Black Friday is late?

 Head over to smashwords for their winter sale, find many great deals, including my already ridiculously priced works!

It's political season, deer season, and...

 Perhaps the younger generation will not delight in my reference to the classic Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon wherein they dispute with Elmer Fudd whether it is Wabbit Season or Duck Season and whether one should shoot him now or wait til he gets home, but sadly it is a happier tale than recent American political debacles, it should be a debate but where there is no reason the people perisheth and we shan't call it anything of the sort.  But moving on to happier climes, besides for politics of one sort or another and field sports of various kinds, Autumn is also the season of cold days and shortening nights, perfect conditions for literary delights, so turn off the Netflix and pick up a great book, at least therein we can find a little sense, no matter what happens in the wider world!

Shadows of the Past

 There's a new book coming out, just so you know, Jace is back and worse than ever!  Be ye warned!

Nor the race to the swift

 'Shadows of the Past' is nearing completion, I continue editing and revising my early books, it is coming, but slowly, I'm afraid I'd rather write new stuff than rewrite the old and life itself tends to limit how much time I can devote to either.

Book I and II are out, again.

 I finally got the first two books of 'Serpent' completely revised, I'll attack the boxed set when I'm completely finished, and update the 'In Shadow' copy when I release the next book in that series.  The story is the same, just a revamp in structure and language to make it flow a bit better.

Working on it!

I know your summer is absolutely ruined since I have yet to finish revisions on even the first book of 'Serpent and the Unicorn,' but I'm working on it!  It is almost as much work, and far less fun, than writing a novel story, no wonder I never went into editing!  But don't worry, I'm not changing the story, merely the word structure to make it a bit less obvious and cumbersome, but it will take awhile, so go photograph a comet or something!

More updates and a project of special magnificence

There is a partial chapter missing in the 'Other Brother' boxed set and I'll try and get that straightened out one of these years, but I'm also undertaking something I've been loath to begin: a complete revision of my early books, particularly 'The Serpent and the Unicorn.'  Fear not, the story will not change, but I have learned a lot in the past decade, and while it is a decent book, it could be so much better.  The writing is choppy, the characters two dimensional, and sadly the obvious is stated far too often.  Not bad for a beginner, but painful to read some years and a lot of writing later.  It may take a while, but I'll release them as I get them done.  I've struggled with this for a long time, knowing they needed revision but not wanting to 'destroy' my early works, as I was a whole other person when I wrote them and it seems akin to doing radical plastic surgery on your kid because their nose isn't quite the way you want it, but editing isn't quite so dramatic as surgery, and if the works will come out the stronger, why not?  We'll know soon enough!

Update again

I've been trying for weeks to get the updated 'In Shadow' box set approved for distribution at Smashwords, but it finally made it through.  I've been having trouble with the table of contents in some of the box sets in the epub format and I can't figure out what the problem is, I'd like to blame it on the conversion process as it works just fine on the computer but some of the links don't work in the iPad version of the finished ebook.  Sorry about the nuisance, I am working on it, but my tech team (me!) is pretty occupied with life at the moment.  There's also a repeat story, though the title is different, in the newest volume of the Greylands, I'll eventually get the right tale to replace it, but for now, enjoy the rest of the book!

In Shadow update

'Shadow Business' is now included in the 'In Shadow' box set, along with restoring the missing text from a chapter in 'To Shadow Bound' that somehow got deleted at some point!

New book out!

Shadow Business (In Shadow book 8) is now out at Smashwords, awaiting review before distribution elsewhere.  I'll get it on Amazon eventually...  Enjoy!

Shadow Business!

Yes, head for the hills, Jace has another book coming out, and yes, his adventures will be just as impossible as ever, so catch up on the series if you are behind and get ready, because he's coming!

Snow day?

Head on over to Smashwords.com for a viral sale, sorry pun!  Since the world is having a perpetual snow day, now is the time to catch up on (or rediscover) reading!  At least your mind can get out whilst the rest of you is stuck at home, enjoy!

With nothing better to do!

Since life is canceled indefinitely due to concerns of contagion, what a great time to read!  I just published the ninth volume in the Greylands series, find it free on Smashwords, apple, or B&N.  While the world is panicking, why not find a little hope for this life and more importantly, the one to come!  Also, this one has short stories, long stories, and everything in-between, not just 3-4 novella length tales, enjoy!

'Tis Lent!

A few years back my sister gave up pants for lent (she wore skirts!) which I thought was weird, as the whole point of 'fasting' during lent is to give up something that you really like to remind yourself that 'from dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return.'  Thus giving up broccoli for lent would not be an appropriate exercise as I hate the stuff.  My sister really likes skirts and she's not Christian, so that's that!  Then there's the whole rainbow glitter movement, which mixes rainbow glitter with the ashes on Ash Wednesday, which is supposed to be the beginning of a season of contemplating our mortality and sinful nature and the cost of our redemption, a day of mourning and solemnity, instead we're going to joyously celebrate a modern lifestyle choice which is antithetical to the traditional teachings of the movement?  Alrighty then!

I don't personally fast from anything, in fact this time of year I tend to get obsessed with (or perhaps possessed by?) certain music, often a particular song, that I can't get out of my head and have to learn on the piano and vocally and then torture our long suffering community with at our community Good Friday service.  This year's choice is 'King of Kings,' (Hillsong), go check it out and enjoy!  Though some modern observers of this season might perplex me, at least they are still writing music that gets right to the heart of the matter and reminds us that no matter how society or culture may change or appropriate certain things, the Truth, 'will not kneel, will not faint!'

A plethora of plot lines...

So I'm currently up to my ears in plot lines, half finished tales, and stories awaiting their end.  At least I'm in good company, for it seems Tolkien himself had many such orphans when he died, as did Jane Austen with her 'Sanditon,' which ironically the mini-series may end on the same note as the unfinished novel upon which it is based!