Ask the Author: Travis Luedke
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Travis Luedke
Hey Gavin! Its good to see you're still hanging with me on The Nightlife!
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer:
The Nightlife has at least one more novel starring Aaron, a.k.a. Richard.
I have something else in the works that will expand The Nightlife world into a much larger all-encompassing story. Aaron, Michelle, Urvashi, the wolf pack, all of these characters will play a part in this new series.
Aaron is very much alive in my plans for future novels, though he won't always be the main character.
This new series will begin towards the end of this year, and carry through into 2016.
I hope you enjoy this epic urban fantasy story soon to come, where I delve deep into the origins of all things supernatural. I like to think of it as Thor meets Stargate, meets The Nightlife.
:)
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer:
The Nightlife has at least one more novel starring Aaron, a.k.a. Richard.
I have something else in the works that will expand The Nightlife world into a much larger all-encompassing story. Aaron, Michelle, Urvashi, the wolf pack, all of these characters will play a part in this new series.
Aaron is very much alive in my plans for future novels, though he won't always be the main character.
This new series will begin towards the end of this year, and carry through into 2016.
I hope you enjoy this epic urban fantasy story soon to come, where I delve deep into the origins of all things supernatural. I like to think of it as Thor meets Stargate, meets The Nightlife.
:)
Travis Luedke
I have been many things in life.
These days, in addition to being an author and social media addict, I am also a lab rat.
All those horrible side effects listed on the advisory on that new drug your doctor just recommended to you ... I suffered through all that, for your benefit, and for $$$.
And yes, that will probably end up in one of my novels very soon. :)
These days, in addition to being an author and social media addict, I am also a lab rat.
All those horrible side effects listed on the advisory on that new drug your doctor just recommended to you ... I suffered through all that, for your benefit, and for $$$.
And yes, that will probably end up in one of my novels very soon. :)
Travis Luedke
LOL! Awesome.
FYI, there will be a new episode in the Angel 6.0 series every month until July. There are at least 5 episodes total, and now, I'm considering plans for a prequel storyline.
:)
FYI, there will be a new episode in the Angel 6.0 series every month until July. There are at least 5 episodes total, and now, I'm considering plans for a prequel storyline.
:)
Travis Luedke
I have had several awesome cover artists over the years. The covers you see now, the latest versions, are from these artists:
http://www.alchemybookcovers.com/
http://www.amygdaladesign.net/
http://truenotdreams.weebly.com/
Alchemy did the Nightlife Moscow cover art.
What I have found makes an awesome cover is to spend hours and hours scouring stock image sites to find the images I want on my covers. Then, I give the artist very precise instructions on what I want, with several variations.
With polls (right here on Goodreads), I figure out which of the variations is the best one according to the masses.
Then, my wife steps in and trumps them all with her opinion.
So, in the end, its a lot of fun, and I get several alternate covers for my book.
If you're one of those authors who is cover blind (yes I meant cover, not color), I suggest you let a talented cover artist do whatever they want. They will often surprise you.
:)
http://www.alchemybookcovers.com/
http://www.amygdaladesign.net/
http://truenotdreams.weebly.com/
Alchemy did the Nightlife Moscow cover art.
What I have found makes an awesome cover is to spend hours and hours scouring stock image sites to find the images I want on my covers. Then, I give the artist very precise instructions on what I want, with several variations.
With polls (right here on Goodreads), I figure out which of the variations is the best one according to the masses.
Then, my wife steps in and trumps them all with her opinion.
So, in the end, its a lot of fun, and I get several alternate covers for my book.
If you're one of those authors who is cover blind (yes I meant cover, not color), I suggest you let a talented cover artist do whatever they want. They will often surprise you.
:)
Travis Luedke
Where to begin? LOL.
I will try to keep this short and sweet.
1) Find a critique group. I went to ladieswhocritique.com, and was lucky enough to find one lady who had a phenomenal group in place, and adopted me into it. Very lucky.
2) Get started on building your social media platform now.
3) If you decide to go Indie, pay for professionals to do the things that you are not able to handle professionally. (Editing, cover art, formatting, social media and promotions)
4) Don't hinge all your hopes and dreams on one book. Write every book that pops into your mind (every one that screams to be written regardless of what else you might be doing). Its the books that refuse to go away, that refuse to be shelved, that really should be written. Those are often your best writings.
5) Don't bother writing a series unless the first book in the series is super kickass.
6) Consider the long term. These books will be available on digital shelves for your lifetime, for the lifetime of your children, and grandchildren. Write accordingly.
