In the U.S., it is Thanksgiving. It has been a difficult year in a lot of ways, but a ton to be thankful for. As a writer, I am truly grateful to each of my readers, and to you… either a reader, or at least someone who has continued interest in what I’ve been working on as a writer.
Coming Soon!
I had hoped at this time to reward you all for that by offering you a free novella. It’s coming, but the above difficulties delayed things a bit. Up until now, the delay was entirely my own fault. Hopefully by the end of the year, but that depends on schedules other than mine for editing, etc. Watch this space! It will be available to everyone subscribed to the email! And if you want to know how to do that… there’s a link on this page to the right of this post. 🙂
I also have a novel coming out from Three Ravens Publishing (hopefully) very soon. I’ve seen the cover. It’s AWESOME! It is a book in the Autoduel Chronicles, set in the world of Car Wars by Steve Jackson Games. As a fan of the game since the 1980s, and a developer of the original Twisted Metal game series for the Sony Playstation many years ago (which was a dark comedy take on a similar concept), I was thrilled to have a crack at it. Hopefully I’ll have more news on that soon, but it looks like we’re entering the home stretch.
It’s a dark science fiction future where much of the U.S. has returned to a lawless frontier, and armed vehicular combat has become the dominant sport. My novel is a stand-alone in the series, so there’s no need to have read any of the other books in the Autoduel Chronicles. However, I still recommend the rest of the series!
Book 5 of the Vanished is coming along. If you have read book 4, you have a pretty good idea of what’s coming next. The refugees from Earth and their families cannot keep their growing community deep in the Frontier a secret forever, and they are vastly outnumbered in the inevitable war at their doorstep.
Cool Stuff Now!
Haunted Yuletide, an anthology of supernatural stories taking place during the winter holiday season, is currently available on Kindle for only $0.99 USD (for the next week or so?). When I say “holidays,” it literally covers several (some stories cover more than one at once), including New Years. The stories range from extra-creepy to bittersweet to action-comedy. We had a lot of fun editing this one, and this is a great time of year to enjoy it! (Personally, I think it’s great any time of the year, but Halloween through New Years Day is perfect…)
On December 7th, I will be at a booth with John M. Olsen and Julie Frost, two great friends and great writers, at the Winter Dreams Festival at Grove Station in Pleasant Grove. If you are in the area, it would be a great chance to do some Christmas shopping and say hi!
A few months ago, Queen of Monsters was featured in an article called, “The Best Books with Heroic Male Leads You’ve Never Heard Of.” Now, I’d love if everyone hears about Queen of Monsters, but I appreciate the call out! Hopefully a few more people will have heard of The Vanished series. I love writing them.
Until next time, may you all have a wonderful time and plenty to be thankful for!
