Hello Readers! We just finished another Kindle and Books Giveaway in anticipation of my next epic fantasy novel Fabled Quest Chronicles Book 5 — Siren Storms of Madness! It’s in the hands of the editors so not long to wait. But many have also asked. Where’s Cruz? Yes, the next Liquid Cool, sci-fi detective novel will be this year too. …
What Do You Think? (The Witcher: Article Feedback)
We’ve all probably been watching a bit too much Netflix, even before the pandemic. Since we have a lot of high and epic fantasy fans, did any of you catch The Witcher, based on the book series? The good thing about the debut season (and most of the Netflix series these days) was that every one of its ten episodes …
2020 Year-End Holiday Sales
In 2020, was the release of The Forest of Ancients, Book 4 the latest novel in my epic fantasy series, the Fabled Quest Chronicles—followed by the prequel, Quest Master! The amazing caravan of humans, elves, giants, other fae, and fantastic animals led by the mysterious human named Traveler and his “dog” continues into the Great Forest. What’s next in 2021? –because …
7 Essential Elements of My Fabled Quest Chronicles Series
I surveyed my VIP Readers’ Club back in 2015/16 and asked what other genre or sub-genre they’d like to see me write. Overwhelmingly the response was epic fantasy. In 2018, I published the first of my epic fantasy adventure series, the Fabled Quest Chronicles with the first novel, Through Titan’s Trail. It’s 2020 and we’re coming to the end of …
The Dragon’s Den: Pick the Title For a Techno-Thriller!
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Don’t We Sci-Fi Writers Have an Obligation to Say Something About This New “Orwellian” World?
When I joined the US Army, there was still a Soviet Union. I remember the “good feelings” a segment of American society had towards the Soviet Union then, even going so far as to say the Communist state was a better and more noble nation than America. I said to myself: “Why would any rational person want to champion regimes …
Name Reveal: Fabled Quest Chronicles 2020
Name Reveal & Progress Report To kick off my writing madness for 2020, will be the new release of my epic fantasy Fabled Quest Chronicles series. For those of you eagerly waiting, the next novel of the six-book collection (hexalogy) is almost here: The Forest of Ancients! As many of you know, I’m not into writing those 1,000 page plus …
Fabled Quest Chronicles Update!
For those of you who don’t know the story, even though I have been a long-time fan of The Lord of the Rings, I hadn’t intended on writing an epic fantasy series. But I surveyed my VIP Readers’ Club and they loudly told me “Yes! Write it.” As, with any genre I tackle I had to put my own unique …
What If You Were the Casting Director for a Liquid Cool TV Series?
Let me ask a fun question: What if my Liquid Cool — my sci-fi noir detective series — were a TV series? Which actors do you think should play the main characters? Who Should Play? (Pick two: Cruz and one other) PJ. Caucasian female (French), remember the initials stand for “Punch Judy” meaning she punches people with her bionic arms. …
National Cozy Mystery Day
For this post, I’m going to completely defer to author Sarah Weldon whose post on the Alliance of Independent Authors is better than anything I’d write about September 15th, also known as National Cozy Mystery Day! Excerpt below but the link to the full post is here: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/national-cozy-mystery-day/ What is a Cozy Mystery? “Cozy mysteries, also referred to as …