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21 May


When a game of hide-and-seek opens the door to a magically hidden house in the woods, Karia has to grow up quickly.

She’s just turned fifteen, and her people say that makes her a woman. But she still feels like a kid. She pictures herself as an unattractive stick. She plays games with the neighbor boys. And she doesn’t understand why she’s supposed to sew and cook instead of working in the fields. It’s a confusing and difficult time of life for her.

What’s in the magical house, and the truths it causes to come spilling out, make things worse. Far worse.

It all comes back to magic, the force that has ravaged her world, the force she has grown up despising. Now magic desires to consume and control her.

She will not allow that. She will fight back. She will end magic.

Now, if she only knew how …
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Paperbacks available

17 May


Well, that was fast.

Yesterday, Amazon told me it would take five to seven days for the paperback edition of The House in the Old Wood to be available online.

They did it overnight.

Considering how many people told me, “I’m waiting for the paperback edition,” I am most definitely not complaining.

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Proof is in my hands!

16 May
Chapter One

Chapter One

I felt relieved to actually hold the printed proof of The House in the Old Wood when it arrived today.

It seemed like an odd response. Happy or proud would have made sense. Excited even. But relieved?

Perhaps it’s because it’s taken a lot of work to get to this point. Writing was the easy, fun part. Editing and proofreading were not that bad either, at least not to me. The cover was a mystery, and I’m glad someone took care of that for me.

You know what was hardest? The formatting.

I wanted to be sure it looked just like a book is supposed to look. And that took a lot of work. But I think it was worth it in the end. It looks like a book.

So I’ve approved it for printing, and the paperback version should be available on Amazon.com in five to seven days. And I expect to have some printed copies for sale myself around the first of June.

OK, now I’m getting excited.

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Never fear. The end is in sight …

15 May

If I was thinking about buying the first book in a series, such as The House in the Woods, I’d at least wonder, “What’s up with the other books?”

And if it was from a first-time novelist who admitted he had trouble finishing things in the past, I might even wonder, “Will the ending to this series even be written?”

So I want to tell you that you can relax.

The story of The Day Magic Died is told in five books, and the next four have been at least drafted. (That means they’re all written, but are still works-in-progress.)

Book Two, tentatively titled Tsilinakaya’s Path, is on course to be available in October. This week I plan to read all the way through it again, primarily looking at the story elements. If all looks good, I’ll turn it over to a proofreader, and then to three people who are “critical readers” – you know, the kind who stop halfway through a poorly written novel because they spotted problems or errors. Continue reading →

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Now published!

14 May

The House in the Old Wood is now available on Amazon.com for Kindle.

The paperback version could be available as soon as this weekend. A proof is being shipped to me, and is scheduled to arrive Thursday. If everything looks good — and I have every reason to expect it will — I will be able to approve it for distribution.

The only thing I don’t know is how long it will take Amazon.com from there. Based on the speed of their activities in regard to the Kindle version, I am thinking that the paperback version could be available this weekend.

But if you have a Kindle, here you go:


The House in the Old Wood

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