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December 5th 2021 Update

I completed the first edit of Talyn: Rebirth this week, and found that it didn’t need quite as heavy of edits as I expected. I don’t think it’s my best book, but it isn’t bad. I’ve sent it off to my alpha readers, and put in an inquiry with an editor. The main thing I’m waiting on now is the cover art, which is in-progress. Hopefully this will all go smoothly, and I’ll be able to get Soul Bound 2 out.

In any case, since there isn’t much else to talk about regarding that, we’re just waiting on...

November 28th 2021 Update

Alright, I got things done this past week, despite the holiday! Talyn: Rebirth is up to a touch over 97,000 words, and the rough draft is complete. I fully expect the editing to be extensive, but we’ll see when I go through it. I also have a cover in-progress for it, so we’ll see what things look like when both of those are done. I’d guess a January release, but that’s very much a guess at this point.

I also have art back from an artist for the next Through the Fire book, which I’ll be sharin...

Sunday, November 21st Update

Alright, not much got done this week, but that was predictable, since I’ve got this slump going on and my wife was starting a vacation partway through the week. My goal is mostly rest and recovery, with video games and books to hopefully recharge my creative well. I also got some feedback on Talyn: Rebirth, and after it, I’m pretty sure I’m going to be able to finish the rough draft by the end of the month. It might or might not need heavy editing… we’ll see!

I feel bad having all these delay...

November 14th 2021 Update

Not much to update this week either. I’ve definitely been in a writing slump, so I took a couple of days completely off writing this past week to see if it would help. I also had a couple of people go through Talyn: Rebirth to see if it’d make for a good book. Based on their opinions, I think I can do some fairly heavy editing to improve it, and am pretty close to done with the book. We’ll see!

With that said, the stars aligned and now I have multiple artists scheduled for different pieces be...

November 7th 2021 Update

So! The past week with Soul Bound 2 didn’t go great, but not completely terrible, either. I think at this point what I need to do is just aim for ~500 words a day on it, and work on one of my other projects as well. At least until inspiration strikes me, I think that’s the best approach I can hope for.

In other news, I’ve finally gotten new editions of Ancient Dreams published, ones which match the changes made in the omnibus. This was uploaded to replace kindle versions, so at most you shoul...

October 31st 2021 Update

Happy Halloween/All Hallow’s Eve/Samhain to everyone! I hope you’re all doing well!

This week went relatively well. I got a bunch of stuff done that needed to be done, and I worked on a side project called Talyn: Rebirth, which is up to ~85,000 words. Not sure how long it’ll be, but not a huge deal either way for me. I’m going to try on Soul Bound 2 tomorrow again, and hopefully it works out this time! If not, I’ll go back to the other story as I try to keep working.

I really don’t have a ...

October 24th 2021 Update

While I got a little more done on Soul Bound 2, it isn’t very much. After a good deal of consideration, I think I’m going to pause on it and work on a couple of private projects for the week, and return to Soul Bound 2 in November if I can. I’m not happy about this, but I don’t see much other choice at the moment. Alas, trying to force my muse to cooperate doesn’t work very well.

For my private projects, I’ve got a couple of LitRPG stories I’ve been working on in my spare time, so I might try...

October 17th 2021 Update

I didn’t do much on Soul Bound 2 this last week. After spending pretty much all of Monday staring at the screen, trying to figure out how to work on it, I decided to give myself some time away from it to figure out what my problem was. I worked on some other side projects, fretted a bit about the launch of Adept of Chaos, and generally just tried to relax. I’m not sure how well it went, but I’m going to give it another shot tomorrow. If it still doesn’t work this week… I may have to change plans...

Adept of Chaos Release

Adept of Chaos is now live! I’m excited about this, and really hope you like it!

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Also, if you’re willing to leave a review for the book, I’d really appreciate it. That helps indie authors like me get more visibility, which is incredibly helpful.

Thank you for all your support!

October 10th 2021 Update

Soul Bound 2 is up to about 19,000 words. Unfortunately, the book is not coming to me very easily, and I’m struggling with it a bit. Nothing I can really say beyond that… I’m a bit frustrated, but that’s how it goes. I’m going to keep trying on it, though.

That said, this week is the release of Adept of Chaos! It comes out on October 15th, and I’ve prepared it for publication, so it’ll be out on time for sure. I’m really looking forward to it’s release! I’ve already set up the pre-order on th...