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\u201cDrakesport,\u201d my first novel, centered around a witch who was executed at the Salem Witch Trials. She was doomed to reincarnate as a pyromancer every hundred years on the anniversary of her death. I wanted my book to be published so<\/strong> badly, but \u201cDrakesport\u201d was far from complete. My story-lines were cheesy. My grammar was atrocious. The plot was predictable. Drakesport, most egregiously of all, had no real ending. I planned to get a series published. It was incapable of standing on its own. As a result, my book had several scenes which I find delightful to look back on. Unfortunately they were glimmers of shiny gold buried in a mountain of shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Six years ago I decided that I would self-publish. I wrote a new novel, one very close to my heart, and called it \u201cDarkly.\u201d This<\/em> was going to be the novel to get published. I was sure of it. Darkly<\/em> was about a cataclysmic event overshadowing the globe in an impenetrable fog of nano-machines. Of course, none of the characters knew that. Likewise, the reader would remain oblivious until the second book. You see, I wrote Darkly as part of a series too. I hadn\u2019t learned my lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With excellent character dynamics, and a few phenomenal<\/em> story lines, I was once again lost. Darkly was a beautiful mess. My story had dozens of loose ends at its conclusion. I didn\u2019t want to abandon it. I loved my characters. They were a part of me. I felt beyond stuck. I was morose in the doldrums of writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, I gave up on writing, for a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two summers ago, I had an idea. I planned to write a short-story centered around an \u201cAlien\u201d like concept. That short story turned into the first book I wrote last summer, \u201cUnnatural Selection.\u201d I truly enjoyed the process. It reminded me about how much I adored writing. It was at that point I realized I wanted to keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then, I kept writing and made something I feel is truly exceptional. Entrapment is my baby. I love it deeply and truly. Stick with me for a few months, and I think you\u2019ll see why. I will be publishing some snippets from it in the coming months, so stay tuned! I will say this: Entrapment is a murder\/mystery set in the twenty-second century and set in a mansion buried under Martian ice. Ironically, Entrapment is my least<\/em> sci-fi book. Even if \u201cStar Wars\u201d isn\u2019t your thing, I think you\u2019ll enjoy my book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am releasing three books within a month of each other. The first to debut will be my baby: Entrapment. I will then release Unnatural Selection, followed by my newest novel: The Andromeda Paradox. All these books, and all my other books, will take place in the same universe (for the foreseeable future). I plan to jump around the timeline in order to tell a much larger story. I\u2019m building the web of interconnected stories now. I designed my books to be approachable and understandable. You may have to suspend disbelief about some concepts, but I am trying my damnedest to make sure my characters follow the rules established in their universe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I am certainly verbose. Here\u2019s to a grand experiment. For better or for worse, I am a published author. I am in denial of the amount of work that lay ahead, but am excited to undertake it. Please join me in celebrating the end of a long journey telling tales to my shadow and my cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out Virulence now! It\u2019s FREE until 2020, so don\u2019t delay! Virulence is not only my first novella, but it is also the first story chronologically in the Titanite Universe. It\u2019s ALSO a #1 bestseller on Amazon.com <\/a>right now, so if you\u2019ve got a kindle and prefer to check it out there, go for it!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nDarkly: To Print or Not To Print?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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