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What’s after The Day Magic Died? (Part 4)

9 Jan

With the last book in the series The Day Magic Died, due out in May, I’ve been thinking about what comes next. So far you’ve heard about:

Today, it’s …

bardBard of the Galaxies: For tens of thousands of centuries, the people of Gralaha atoned for their history as rampaging, pillaging warriors by collecting the songs of every culture, every people, every village, to preserve and celebrate them in the Living Library of Sulah. That all ended 258 years ago when someone destroyed the Library in a cataclysm so great that the only survivors of Gralaha were those few out gathering songs at the time. One of them, Michael, has chased clues across the galaxies ever since, and believes he has finally tracked down the terrorist responsible. He’s hiding somewhere on a tiny blue planet that its inhabitants call Earth.

This is intended at this point to be a standalone book, leading me to be concerned that it could actually end up like The Day Magic Died: a single story told in multiple volumes.

I’ve written a story summary and the prologue.

Tomorrow: The Ring of Arrochar

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What’s after The Day Magic Died? (Part 3)

8 Jan

With the end in sight for the series The Day Magic Died, I wanted to share some ideas I’ve had for what comes next. Monday I shared a concept I’m calling The Dancer of the Red Sands. Tuesday I shared about The Messenger of Allengia. Today, it’s …

TruetouchTruetouch: The priest is sure the boy is hiding something, running from someone. And the reason he call tell is … he’s running too. But never in his wildest dreams did he imagine the strange power the boy is imbued with. It’s a power so great that when they meet a girl who considers herself a goddess, she thinks the boy is a god. Since none of them can go home, they decide to try to make lives for themselves in a new land. Soon enough they discover that there’s something about each of them that cries out for them to not simply live, but to live for others. They band together to do just that.

Intended as an ongoing series.

I’ve written about 20,000 words of the first book.

Tomorrow: Bard of the Galaxies

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What’s after The Day Magic Died? (Part 2)

7 Jan

With my series wrapping up in the first half of 2014, I wanted to share some ideas I’ve been working on for the second half of the year. Yesterday I shared a concept I’m calling The Dancer of the Red Sands. Today, it’s …

The Messenger of Allengia: At age 48, Jek has finally decided that it’s time to step out Messengerof the saddle as a Messenger of the goddess of truth, and become an abbot of his order. He welcomes the summons from the Temple of Allengia in Tilaundia. But he isn’t offered a posting; he’s given his most important message ever. It’s a message so important that he’ll be accompanied by two other Messengers: the boy he calls Biscuit, and the imposing mute, Hizardin. Because the last five solo messengers have failed.

This is another series that is intended to be a trilogy, but could actually end up being longer.

I have a fairly detailed summary for the first book drafted, and have written about 6,000 words.

Tomorrow: Truetouch

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What’s after The Day Magic Died? (Part 1)

6 Jan

With the fourth of five books coming out in February, and the fifth one due out in May, I’ve been thinking about and even working on what comes next.

So this week I’m going to share some story ideas with you to see what you think. At the end I’ll try to post a poll (never done that before), but feel free to share your thoughts along the way.

Let’s start with …

Dancer of the Red Sands: Farmers band together and Ferals stand alone, as people try to find some way to survive. The Beasts have overrun their land, and it falls to Tisa – an outcast Feral, now also disowned by the farm family who took her in – to set out in search of the army that was supposed to come and vanquish the Beasts.

This is a trilogy at this point. Just bear in mind that when I started The Day Magic Died, I thought it would be one book and it turned into five. But that doesn’t mean a planned trilogy will come out as fifteen books. I hope.

I have about 18,000 words written in the first book of this series, and about 5,000 written in the second book. I have a fairly detailed summary of the storyline completed as well.

Tomorrow: The Messenger of Allengia

What do you think of the Dancer of the Red Sands idea?

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Reasons to read The House in the Old Wood, No. 13

24 Jun

You like “indies.” Publishers are out to make money. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s called business. That’s why they publish books like Justin Bieber – First Step 2 Forever, My Story. They know they’ll sell. But a series like The Day Magic Died? Let’s see. Unknown first-time novelist. Crowded genre. More than 400,000 words. That’s not exactly a formula for success. So I took the independent publishing route. If you’re the type who is willing to take a chance on indies, The House in the Old Wood may be your kind of book. If you’re the type who actually prefers indies, well, it’s that much more likely you’ll like The House in the Old Wood. I guarantee it’s a better read than Justin Bieber – First Step 2 Forever, My Story.

By the way, if you’re looking to publish a book independently, CreateSpace is a great way to go, in my opinion. It’s the route I took to put out The House in the Old Wood in paperback and for Kindle. Let me know if I can help you become an indie author.

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