Hello and Happy Apocalypse Year!
 
    Sorry for the silence lately but with the holidays and working on my second book my time has been scarce. I wanted to drop everyone an update though so here it is!
 
    Book 1 Awaken:
    Sales have been pretty good considering I don't have some advertising machine working for me all the time. Feedback has been very positive from everyone I've talked to. That makes me feel good. I'm glad I've produced something that people enjoy. Please keep it coming. I would appreciate it if you could include a line on why you did or didn't like it so I can improve the next book. Thanks!
 
    One thing I've wanted to do is produce a new cover for Awaken as I've never been entirely happy with the one I have. That's on hold because I have to get book two done first. Book two's cover will come next and  then book one's new duds, plus my wife's third book needs a cover as well. So the next few months are going to be SUPER busy. 
 
    Book 2 Evolve:
    Things are proceeding nicely. I'm over a third of the way into the book and rolling along very well. I don't have to tell an origin in this one so it's helped me get the plot rolling far quicker and easier. One thing I have been doing with this one is more planning, and more detailed notes for me so that I can keep everything straight as I move into the future.
 
    Not to toot my own horn but I think this one is better than the first. I've taken the feedback I've gotten from my wife, my editor, and my readers and incorporated it into Evolve. I've got a few more characters coming up in Evolve, both bad guys and good. One of the villains makes me think, "This guy is a bastard's bastard," when I write him. I think that's a good sign. 
 
    I'm still shooting for getting this book out late first quarter or early second of this year. 
 
    The Children of Divinity Series As A Whole:
    My goal with TCoD is to create a world that can be written in continuously. I don't want to just tie it to Jordan, or her family, so I'm positioning it for expansion by adding other characters, other groups, that can be utilized to tell other stories. I want to lay the foundation for it in the first series and then build on it with each subsequent story or series. Right now I've got ideas for three more trilogies that take place in the TCoD world but I'm certain that will grow as I write through book two and three in the series. 
 
    Other Work:
    I've finished off a handful of short stories during the downtime between finishing Awaken and starting Evolve. Two of these are going to appear in an upcoming Talaria Press anthology which I will post and tweet more about as soon as I'm allowed to. SPOILER ALERT: One story has to do with Jordan's younger sister Jill during the events of Awaken so if you want more of TCoD world before Evolve comes out there you go.
 
    Appearances:
    I'll be at Emerald City Comic Con along with fellow writers H.L.Reasby and Ren Cummins, and our Talaria Press SUPER Editor the mysterious Q. We'll have a table (C-22) in the Artists' Alley section. We will have books for sale and we'll be signing them. I plan on generating some event specific discount codes for e-books as well and using Kindlegraph to sign those if desired.
 
    This will be my first event as a writer so I'm not quite sure what I should expect. The con is always fun, and always well stocked with things to do if you are into comics, television, or movies, so come down even if it isn't to see us!
 
    Here's the link! http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/