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The Official Website of Author Derek Barton
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I have been working hard on strengthening and fleshing out my two resources Pinterest and Patreon for you. These sites should give you even more access to me, my work and new materials I am developing.
For those who may not fully understand what Pinterest is, Pinterest is unique search engine for materials, reference resources and finding key elements that fit into your customized categories. In other words, I have currently fourteen “boards” (categories) where I can “pin” material that I feel fall into those categories. For example I have a board called Storyboard: Horror-Suspense & Crime Inspiration.
When I find an image that intrigues me, I can pin it and keep in that folder. I also have a board for my Fantasy images. This gives me a handy place to get writing ideas as well as show you the readers where I get some ideas. In my board From My Writer’s Blog I have six subsections with material showing my self-publishing tactics, some biography blogs, my writing prompt stories, etc.
Some of the other boards are: From My Writer’s Blog, My Horror-Suspense & Grim Fantasy Collection, My Newsletters, Book Reviews, Book Cover Artwork, Landscapes, Batman & Other Comics, My Audiobooks, and My Favorite TV Series.
I can also do my own “pins” like these:
Also on Pinterest I can place reviews on my books, details about my book & audio book giveaways, or I can share pins from other collaborators and authors I find on Pinterest. If you want to see my work or other things on my site, you can click here and “follow” me so you can see my contributions and additions to the site.
Patreon I have previously talked about here. I want to this year do even better at maintaining and providing exclusive access to my work. I have decided that I will be writing a fantasy novella based on this:
The novella will be seen in chapter installments only on Patreon and sold only in paperback format once completed with signature and customized metal bookmarker to my patrons initially. The other benefits for becoming patrons will still be there — now I just want to make it even better!!
Please see these two sites and let me know what you think of them and if you have suggestions, comments or ideas to provide even more value to you!!
So it has been since 2018 that I’ve done a bio blog about myself. I tried to really find some interesting questions. If there are any questions you might have, feel free to send me any email or leave a comment. I am very open to answering.
Alright well, I hope that wasn’t too boring and it gives you a little insight to my mind and my life.
Hope everyone is being safe and remaining healthy in this trying time! Thank you again for all your support!!
With the New Year almost upon us, I have been working out my upcoming goals and what I’d like to see as far as successful production for 2020.
With a lot of excitement, I am hoping to publish my new suspense/supernatural horror series, Evade! And with a lot of joy and sadness, I will be wrapping up my epic fantasy collection, the Wyvernsield Series. While this may be a “goodbye” to current beloved characters, I am already toying with a story idea with new characters beginning this time in Aberrisc!
As you know if you have been reading any of my goal planning posts, I like the bi-monthly process breakdown. This method has proven to generate the most goal success for me. I’ll be continuing the process, but this time with a larger “arching” picture in mind. I’ll be planning the entire year, broken down in two-month objectives by Work In Progress.
Overall Goal Summary: This year’s production goal is to publish four books — Evade Parts #1,2 & 3 and the last book in the Wyvernshield Fantasy Series.
January – February
March – April
May – June
March – August
April – May
Writing goal
Marketing goals
So this is the 2020 Plan but as they are “goals”, these are subject to change, subject to incompletion, and subject to postponement! LOL
While 2019 was a tough and emotional year for me and my family, it turned out overall a very important and rewarding year. In the end, I learned you just have to have faith all will work out and have faith in yourself that you have the strength to see it through!
I wish all of you a successful and happy new year as well!
Joy Landa at Spirit’s Paintbrush has done it again with a masterful portrait of Princess Letandra in action!!
And Jaro T. Chambers of Art of Jaro Photography did an amazing job doing the world map of Aberrisc.
The updated versions of The Bleeding Crown are available for sale on Kindle & Amazon!
I have been hinting that I would be getting a new book cover for Consequences Within Chaos — and here it is!! Be on the lookout for its twin for The Bleeding Crown in a month or so as well!
