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Chapter Sixteen, Mothers, and Amazon

(Image: Chapter 16, Pizza!)
Hello all! Chapter Sixteen is up and running! And if you missed the big news, you can now purchase Shadowchild in full on Amazon, in Kindle and Print, and on Barnes and Noble, which is not yet showing the print version, but it should soon. For all available purchase links please visit the Books tab and stay alert for more availability updates.

This chapter's a bit cool because most of it is completely new to this version of the story. The opening section where...

Chapter Fifteen, And Wisdom that Comes with Age

(Image: Peter, Jinx and Rachel.) In all the Halloween craziness I almost forgot to upload the chapter to Wattpad for you! Whoops. That's what reminders on smart phones are for. One of the few features I don't know how to live without. Hahaha! I guess I'd go back to wearing a wristwatch and setting alarms to remind me to check my paper to-do list.

Some interesting things to note about this chapter: while it's one of the few that kept the old illustration (actually three separate character...

We're Back! And "Shadowchild" is NOW for Sale!

(Image: Bennie's laptop sits open on her desk, chat conversations scrolling across the screen.) Welcome back, and for those who observe the High Holy Days I hope this was a good season for you. I know it was for me--I got a lot done and had a lot of fun in the process. Now it's the march from the Holy Days to the Holidays! Bring on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's!

There's something insanely fun about celebrating the New Year twice a year...

Anyway, enough about that. I...

Here's the Chapter Illustration

Image: Chapter 13, Perce hears the scariest thing he's heard all night. You know, for someone who's been rattling around my head as long as he has (being the one character who actually preceded the creation of the trilogy), Perce is EXTREMELY hard to draw. I really wanted to get his expression down because his face is hilarious, but this is the best I can do. You'll just have to use your imaginations. ;)

Shanah Tovah, peeps!

Chapter Thirteen, and a "Holy" Hiatus

Image: Chapter 13, A teriyaki TV dinner, and NOT the final chapter illustration! Hahaha!) Head over to Wattpadfor chapter thirteen, and please don't judge on the weird chapter illustration. The one I actually intend to use just isn't good enough for me (I think I'm losing my ability to draw) so I'm redoing it, again, and needed a placeholder for now. Hahaha! In my defense a teriyaki TV dinner DOES show up in this chapter! I'll try to post a blog with the actual illustration before long,...

Chapter Twelve, and Beginning in the Middle

(Image: Chapter 12, Bennie, Perce, Gem, and Sean watch from the water tower as the city goes dark.) Oh man, I'm super excited to post this chapter because, technically speaking, this was the first chapter of the story I ever wrote.

Obviously this isn't the exact same version; the drafting and rewrite process has run its course. But I kid you not; when I first came up with the idea of theGuardianstrilogy this was the first scene I wrote with the characters: The San Antonio Split-Second Bl...

Chapter Eleven, and Deadlines.

(Image: Chapter Eleven, dark forces create a rend in space-time.) A short blog to go with a short chapter. The pressure is on--Bennie's got some major deadlines to meet!

Speaking of deadlines (I hope I haven't already spoken about this and forgotten), I was talking with my coworker about how we both actuallylikedeadlines. I know a lot of people find them stressful, but really, they're only stressful when you leave the work to the last minute. They can actually be super useful tools in yo...

Chapter Eleven, and Deadlines

(Image: Chapter Eleven, dark forces create a rend in space-time.) A short blog to go with a short chapter. The pressure is on--Bennie's got some major deadlines to meet!

Speaking of deadlines (I hope I haven't already spoken about this and forgotten), I was talking with my coworker about how we both actuallylikedeadlines. I know a lot of people find them stressful, but really, they're only stressful when you leave the work to the last minute. They can actually be super useful tools in yo...

Chapter Ten, And Mistaken Identities

(Image: Chapter Ten, Esla tests out Bennie's powers.) Heyo! The next chapter is up for y'all.

Esla is a fun character for me, but I had a hilarious twist happen regarding him recently.

So I was in a writing group (I technically still am but I'm not active as I don't have any new material for them right now), and when I brought this chapter to the group, one of the guys, who reads WAY more into things than I write, was convinced that I only brought his "soft" side in as a red herring to ke...

Chapter Ten,

(Image: Chapter Ten, Esla tests out Bennie's powers.) Heyo! The next chapter is up for y'all.

Esla is a fun character for me, but I had a hilarious twist happen regarding him recently.

So I was in a writing group (I technically still am but I'm not active as I don't have any new material for them right now), and when I brought this chapter to the group, one of the guys, who reads WAY more into things than I write, was convinced that I only brought his "soft" side in as a red herring to ke...