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Final Chapters in Progress!

I have been poked from someone who supported my Kickstarter campaign earlier this year and appreciate that! Someone (they never tell me who, but hello to whoever it was) asked for an update, and here it is!

I've worked up to 60 hours a week since the end of November and sleeping in between. Very little writing got done, but I wasn't wasting time. I was plotting, outlining, and planning. I've written the remainder of the book, (The Traveller’s Inn, book 4, The Once and Future Jack) but now need to...

September & October Update

I took off three weeks to finish the book, from the last week of August through the second week of September! But then, life happened...again.

A few days before my writing leave began, my wife had incredible pains in her midsection and couldn't even make it through a day of work. After a handful of emergency visits to her doctor and a trip to the hospital's emergency room (sent by her Dr.) she was scheduled for surgery. This meant she wouldn't be working from August through November. She had her ...

Racing towards the September Deadline!

The Traveller's Inn books one through three have been completed, edited, and published. Book four, The Once & Future Jack had to be rewritten from nothing. It is outlined and I've started writing it, and am well into the process. It should be completed within the time frame I originally planned.

This version of the book will be a stronger story, tying in with the entire Traverse Reality storyline that stretches across and connects my series. It will also set up a future series of books, which I w...

Always in life bad times will lead to great times.

Here's the long and short of it, though I'm willing to expand on it if anyone asks. 

* Data Recovery failed because of company's incompetence 
* I asked them to return the drives I sent 
* They only returned a portion of the hardware I sent them 
* My AC has failed in the middle of a record heatwave, which will cost up to $20,000 to replace 

Thank you all for your kindness and help, so very many thanks. But, that said, I'm giving up on asking for help. My plan is to work a lot of over time, up to the...

Back in the Saddle

First, I finally published the second book in the Traveller's Inn Series, Smoke & Dust!

Second, I did it without any recovery of data from the company I sent my hard drive to, thank you very much.

Third, I will start posting any new books after the Traveller's Inn series here, one chapter at a time, before it is completely edited. So, you can read my books before they're published, but with some errors and one chapter at a time. The catch is that they'll be for paid supporters only. Everyone who h...

Let's Call This April's Newsletter!

This one will be short and to the point. My hard drive crashed, and it’s going to cost $2718 to potentially recover it.

First, thanks for being here for me. Reading my books, reviewing my books, and sharing them with others have been instrumental in my future as an author. You’ve done an incredible job!

That being said, I need to step back and re-evaluate. It’s time to categorize this as a hobby. Meaning: this is something I pay a lot of money and time into without any returns other than enjoyin...

Recover lost hopes, dreams, and books.

Hi, my name is Travis, and I need help. Some things in life are losses or injuries that you can see. My problem is not one you can see. My injury, my loss, is one of my heart and soul.

I had 10 years of hard work on a single hard drive. Almost 50 books I wrote, audiobooks I recorded, my life in pictures since 1997, and more. Every book past, present, and future lived on that drive. Books that I've published by still needed to record to audiobooks, books that were partially completed, and pages up...

Series begin and they end...

What happened, what’s happening, and what’s coming up

Hey there! Looks like I’ve completed writing a series of books. That’s something I’ve never been sure I’d do. I know I’d write a series, but wasn’t sure if it would have a stopping point. But now I know.

Portals final book, Legions & Liches came out on February 13th, 2024. It’s an incredible and epic wrap up to a six book series following people from out world as they get a second chance at life in a fantasy world.

Reggie, an archeologist from ...

New Portals Opened & Signed Books!

Today was the exciting release of the FIFTH book in the Portals series, Towers & Trolls! In this book Aiyana comes full circle to fulfill her destiny, Reggie grows into his role in the team, and Gryphon joins the team, transforming from a basement dwelling gamer to a gnomish gladiator. He’s horrified!

Here’s a blurb about the book:

Aiyana is on a mission to save the magical planet of Aetheria by giving the gift of magic to all its people. But an unknown enemy is determined to stop her and they've ...

Want the secret to dimensional travel?

Just a quick update because you've been incredibly awesome and awesomely incredible and supported my work previously...

I did it again. I went and made a Kickstarter. )That’s a crowdfunding thing, and you can see more about it here.) The good news is that it's already succeeded and hit the funding goal. But the bad news is...wait, there is not bad news!

The only real news is me letting you know it happened and still has a couple weeks left to grab your copy of either the first book in a series tha...