The picture this time is from the grassy bank outside my house. All the Texas spring wildflowers have been sizzled away under the relentless summer sun, leaving just a couple of hardy sunflowers. The first book in the second series will be released in a month, on August 25th. I'm looking forward to the release date with the book already in its final format. A new map is still in the works but will be added after the release. I'm hoping to have it ready before the second novel is released in...

We've met our goal, and I thank everyone who backed this project. This has been an enlightening trip for me, and I appreciate the support I've received for the second series in the saga about the planet Vosj with its magical powers available to a few men and women. This has unlocked the first stretch goal: a signed color copy of the original map, created in 2018 when the first volume of the series was drafted. At that time, I needed the map to understand where everything was in my new world....

With the end of spring, I decided to include a recent picture of the Texas wildflowers outside our door. Like spring these will soon be gone under the relentless heat of central Texas. The audiobook for The Fifth Kingdom is now available on Amazon which is quicker than I expected. Clicking on the home screen will send you to that page on Amazon. Meanwhile, Linda McDade has recorded a third of the audiobook for Return of the Defenders, and it remains part of the Kickstarter campaign's...