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Prototype for Tyco on the Reality Timeline

#‎IllustrationOfTheDay‬ I'm trying to come up with an illustration for Book #5 of Tyco on the reality timeline. This isn't it but it is the start of it. This is one illustration step away from the picture of the model. I've done the initial rough editing on it to try to get an idea if this model would make a good Tyco in the end. What do you think? Could this kid pass for Tyco, the fifth grade boy of Mayan descent? Ignore that he is wearing a blue shirt. In the real illustration, he would not...

How to Burn the Candle at Both Ends

#‎Publishing‬ Publishing this book series has been very challenging to me. I've told you that working on Book #5, "The Owl from Oblivion" has been challenging in itself because it is a big book (about 146,000 words at the moment) and because I am lucky enough this time to have a really good editor who challenges me to improve my writing in ways I didn't think were possible. Many days, it is like taking a couple of university courses in writing simultaneously with endless homework assignments....

Stefan in Book #5, "The Owl from Oblivion"

#‎IllustrationOfTheDay‬ Seven-year-old Stefan from the reality timeline in Book #5, "The Owl from Oblivion". Stefan was born with nonhuman color variations in his hair. His mom used to dye the color variations so they would look unnatural. She would tell people that Stefan dyed his hair because of a fantasy game he was playing.


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Children of Sophista Book Series: The Saeshell Book of Time  

Paperback Book #1 Giveaway

This #Giveaway is still running. Books are available.
#Giveaway This is your chance to own the paperback Book #1, "The Saeshell Book of Time Part 1: The Death of Innocents" for free. I am giving away at least 10 of these books (limited for non-US locations). To enter this giveaway, find the "Talk to the Author" contact form in the right column and send a message telling me you want the book. If you win, I will send you an email letting you know and asking for the postal address you want the b...

Paperback Book #1 Giveaway Beginning Today 2/9/2015

#Giveaway This is your chance to own the paperback Book #1, "The Saeshell Book of Time Part 1: The Death of Innocents" for free. I am giving away at least 10 of these books (limited for non-US locations). To enter this giveaway, find the "Talk to the Author" contact form in the right column and send a message telling me you want the book. If you win, I will send you an email letting you know and asking for the postal address you want the book mailed to. If you win the book and it turns out yo...

A Second Excerpt from Draft 6 of Book #5

Paul25 sighs, thinking, “In many ways, the brutality of the reality timeline is not much worse than this. During my greater than one-thousand-year tenure on Earth, I saw many a friend fall terminally ill — comforted and given false hope by their friends, including me.” He shakes his head, continuing his silent muse. “Here, there is false hope a plenty, instilled in all on this timeline by Dad’s all-encompassing love. They will all die, as sure as a summer leaf will fall in the Autumn to rot....

A New Feature of the Blog

I am trying out Feedburner from Google, which is supposed to notify people via email when I post something new to the blog. This can be especially useful to you if I post information about a giveaway of one of the Children of Sophista books. So submit your email address on the form below. Feedburner will ask you to confirm your subscription by email.
 

#IllustrationOfTheDay One of the dreamier aspects of Paul...

#IllustrationOfTheDay One of the dreamier aspects of Paul25 is how he spent much of his first 1000 years of life on the Earth. Here was a high empathy, immortal kid who, in this picture, spent his time sleeping on stinking, rotting, urine covered sailing vessels. A single thought could send him back to the hyper-modern planet of comfort where a motherly computer would materialize whatever he asked for (provided he could picture it in his mind). And yet his empathy was like a shackle because h...

Excerpt from Draft 6 Book #5 about Ty

Here is an excerpt from Draft 6 of the forthcoming Book #5, The Owl from Oblivion, where Ty has just appeared on the reality timeline. This a draft so there may be errors in the copy.


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Writing Update 1/17/15

#amwriting Book #5, "The Owl from Oblivion", draft 6, 141,124 words. Working on the "Horizon of a Dream" chapter. The book is building in intensity at this point. I'm writing a lot of new stuff for that chapter. The editor comments every page or so about what, as a reader, they think is going on in the plot. This is very useful because I can then see whether the reader is on the right track on every page. The editor started wondering about few things because they were getting confused so I ha...