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Chris is continuing to work on the audiobook for Defender of Vosj. The final copy is due in February, and I'm keen to hear it. Austin is at the southern limit of the winter freeze hitting the USA, and this week's photo is the view down my street on Sunday morning. This is the third time I've seen snow in the 15 years I've been here. I'm in the final phase of revising the first book in  Arise Defenders . I am anticipating publishing the first book in the series in the summer o

Last month, I reached 280,000 pages read on Kindle Unlimited, a sum I never expected to see. I may reach 2 million total pages sometime this month. Thank you to all those who have read my books; it is for the readers that I put in all this effort. I have made an about-turn on my audiobook. For now, my skills are not adequate, so I've found a nice narrator on ACX who has agreed to provide the audio file for the first book by the end of February. Chris Hattan's picture is this

As usual, I'm writing this blog on the Sunday before I add it. However, today is my 72nd birthday! Today, I received some wonderful life-affirming texts thanking me for surviving this long. And my wife went with me to see the Nutcracker in Austin - my first ballet! Altogether, it was a memorable day. The fourth book has been out for a fortnight, and the reaction has been encouraging. For this month, I'm on track to reach a quarter million page reads on Kindle Unlimited, which

The fourth book was released on 12/9. Its revised cover is shown in the photo, and it is available for review on its page on this site. That is it for any new releases for several months, while I concentrate my time on the second four-book series, which I have tentatively dubbed "Arise Defenders." I've begun working on the audiobook for the first volume after getting my sound studio back. Over Thanksgiving, my daughter and I experimented with her doing the female characters'

The first three books are doing well, with the fourth book available for preorder. It will be published on December 9th. This week's picture is of its cover. This is the first draft, and I am interested in people's thoughts on it. The bad guy is dressed as a knight in armor, but I don't have any knights in the story, so do people find this misleading? I'm keen to begin working on the audiobook for the first volume and hoped to begin last week. But my daughter is visiting for

My anthology's ninth short story,  Lastin's Blizzard,  is ready for my beta reader. The tenth story requires significant reworking, as...

The  Rhubarb Queen  is ready, but the cover isn't. With the tax season taking more time than I expected and me being in the office each...

It's been a busy week. It was the first week back in my company's offices, so I had to get back into the routine of getting up before six...

It's been a quiet week during which I've made good progress with my anthology. I've completed the fourth story,  What Comes Before , and...

Our weather has done another Texas two-step on us, dropping 20+ degrees overnight. Otherwise, things have been as quiet as world events...

It has been an uneventful week here in central Texas, so I've included a photo from the previous week when we had our first snowfall in...

The polar vortex striking the US has reached central Texas, causing our temperature to drop by almost twenty degrees centigrade. So, it's...

At least the end of the year, that is. Wishing you all a peaceful end to 2024. I've included a link to request a copy of the final book...

The eighth book is now available for presale on Amazon. I have included links on the Potter’s Field for Wizards page to request a copy to...

This week, I reached the part of the last book where the Purple Wizard attacks the enemy king's entourage only to discover it was a trap....

Well, the US elections are over, and we all must adjust to the results. For some, the news was good; for others, it was bad, but that's...

Hi, for those in the USA, I encourage the eligible ones to get out and vote. Those in the UK should enjoy Guy Fawkes Night on Tuesday,...

This week, I reached the part of the last book where the Brodia prepares to engage the Grand Army's waggon train as they pass on the...

This week, I reached the part of the last book where the Purple Wizard is working with some members of the Brotherhood to delay the...

Today is the last day of my workshop with American Short Fiction (ASF). The 8-week workshop has been great for several reasons including...