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I’m a little more than a third of the way through the story I pegged out in my mind for Michelle. You may remember her as the daughter of Michael in my short story “The Banquet”.

I’ll be adding a sample of her story to the website soon, but for now a brief synopsis of her story.

Michelle is a young lady who’s life has been run by the hands of others. Alone and abandoned by everyone she loves, she’s presented with the life of an assassin’s apprentice. As she struggles with her lessons and the morality of her chosen profession, shadows from her past invade her life and turn what little normality she holds upside-down. Now she must decide if vengence is worth the price of her life.

As many of you know by now, I’m a rather big fan of fantasy. The argument can be made that any work of fiction is by its very creation; a fantasy. Even so, I enjoy building a world in which the rules we all accept as a fact of life don’t always hold true. This allows readers the chance to truely escape reality, which should be the goal of any good book, and live for a while in another world.

It should come as no surpise that I’m a fan of Phil Harris from Deadliest Catch. I just finished watching the latest DC episode in which they dedicate the show to Phil and I love his quote and how it applies to what I’m doing.

“You watch things happen, you can make things happen, or you can wonder what the hell happened.”

RIP Phil. You’re the man.

I’ve added some short stories based in the world I created for the Amesdia series of novels, of which there are two completed. Again, I’m just in the process of getting Draconis’ Bane published so when that becomes available new fans will be directed to this site for back-reading if they so desire and current fans of my world can get a taste for things to come.

It just occured to me though that I need a map drawn better than my horrid efforts…so if you like to draw maps shoot me an email or PM.

Until then, check out the samples of Draconis’ Bane and Deadly Intensions through the link at the top of this page and check out the short stories from Amesdia while you’re at it.

Cheers.

I’ve been trying to sell my first manuscript for the last two years. I’ve an impressive collection of rejection letters as a result and while I’ve written two other books since then, I just keep beating my head against the wall with Draconis’ Bane.

In an effort to force myself to move on, establish a name for myself (good or bad…who knows?) and generally just get something done so that I have a little to show for my hard work over the last few years…I’m self-publishing it.

I know, I know. Everyone hears horror stories about self-published authors who never make it past self-publishing. Frankly, if I self-publish and sell 5 books I’m still ahead of the game from what I’ve seen. I know of published and well established writers (that I think are VERY talented) who make barely above minimum wage and live royalty to royalty for their entire careers.

If I’m going to end up like these writers, I might as well do it on my terms. I’ll have the cover art that I want, the jacket that I want, the edition that I want and the marketing that I want. Will my story change after I get some experience under my belt? Of course. But which side of the coin will I end up on? Will I be happier and have less red tape to get around? Possibly. Will I be defeated and not sell a single copy? Possibly. But the point is that I’ll be getting my stories out there and there are plenty of traditionally published authors who don’t sell a copy…so really, what’s there to lose?

It’s become obvious over the past months that the economy isn’t recovering to the point where publishers and agents are ‘taking a chance’ on new writers that aren’t referred to them. Hell, even magazines aren’t taking on anything by anyone new that isn’t introduced to them by another writer. So how does a new writer, from a small town in the middle of Canada get his name out there?

I’ll be honest. I don’t know. I’ve done all the things the experts say to do. I’ve sent off my queries to dozens of agents and publishers and everytime I get the exact same feedback; they like it, but it’s just not the right project for them right now.

The latest stats reveal that there are more aspiring writers out there than there are readers. Perhaps with the Kindle and iPad out, those stats will change…or maybe I just hope they can change. With the service I’m employing, I’m hoping to reach out to the digital readers as well as though who want a physical book. I know I prefer the physical book, it makes the work just seem more real to me. Either way. The service will provide me with a print-on-demand service as well as ebook distribution. I’ll also have links up on this site as soon as I can nail down my last hurdle:

Cover Art.

Gods and Demons is it ever hard to nail down an artist willing and able to do dragon artwork. The good news is that I have three interested already and hopefully I can talk one of them into something that will blow my mind. If you’re an artist and happen to be reading this…email me. Because I’m still on the lookout for something awesome.

Now. Assuming I can get myself some artwork, the book should be ready soon…so stay tuned.

Cheers.

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