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The Darkening Dream

  • About the book
  • Where to buy
  • Sample Chapters
  • Short Story: Harvard Divinity
  • Characters
  • About the Magic
  • Reviews
  • Reviewer Information
  • Press Coverage
  • Awards
  • Naughty Dark Contest
  • Goodreads Giveaway

Untimed

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  • Buy Untimed Online
  • Book Trailer
  • Sample Chapters
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Origin of Untimed
  • What the critics say
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  • Goodreads Giveaway

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About my Novels & Writing

In September 2009 I began in earnest a third (or maybe fourth) career as a novelist. Now I have two books completed (a slippery term in the publishing world). Below are posts on both the process of writing these in particular and on some more general creative writing topics.

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The Darkening Dream

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Status: Buy the book now!

Genre: Dark Historical Fantasy

Length: 95,000 words

Blurb: An ominous vision and the discovery of a gruesome corpse lead Sarah and her friends into a terrifying encounter with a fledgling vampire. Eager to prove themselves, the young heroes set out to track the evil to its source, never guessing that they will take on a conspiracy involving not only a 900-year vampire, but also a demon-loving Puritan warlock, disgruntled Egyptian gods, and an immortal sorcerer, all on a quest to recover the holy trumpet of the Archangel Gabriel. Relying on the wisdom of a Greek vampire hunter, Sarah’s rabbi father, and her own disturbing visions, Sarah must fight a millennia-old battle between unspeakable forces, where the ultimate prize might be Sarah herself.

Winter Dream Sale
The Darkening Dream Audiobook
Summer Dream Sale
Dream Sale
Thanksgiving Sale
BlogTalkRadio Interview
Video Games, Novels, and Ideas
Giveaway Results
Sale and Giveaway
Awards!
Free for 24 hours!
Sales after Amazon Free days
Making the Hardcover Edition
Results of the Free Promo
Free for 48 hours!
The Hardcover is for Sale
The Flash Ad
The Hardcover Proof
The Price is Going Up Soon
The Hardcover Mechanical
The Magic of The Darkening Dream
The Paperback is Launched
The Paperback Cover
The Final Cover
Nook & Google versions for sale
The Naughty Dark Contest
Cover Takes!
Kotaku Dreams
The Look – Pastor Parris
11 reasons to buy
Stealth Launch
The Look – al-Nasir
New Cover Art
Making of a Cover
Sample Chapters!
The New Cover Sketch
Soliciting Reviews
First Pro Review
Developing a Look
Cover Commission
Dreaming Along
Vocal Whiplash
The Darkening Dream
Call For Feedback
Done Again, Hopefully
Beginnings and Endings
The edits are all in!
Juggling Brains
Line Editing
Yet Another Draft
Passes and Plots
Revising and Waiting
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Untimed

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Representation: Eddie Schneider of JABberwocky Literary

Genre: YA Time Travel

Length: 75,000 words

Blurb: Charlie’s the kind of boy that no one notices. Hell, his own mother can’t remember his name. So when a mysterious clockwork man tries to kill him in modern day Philadelphia, and they tumble through a hole into 1725 London, Charlie has to consider that even the laws of time don’t take him seriously. Still, this isn’t totally a bad thing. Who needs school when you can learn about history first hand, like from Ben Franklin himself. And there’s this girl… Another time traveler. All good. Even if you screw up history — like accidentally let the founding father be killed — you can just go back in time and fix it, right? But turns out time travel’s got a few catches. Besides the killer clockwork guys, there’s the simple fact that boys only travel into the past and girls only into the future.

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Untimed Audiobook
Jabbering about Untimed
Untimed for Cheap
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Untimed on Sale
Untimed in Hardcover
Untimed on B&N and iTunes
Untimed Idea & Charatacters
Untimed For Sale
Untimed Launch Date
ARC & Swag
Cover Reveal
Logo Faceoff
Illustrations Finished!
From Sketch to Final
Out on Submission!
The Call – Down the Rabbit Hole
Introducing the Tocks
Line Editing Finished
Off for Line Editing
The Last Draft?
Revision Slog – Novel as Algorithm
Middle Madness
Two Novels, Two Drafts!
The Second Cover
Two Novels, Check!
Juggling Brains
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Miscellaneous

Reading made me who I am
The Rules of Magic
PostDesk Interview
Games, Novels, and Story
The Inside Story – Transformational Arc
Goodreads
The Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
Follow the Money
Plotter vs. Pantser
All Things Change
Save the Cat – To Formula or Not to Formula
Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing
Scrivener – Writing the old way is crazy
Why the iPad is a Document game changer
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