The Timeline of My Books
It still seems hard for people to believe I’m not a new writer. Even though I’ve been writing my whole life and publishing for 10 years (TEN YEARS!) there remains a perception that I’m in some way “new.” New to the field. New to the craft. New to the social scene. New to marketing. And I am not. If people haven’t seen me before, that’s their fault. I’ve been steadily ticking away and have become more developed with each year.
Actually, by the end of the summer I hope to have 1 book published for each year. Not bad. And on a pace with most typical career authors. I don’t do the churning of several books a year normally. This year I’m working fast because a lot of the books weren’t presented right the first time. (Which might be one of the reasons people didn’t see they were there.) I’ve been accumulating a body of work and here’s the timeline on it.
The Birthday Present (2008.) First published with a small “Millhaven Castle” story. Now contains a teaser for The Prince’s Ball instead. Book was unpublished for 8 years before returning this year.Facets of Fantasy: Burgundy Cover (2009.) Collection of 5 novellas that formed the basis for later stories. Now retired, but still available on the specialty page.A Year with the Harrisons (2010.) Formerly called “American Homeschooler” and released weekly on my FB page during 2010. It never came to print. I’ll be publishing it this year, but view it as a book from 2010, so it can fill this slot.Facets of Fantasy: Blue Cover (2011.) I often altered this book and uploaded or removed stories. Now it contains 2 of the first Facets stories, as well as Victoria. Victoria was published in 2014, but was created and based on a trip during 2011, so I’d certainly put it with the 2011 slot.Ryan and Essie (2012.) This book was resurrected from my childhood and finished in 2012. It took 3 years to come to print, but it was written in 2012 so I’ll put it for that year.City of the Invaders (2013.) This was an expansion of one of the stories in the 2009 Facets books. It was unpublished and fell off the map until this year, when I brought it back and started a series.Consuela (2014.) Originally the second part of a defunct “fake-history” story with a fairy-tale bent. It likewise vanished and was unpublished, but was rewritten this year. It will be the second installment in the Invaders series. They did belong together. I just didn’t know it when they were first presented.The Test of Devotion (2015.) A western that got off to a rough start because I marketed it as western romance, not true western. Written in 2015, published extreme early 2016. Now it has a new cover and a bit of a remake.Everwood (2016.) This was my least productive year, one of the reasons being so much time being taken with Bellevere House. I rewrote Bellevere during this year, but had to redo it again the next year, so this doesn’t count. However, I did produce a short story.Bellevere House (2017.) Published in the summer and then moved to a contemporary setting in December. The “vintage” version has been retired. The contemporary one is still available.The Prince’s Ball (2018.) The book for this year will be The Prince’s Ball, but it’s still old material. I started the story almost 20 years ago. In a way it is also a replacement for “Alyce,” which was published in 2014, so again it’s not entirely new.
After all of that is in order, I’ll work on new books. But you see I’ve definitely been producing steady work, once it’s organized in a way people can find. And I’ve certainly been on the scene for a while.
And there will be more updates.
Actually, by the end of the summer I hope to have 1 book published for each year. Not bad. And on a pace with most typical career authors. I don’t do the churning of several books a year normally. This year I’m working fast because a lot of the books weren’t presented right the first time. (Which might be one of the reasons people didn’t see they were there.) I’ve been accumulating a body of work and here’s the timeline on it.
The Birthday Present (2008.) First published with a small “Millhaven Castle” story. Now contains a teaser for The Prince’s Ball instead. Book was unpublished for 8 years before returning this year.Facets of Fantasy: Burgundy Cover (2009.) Collection of 5 novellas that formed the basis for later stories. Now retired, but still available on the specialty page.A Year with the Harrisons (2010.) Formerly called “American Homeschooler” and released weekly on my FB page during 2010. It never came to print. I’ll be publishing it this year, but view it as a book from 2010, so it can fill this slot.Facets of Fantasy: Blue Cover (2011.) I often altered this book and uploaded or removed stories. Now it contains 2 of the first Facets stories, as well as Victoria. Victoria was published in 2014, but was created and based on a trip during 2011, so I’d certainly put it with the 2011 slot.Ryan and Essie (2012.) This book was resurrected from my childhood and finished in 2012. It took 3 years to come to print, but it was written in 2012 so I’ll put it for that year.City of the Invaders (2013.) This was an expansion of one of the stories in the 2009 Facets books. It was unpublished and fell off the map until this year, when I brought it back and started a series.Consuela (2014.) Originally the second part of a defunct “fake-history” story with a fairy-tale bent. It likewise vanished and was unpublished, but was rewritten this year. It will be the second installment in the Invaders series. They did belong together. I just didn’t know it when they were first presented.The Test of Devotion (2015.) A western that got off to a rough start because I marketed it as western romance, not true western. Written in 2015, published extreme early 2016. Now it has a new cover and a bit of a remake.Everwood (2016.) This was my least productive year, one of the reasons being so much time being taken with Bellevere House. I rewrote Bellevere during this year, but had to redo it again the next year, so this doesn’t count. However, I did produce a short story.Bellevere House (2017.) Published in the summer and then moved to a contemporary setting in December. The “vintage” version has been retired. The contemporary one is still available.The Prince’s Ball (2018.) The book for this year will be The Prince’s Ball, but it’s still old material. I started the story almost 20 years ago. In a way it is also a replacement for “Alyce,” which was published in 2014, so again it’s not entirely new.
After all of that is in order, I’ll work on new books. But you see I’ve definitely been producing steady work, once it’s organized in a way people can find. And I’ve certainly been on the scene for a while.
And there will be more updates.
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