Wolves of the Beyond 11 Years Later

As a teen, I absolutely loved Kathryn Lasky’s books. Whatever she wrote, I would read it, especially when it came to books related to the world she created in Guardians of Ga’Hoole. Therefore, when I had finally finished reading those books, it was only natural that I should move on to what was then her ongoing Wolves of the Beyond series. I remember getting the first two and devouring them within a week or so, then eagerly awaiting each successive book as it came out in the following couple years.

I recently revisited this old classic in audiobook form to see if it has held up or not. Such is the topic of this week’s post. I will try not to give too much away, but I make no guarantees.Continue reading “Wolves of the Beyond 11 Years Later”

Marketing Matters: Merchandising

Some time ago, I made a post about promotional materials, and how they could help sell your book. But what if there are other ways you could sell your book–or even other products you could sell that somehow relate back to your work in some other way? I believe there are several interesting possibilities out there, and I’m going to go over a few right now.Continue reading “Marketing Matters: Merchandising”

Plans for April

March was a busy month. Between getting ready for my debut appearance at TFF, attending said event, and dealing with the aftermath, I managed to get a goodly number of other things done that put me in a decent position to start April. It could have been a much better position had other things been accomplished as well, but that is neither here nor there.

For this month, my main priority will be production. I will be focusing most of my energy on either revising old material to get it ready for potential publication or else working on new material entirely. Among these projects will be the continuation of my two book series, as well as a secondary project I’ve been toying with for a while now. If time permits, I will even resume work on my long-neglected translations as well! By early May, I will also have a firm plan of what other live appearances I will be making later this year, so stay tuned for that!

TFF 2024: A Retrospective

It is one week since I returned from Texas Furry Fiesta, an anthro animal-themed convention hosted annually in Dallas by Creature Arts, which was my second ever live appearance as an author/bookseller. Having had time to reflect on this whirlwind expedition, I have come to a few conclusions, which I will share in this week’s post.Continue reading “TFF 2024: A Retrospective”

Plans for March

Well, February was certainly a packed month. Between some major manuscript checking, ordering stock for my appearance at Texas Furry Fiesta, and other sundry progress, I feel it was an accomplished month indeed.

Here in March, I am hoping to build on that progress, and of course to see just how I can do at my second ever live event vending my own books! I will also continue to work on manuscripts for future publication of course, but the results from TFF will pretty well determine whether March counts as a major success or a massive flop of a month. We shall see!

Shepherd Reading Lists

Howdy all! It’s been a while. Today I thought I’d share a couple short reading lists I made for the folks at Shepherd.com, a site that focuses on promoting the work of authors via recommendation by other authors! I was contacted by this website sometime last year, and while skeptical at first, it turned out to be quite an interesting free promotional tool that I thought some of you might be interested in for your own work. The two lists I made for them were as follows:

The 5 Best YA Fantasy Series Starters

My 3 Favorite Reads of 2023

Hope you enjoy the lists, and if you’re interested in promoting your work on Shepherd, go ahead and reach out to them while you’re there. It’s free for authors, and according to them, always will be!

Plans for February

January proved a very busy month indeed. While I cannot say I caught up, due to taking on a major project in addition to those I had initially planned, I nevertheless consider January to be a month of solid accomplishments.

Going into February, I shall clean up the remainder of January’s projects, then at last be able to dig in to the tasks I’ve been putting off for far too long. I will be doing some major reform of an old manuscript, continue work on new translations of published books, and maybe even set down some new material! But most importantly, I will be making my preparations to make an appearance as a seller at next month’s TFF convention in Dallas. I have big plans for this smallest of months, and as I have an extra day to complete them this year, I fully intend to see every one of them through.

Plans for January

Howdy, all! December was a crazy busy month, yet I feel I did what I needed to with it. Still some leftover projects seeping over into the new year, but nothing new there. I’m confident they’ll be done within a week, and I can move on to bigger, better things.

January will be, as usual, a critical month for setting the tone of this new year. If I can get all the editing, revising, translating, and rough drafting done that I hope to (and now that I have a little more free time in the week, I just might), then the stage will be set to make 2024–and even 2025, to an extent–a great success indeed!