Soooo - I had a guest spot on the super rad Jabber and the Drone Podcast to talk about the Mockingjay Part 2, YA fiction, and Metal Heart!! 

Give it a listen and like their page. And pre-order Metal Heart cause there's still time: https://www.inkshares.com/projects/metal-heart

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Metal Heart" is still circulating in copyright hell, but to kill the time between making the book legally mine and getting published, I've decided to tackle another beast - Nanowrimo 2015. 

Yes - the first draft of the second book in the trilogy is well underway and more than halfway finished, so putting a measly 50,000 words to the page is nothing, right? 

I've logged about 3k words in the last two days and plan to net about 1,500 words a days to achieve my goal of a completed draft by the end of the month. I'll keep everyone updated here as the goal gets closer. 

Thanks for sticking around! We might not make publication in this first round, but I'm still very excited to see what the future holds. 

It's been a week since the Nerdist Collection Contest ended, and things are shaping up well for publication. The "Metal Heart" manuscript was sent off to be copywritten last week. 

Once we get the thumbs up from the federal government that we own the story - we will submit it to a local publisher - Inkwater Press - to be PROFESSIONALLY copy-edited. Pretty nervous and excited about that process. Getting feedback from folks who edit books for a living is so valuable... and probably expensive. ;)  

 I will keep folks updated on the progress as things move forward!

Happy Reading!

The Nerdist Contest Collection is drawing to a close - there's only 24 hours left!

But that doesn't mean the preorders are done! Our Inkshares funding campaign will be going strong now through December 6, 2015. There is still plenty of opportunity to help "Metal Heart" make it to press. 

AND if we don't make that lofty goal - we will pursue a $3,000 Kickstarter campaign (with super rad incentives) to gain enough funding to self publish through a local Portland, Oregon company - Inkwater press.

This has been an incredible learning experience about the world of self-publishing and self-marketing.

Super special thanks to everyone who ordered, shared, gave feedback, or followed. Every bit of support has meant so much to me and I appreciate your time and attention. With all the books readily available for purchase out there - it takes a special kind of person to assist with the staggering feat it takes to get an independent book to publication. :)

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN for everything. I promise more updates in the future as our campaign keeps rolling along. :)