Political connections and lucrative city contracts have turned his unassuming company into a powerful development firm, and Matt has never been afraid of bending the rules to get what he wants.

All that changes when he co...

Behind the Scenes | Homecoming Dance

Writing the prom scene was fun and especially heartwarming for me because like so many, I never had the chance to attend a school dance with a male classmate I had a crush on. Naturally, I turned to the Internet for inspiration and discovered the following images that served as the launching point for the Homecoming Dance in Chapter 14 of Book 2.

Decorative Inspirations

Found on Pinterest

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Prom Outfits Inspiration

Found via Google image search for gay prom.

Citations

Two images sourc...