I am very pleased by this original work by Joy Landa (check out her website www.spiritspaintbrush.com).
Also, I’m very excited to inform you that I’m having a full world map of Tayneva and the other lands from the Wyvernshield series drawn by Jaro T. Chambers (on Instagram @theragingdm) for the final third book!
Exciting things are happening and more to come…
Three years ago, I created this blog and established my site and social media footprint in order to advertise my book and to give my fans a place to reach out to me. This has been a crazy but fantastic ride! So thankful to all of you who’ve come along as passengers on my little quest.
Here’s the growth from year one to now:
SUBSCRIBERS:
VIEWS/VISITORS:
POSTS:
GIVEAWAYS: 18 Individual giveaways for Book, Audio, Amazon or Metal Bookmarkers!
As you know if you’ve been following my goal blogs, I use a bi-montly process that has actually been quite effective. Here are the goals made and fulfilled from July, 2018 through June, 2019:
Thanks again to all of you for your continued help, support and following me along this bumpy road! It has been the greatest adventure of my life!!
Check out these amazing eight authors giving away FREE EBOOKS — Doug Sanburn, T.D. Barton, Logan Fox, Susanne Lamdin, Nesa Miller, Andrea Cooper, Adam Mitchell, and Christy Mann!
ONE WINNER will have their choice of a $100 Amazon Gift Card or a Kindle Reader (pictured below!).
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!
Well…this has definitely been a challenging yet rewarding year. Unfortunately, events have substantially impacted my writing production.
At the beginning of April, I gave you my goals for April & May. Now, I won’t go into detail or give any excuses, but me and my family had to face and overcome some serious medical obstacles followed by financial hardships. I was so derailed that I lost most of June as well still working things out.
The dust has settled and overall, we are sitting better than where we even started the year. However, like any sudden change, it takes time to recover and adapt.
I do want to apologize to you, my core fans, and ask for your forgiveness and patience.
My work schedule has done a 360 degree shift on me and thus, my writing time has been severely compromised. One of my priorities this month will have to be to determine when and where to write. As I have stated in the past that I write mainly after 10 PM when my family goes to bed. Now I am working from 8 AM to 4:30 PM versus 11:30 AM to 8 PM — not too mention the two hours of driving time… But, I repeat, I am not wanting to give you excuses, only facts which I’ll have to find a work-around.
I promise you: Writing and developing my collection is too important for me to throw away or forget about. Adjustment, flexibility, good attitude and drive will help me find a path through.
Here were my goals and results from April & May:
And by the way…I recently did an in-depth interview with my voice actress, Laura Richcreek on the Wyvernshield Series. That is in the editing stage but soon to be released. STAY TUNED FOR THAT! It was fun to do and we get into a lot of the minute details and reasons behind the plot twists in the two books. >>SPOILERS ALERT<<
My Goals for July & August:
The last goal blog, I proposed goals and put some dates of completion with them. This time I’m going to try putting Priority Levels on them — I will work from the top down which will keep me focused on what’s most important for me to complete.
There are many other things I want to do, but time is very limited so I hope these goals can be accomplished. With luck and with the better financial position, I hope to do more appearances, giveaways, and book signings by the end of the year! Thanks for everyone’s support and I appreciate everyone sticking around to see what’s in store for the future.
An unseen terror stalks mankind – preying upon the weak, the lost and the outcasts that society will not miss. Lottery winners Nate and Zelda Malone thought their luck and fortune had forever changed. It has… Fate has chosen them for an extremely dangerous new path and an encounter that will forever haunt them.
This terrifying collaboration by T.D. Barton and myself is a unique ‘werewolf’ origin story that takes place in the 90s. Fans of Stranger Things and Stephen King’s IT will love this nostalgic but intense horror tale!!
If you have the courage, step now into a dizzying, heart-pounding tale of terror that you will never forget – if you survive the telling.