7) Though its not always fun to contemplate, consider the saleability of your writing, consider the market, consider how you can appeal to the readers of your chosen genre(s). You do want to sell books ... right?
I will try to keep this short and sweet.
1) Find a critique group. I went to ladieswhocritique.com, and was lucky enough to find one lady who had a phenomenal group in place, and adopted me into it. Very lucky.
2) Get started on building your social media platform now.
3) If you decide to go Indie, pay for professionals to do the things that you are not able to handle professionally. (Editing, cover art, formatting, social media and promotions)
4) Don't hinge all your hopes and dreams on one book. Write every book that pops into your mind (every one that screams to be written regardless of what else you might be doing). Its the books that refuse to go away, that refuse to be shelved, that really should be written. Those are often your best writings.
5) Don't bother writing a series unless the first book in the series is super kickass.
6) Consider the long term. These books will be available on digital shelves for your lifetime, for the lifetime of your children, and grandchildren. Write accordingly.
7) Though its not always fun to contemplate, consider the saleability of your writing, consider the market, consider how you can appeal to the readers of your chosen genre(s). You do want to sell books ... right?
Travis Luedke
My current publishing project is a multi-author box set that's available ONLY through July 2014: http://www.amazon.com/Spice-Box-Sixte...
Apart from that I am working on The Nightlife Moscow.
This novel will take your favorite vampires Aaron and Michelle, and pit them against the Moscow underworld of a powerful Russian mafia vampire, his security entourage, and a surprise twist of the aftermath of the confrontation.
In Moscow Aaron and Michelle get a little too up close and personal with the wolf pack they encountered back in London. Wolves and vampires don't mix so well, and that will come full circle in Moscow as they attempt to work together to face the entrenched power base of vampire Dmitri, a long-standing enemy of the wolf pack.
The cast is heavy with new faces, loads of Russian women, violence, mayhem, and of course.... sex. Not just any kind of sex, vampire sex, and lots of it.
:)
Apart from that I am working on The Nightlife Moscow.
This novel will take your favorite vampires Aaron and Michelle, and pit them against the Moscow underworld of a powerful Russian mafia vampire, his security entourage, and a surprise twist of the aftermath of the confrontation.
In Moscow Aaron and Michelle get a little too up close and personal with the wolf pack they encountered back in London. Wolves and vampires don't mix so well, and that will come full circle in Moscow as they attempt to work together to face the entrenched power base of vampire Dmitri, a long-standing enemy of the wolf pack.
The cast is heavy with new faces, loads of Russian women, violence, mayhem, and of course.... sex. Not just any kind of sex, vampire sex, and lots of it.
:)
Travis Luedke
My most recently published novel is The Nightlife San Antonio. Ideas came to me in pieces over the course of a year or so. There were some films that inspired scenes and characters, and other books I have read as well. It wasn't until I sat down to write the novel that certain aspects really started to gel.
I intended to have this man, Adrian, as an everyman, average guy, ex-military working now as a paramedic. That's not what I ended up with.
Adrian, the hero of our story, is a borderline sociopath who is struggling to fit into the world and be what the rest of us consider 'normal.'
In addition to having some surprising character traits, I also ended up doing quite a bit of research on the mafia-cartel scene surrounding San Antonio. There is a long-gruesome history of Mexican Mafia and other prison-based gangs in San Antonio, and this made for a fascinating study.
You'll find some of this history incorporated into the novel.
Its a bit difficult to categorize Nightlife San Antonio. To mish-mash it all into one sentence: Urban Fantasy Erotic Romance Crime Thriller.
A mouthful, I know, but, it truly is a cross-genre novel.
I intended to have this man, Adrian, as an everyman, average guy, ex-military working now as a paramedic. That's not what I ended up with.
Adrian, the hero of our story, is a borderline sociopath who is struggling to fit into the world and be what the rest of us consider 'normal.'
In addition to having some surprising character traits, I also ended up doing quite a bit of research on the mafia-cartel scene surrounding San Antonio. There is a long-gruesome history of Mexican Mafia and other prison-based gangs in San Antonio, and this made for a fascinating study.
You'll find some of this history incorporated into the novel.
Its a bit difficult to categorize Nightlife San Antonio. To mish-mash it all into one sentence: Urban Fantasy Erotic Romance Crime Thriller.
A mouthful, I know, but, it truly is a cross-genre novel.
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Apr 28, 2015 07:46PM · flag
Enjoy!
Dec 22, 2015 06:29AM · flag