The first book I wrote is called Halon-Seven.  I sent my best effort to my editor on August 5th, 2013.  I refer that that as my best effort because, at that point I had read the book several times.  I had already completed 5 full edits on my own.  These included massive editing contributions from my wife, family, and a very good friend.  In an effort to put my best foot forward, I had logged dozens of hours on those 5 edits before ever sending the …

I've finished work on the first draft of what I'm calling book #3.  It's titled, The Beta Praxis.  While something of a unique name, and praxis is a fairly unfamiliar word, it's quite appropriate considering everything that is happening in the book.  Title's always kick my ass.  That, and cover art.  The need to reduce the essence of hundreds of pages of story into a few simple images or a single phrase seems to have detrimental effects on my mind. The Beta Praxis is shorter …

I posted about this on Facebook this morning, but I thought it was worthy of a quick site post of its own.  I finished that last chapter of Project Lamplighter last night.  This is my second novel and the prequel to Halon-Seven, which I hope to release by year-end.  Written entirely in my spare time, the first draft of Project Lamplighter was started July 1st, 2013 and finished on October 30th, 3013.  It's 182,000 words and took me a grand total of 170.23 hours to …

As I prepare for the release of Halon-Seven, book #1 of an as of yet un-named series, I'm getting the web site ready for prime-time.  My social profiles have been live and active for a while, so I hope folks have found me on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.  I've been trying to post notes as regarding my progress on books one and two as work through the various pre-release stages. The good news is that Halon-Seven is getting closer to release.  It's been with the …