Quick update for you, but I’ve got some great news that I’m excited to share: I’ll be going to a few cities — some of them might even be close to you! Milwaukee: Feb. 28 Phoenix: March 9-10 San Antonio: March 16-18 Kansas City: March 28-30 I’ll be adding to this entry as they come…
With a tentative release date of 3/15, I’ve decided to release the first ten chapters of the audiobook for Gift of the Shaper — for free! Think of it as a test drive for that really cool car you have your eye on (the one that parks itself, and has adaptive cruise control): if you…
I have some exciting news for those of you who can’t read: I’m going to be on TV! I have had the incredible fortune to have been invited to do not one but two interviews. Milwaukee’s Morning Blend If you’ve seen Wayne’s World, you already know that the name “Milwaukee” is an Algonquian word, millioke, meaning “the…
I’m a little late in getting the word out, but I have some great news for those of you who don’t like how long George R.R. Martin is taking to write his next book: I’m faster. As of this month, I have finished the first draft of Awaken the Three, Book Two of the Highglade…
Given the recent attention that I’ve gotten in the media, I’ve decided that I need to do everything I can to get the word out there about Gift of the Shaper. That being said, I’ve got three things currently going on in the way of big announcements. And, wrapped up in a convenient little blog,…
November 14th, 2018 It all started with some pictures. 7:30 AM: On a whim, I post some deployment pictures that I had in order to try to tell my story on Imgur.com, an image hosting website. I had, just the day before, found out that Gift of the Shaper was a finalist for the 2018…
I wasn’t ready to have my mind blown this morning, but when I checked my email, I saw the following message: So, now it’s official: Gift of the Shaper is an award-winning novel. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to type those words, but here we are. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going…
Back again as promised! Progress on the audiobook is coming along smoothly, and I’ve already had to do a few re-recordings from when I lost the ability to read (I said “looked up at the stairs” instead of “at the stars”) or didn’t like how a character’s voice sounded. But John, my editor, is doing…
