I’m thrilled to announce that my Chaos Calling Book Trailer #1 is available on Youtube! Update: The final trailer is also available here! Why did you make a book trailer? First, book trailers have been a necessary part of marketing new novels and series for the last decade. Video has been king ever since YouTube […]
May the Fourth Be With You to all those who celebrate. Every time this date rolls around, I wish a friend of mine a happy birthday. Usually that same morning, I wonder how the whole Star Wars thing started for George Lucas. Was there a shred of inspiration that caught him by the throat and […]
Pre-Launch Campaign: Week 1 Chaos Calling: Book 1 of the Xenthian Cycle has been live on Amazon for just over a week. Like any self-published author, I hoped you would be excited to see the book’s cover and title. I also hoped some of you would pre-order a copy. I had zero expectations for what […]
Editor’s note: Pitching my books as a film or TV project was been on my bucket list for years. In 2020, I got a chance to do it. Here’s what I learned pitching Netflix. It’s late July 2020. We’re six months into the pandemic. Vacations are on hold. I’ve finished the substantive draft of Chaos […]