A New Year and a ReLaunch of Sorts

Its been a while since I’ve updated this blog, and I think since I would like this to become my main author platform, its about time I start giving it some love.

2014 marks an exciting time in my life. My Kickstarter for my first novel, Bound to the Abyss, was a success. That means I’m finally going to self publish my first fantasy novel. Technically two fantasy novels as the story ended up growing so big that I had to cut it into two parts. I can’t even explain how amazing it feels to know that a project I’ve worked on for over two years is going to become a reality. And its all thanks to some amazing family, friends, and complete strangers that are all putting their faith in me. Its a bit humbling to tell the truth.

For anyone that missed it, the Kickstarter is located here. It may be over, but you can still check out the page and follow the updates to see how the books approach release. The first part, subtitled Into the World, is tentatively set for release in March, depending on how the editing process goes.

The e-book version will be released first, with the paperback version soon to follow. Then, editing should begin on the second half, tentatively subtitled Allies and Enemies, and should be released around two months later. I can’t tell you how great it feels to give a release date, even if its a tentative one.

The other piece to the puzzle is my blog about the growth of a fantasy village set in the same realm called Eleajia. It follows the tales of the villagers of Eleajia through journal entries and special events. Everything is chronicled, from the supplies of the village  to maps showing off how it is growing. The most fun part is that as it grows, I’m leaving certain minor and major decisions up to my readers. I place votes on my facebook page and let YOU decide things like what gets built or how the village should handle the random events that occur. A few new members will be joining the village soon as one of the rewards of my Kickstarter was to let the donator come up with their own idea of a character I could make fit into the world. I’ve gotten some interesting ideas and will be growing Eleajia soon.

And of course, among editing my finished projects, setting up all the physical rewards for my backers, updating blogs, and of course my personal life, I’m constantly writing. I have two stories in the works at the moment. One is the next book in the Bound to the Abyss storyline and the other follows a new set of characters in the same world. Of course, their will be overlaps as both stories take place at relatively the same time and the realm the character’s inhabit is only so big. Plus their is a connection between the characters in Bound to the Abyss and the new story, but I’ll leave that up to you to discover.

So that’s what’s going on here. Again, I plan on putting much more effort in making this my main platform, so look here for more frequent updates and news.

Have a great weekend!