I reached out to one of my artists and commissioned him to draw me a picture of one of the Crawlers in my new Five Lands Saga. It turned out super cool. I’ll be adding it to the title page of my upcoming book, Stone Blood, the final chapter of the series. It’s too bad I can’t do color on the inside of the book as it turned out pretty cool. The creatures are black in the book, but it won’t matter as the image will be black and white on the title page. Either way, I love the image!
The final editing of my new book, Stone Blood, is more or less complete. I still have a few things left before I get it published, so stay tuned. Here is my design for the back of the book. I think the language turned out pretty cool. I hope it gets people interested in the book. What do you think?
Hey folks…sent away for the proof copies of Stone Blood so I can work on the final edit. I’ve also been playing around with the full cover. What do you folks think? 
Well, I finished the last chapter the other day. I still have the editing to do, and the epilogue, but for the most part, I’m done. I’m very happy with this book and this series overall. I think its some of my best work. It should be another couple months for the editing process. I’ll keep you all posted as I progress through the process.
The last chapter of my series, The Five Lands, is going pretty well. I was lucky enough to work with Mario Teodosio again and he just completed the artwork for the book cover. His detail work on Kith Caren, the main character, is amazing. I really love this one and am excited to complete the cover and the story. What do you guys think of the image?
Well, the ending of my new book is not coming together as I had hoped. I’m a bit stuck, so it may take me longer than I thought. One the positive side, I have my artist working on the new cover, which is very exciting. I’m still hoping to get Stone Blood, the last chapter of my new Five Lands Saga, complete by Christmas. Once I piece together an ending I’m satisfied with, It should go smoothly after that. Stay tuned.
Okay folks, I am steadily making progress on book two of the Five Lands Saga. I think I will end up calling it Stone Blood and so far its going really good. I’m seven chapters in and I’m hoping to get more done during the summer when I am not working. Stay tuned for cover art and updates. If you have not picked up a copy of The Unbroken Gate, please do so. I think its one of my favorites so far. I’m really enjoying the world and magic system. Hope you do as well.
Here is another knife I made. I’m really starting to enjoy the leather tooling part. I think this turned out pretty cool. I added his initials to the back.
So I completed this knife for Jamie’s Heart Foundation, a wonderful support group that my wife and I have been a part of for a long time. I’m including the knife, a bottle of my homemade bourbon, and copies of all my books in the silent auction. Hopefully there will be some guys or gals out there who want a cool custom knife so we can raise some money for a fabulous cause.
Hey folks, I’m embarrassed to say that the Kindle copy I uploaded was one of my proof copies and not the final draft. I realized that there were far too many errors in the book and after double checking all my files, noticed that I had accidently uploaded the wrong copy. I have fixed the problem and would like to apologize to those who already purchased the kindle. The errors don’t change the story line at all but they definitely don’t bode well for me or my books. I have to say that I wish I had the money to just write and have a professional editor do all the rest, as well as publisher to take care of the publishing side. Trying to work full time and juggle all the writing components can be tough at times. But there was no excuse in uploading that wrong file and again I’m sorry. On a positive note, I’m about five chapters into the second book and its going very well. I think it will be a great end to the Find Lands Saga.
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