This has been a very productive year for me! I have already this year produced two novels, The Flight of The Dirithi and The Lineage of Prophecy: Pawns & Pieces as well as the first magazine edition of With Malice back in February! I am pleased to announce that the highly anticipated sequel The Lineage of Prophecy: The Deity Staff will be out in a matter of weeks! I am just finalizing the last wave of editing and personally working with the cover artist to get the best cover possible.
The other big news I have is that I have compiled and re-edited the Elude novels. The Elude: Complete Series will also be out in a week or two at the most. It will have a brand new cover (I did the original covers but felt it would be nice for something new and exciting!). It will also have a bonus chapter not included before.
For the first quarter of next year, I plan on doing the same compilation into one larger novel for the Evade Series! It will also have a new cover.
Besides working on the final book for The Lineage of Prophecy: Beyond The Barrier of Storms, I will be focusing on publishing short stories for magazines. I plan on writing one horror short story each month if possible like The Wheels On The Bus, Victim One or Echoes (now called Vicious Cycle). I will give you guys advance screening on here so don’t worry! I hope with publishing on a more national platform, I can grow my readership.
And just saying… but if you guys wanted to help, putting simple reviews and posts on Facebook with a copy of a book would be awesome and also help me out immensely. For anyone who does, I am currently working to get some unique, collectable metal bookmarks made for all of my works. I will send a free one of your choice if you send me or #tag me on a post! They will be similar to these:
Once I have tackled and bested the beast that Beyond The Barrier of Storms will be and have completed the Wyvernshield Series, I hope to delve further into the horror story lines I Still Burn and the sequel to the Elude Series. By the end of 2024, I hope to return and start exploring the world of Akkei Maliss from my Dirithi series.
Thank you all for your continued support and patience as I write in both of these fun, thrilling genres. I hope to continue to satisfy your hunger for epic fantasy and dark horror!
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