One of the most salientmemories I havefrom childhood, was the desire to grow up. I was like the oppositeof Peter Pan. I couldn’t get old fast enough.
Sixteen was this magical creature where suddenly I would be grown up and allowed to do lots of things. I’d be a ‘real’ teenager. Sixteen came and went, and then eighteen arrived and before I blinked I was twenty-one. By the time I was twenty-five, I realised I’d made a heinousfucking mistake.
Adulthood is the equivalent ofbeing slapped daily with a decomposing Kipper infested with rabies. My life was filled with a suburban nightmare, bills, a work monotony that could make paint drying seem like the Oscars and a side order of fuck my life.
Peter Pan syndrome rapidly kicked in. I wanted to be a child forever. I rebelled against the rules, had a bit of a break down, got very fucking…
The meme has nothing to do with this quick post. Â Also, this is going to be a sticky post for a bit. Â So if you visit after today, it will be at the top while the newer posts will be just below it. Â Believe it or not, I have to mention this or I start getting messages asking if I quit or disappeared or something.
So, I have a secret project that I will be putting into motion around mid-week. Â I don’t know exactly how long it will take to come to fruition since it’s the first time I’m doing something like this. Â It involves Windemere and will be a test at a new way of doing a blog tour. Â At least another option.
The plan is to make a guest post that relates to the project and will help promote the book in question. Â So every post will be a new one and I’ll hopefully get a decent spread for a week or two. Â To keep this ‘hush hush’, I will send an email to each volunteer and work on a topic. Â The actual post won’t get sent until the project is active. Â I’ve had a few problems in the past with people posting announcements prior to a book being for sale or my own post going live. Â It isn’t too bad for a new release, but this project can’t be blurted early for reasons that will appear within the email.
If this works out then I’ll do something similar for Tribe of the Snow Tiger, which might be out in May.  As usual, I can’t give a solid release date for it.  Though I will start taking volunteers for that.  I might do a mass email about that one later to see if anyone wants a non-standard, guest post in regards to the new book.  That’s down the road though.
So, let me know in the comments if you want to help with the special secret project and I’ll shoot over an email. Â Then we can discuss a topic and I’ll send it over with the links and pics. Â Hopefully it doesn’t take long to get this thing off the ground. Â Thanks.
I have a major announcement to make, as Victoria Chase might put it. My third short stories collection, Honest Fibs, was just will be published in a few days – and I now have the draft cover …
Today we have Craig S. Boyack with us with his new release: The Playground.  Craig has a little something special for us entitled: Having Something to Say. Enjoy!!
The hottest toys of the Christmas Season are the Playground Network dolls. They contain a worldwide social network for children. Except, the network is controlled by a ruthless businessman with dreams of power.
To reach his goals he turns to the occult. Will our children make up his personal army? Could we have an enemy soldier in every home?
Gina Greybill is a cancer survivor who stumbles into her own brush with the paranormal. She wants nothing to do with it, but may be the only one who can bring down the Playground Network. To do it she’ll have to embrace her new situation, and recover the next generation of Playground software.
There is competition for the software in the form of…
Take a weekend away from home and walk through quaint settings where you can relax and color a world where time stops and only beauty exists. With a variety of different hand selected landscape images for you to create mindfulness and promote relaxation with, any colorist is sure to find something to love in this book. This colorbook offers single sided pages and a variety of complexity to suit any coloring whim. Sit back and relax as you bring this beautiful world to life.
(This post is a little video heavy, but . . . eh.)
To give an update on last week’s headache: Â Through many tears and rants, we got things settled in the insurance arena. Â A long, hard fought battle that landed us . . . with the same insurance plan and company we started with. Â Don’t ask how that happened because even we don’t know. Â Especially since we were told mid-week that things didn’t look good. Â Now we only need to solve the job/money issue and have life stop curb stomping us in the gonad. Â I stand by my statement.
This weekend will be busy and so will the next one. Â Saturday is errands and appointments because tomorrow is ‘Batman vs Superman’. Â Then a lunch as a really early birthday celebration for me. Â My birthday is April 9th, but that weekend has been claimed by the younger generation of the family. Â No problem with that. Â I get to bring my son to a bouncy castle, zipline, play place that will be a blast for him. Â Rather that be what causes me to celebrate early/late than Passover, which is the Anti-Cake Holiday.
I finished writing Ritual of the Lost Lamb, which means I start a month of small projects.  My son has the last week of April off, so there’s no way I can outline Path of the Traitors and write it.  Apparently, ‘lamb’ and ‘traitors’ aren’t words according to the Google spellchecker thing I have on. Anyway, this means I’ll be focusing on a variety of smaller tasks.  Those will simply be listed on the goal list.  Given how exhausted I’ve been the last couple of weeks, it might be a good idea to take it easy.  My energy starts to die just after lunch.  Part of it might be awkward sitting positions and the weather being wackier than a Loony Tune.  It was high 60’s/low 70’s yesterday and tomorrow morning, we might get some snow.  My sinuses and energy despise this.  Might be another reason I haven’t been very social too.  Well, this paragraph got strange.
Monster Hat!
April and May are always busy months, which means I never know exactly how much I will get done. Â Lots of holidays and birthdays. Â My hope is to get the next Windemere book released in May. Â There have been a few delays on that front, so fingers are crossed. Â I’ll still be starting the hype this month and into the next. Â Fun stuff revolving around barbarians, chaos elves, honor, and Windemere. Â Honestly, Timoran Wrath rarely gets a spotlight, so I hope people are interested in him. Â Not to mention Trinity gets a big push in the next book. Â Choosing teasers for the Tuesday thing might be tough. Â We’ll see how I do there. Â It’s nearly impossible to pick a spot that doesn’t reveal a secret in the story or the one thing I’ve managed to keep off the blog.
That isn’t to say I don’t have anything going on this month. Â After much discussion, I’ve decided to attempt something that will need some promotional help. Â I’m not going to say what it is yet. Â The plan was to ask for volunteers for this mystery thing yesterday, but then I remembered it was April Fool’s Day. Â Instead, I’ll make a late day post in regards to this and the next book release. Â Again, I won’t be saying what this is because I can’t get the wheels moving until middle of next week. Â Will this secret thing work to boost the piddly sales? Â No idea, but it’s worth a shot. Â I feel like I have the energy and right mood to give a shot too.
Speaking of sales, I’ve got no idea what’s going on with mine. Â The line graph looks decent considering I haven’t released a new Windemere book in 3 months. Â On the other hand, none of the numbers move. Â Well, the rankings do, but in the wrong direction. Â Honestly, I just want to write and create. Â Feels like it takes more effort to do that too. Â I used be able to write a ton in one day. Â Then it was 3 chapter sections. Â Lately, it’s been 1-2 sections with me getting tired rather quickly. Â I do tend to wander off while thinking about the scene, so maybe I’m only being careful this far into the series. Â No idea really.
Goals for the week?
Outline Path of the Traitors.
Ask for volunteers for next book release and special project.
Activate special project.
Make a few May blog posts.
Start creating characters for Chasing Bedlam.
If not #5 then start working on outline for Sin’s 3rd book.
Pick up pre-ordered copy of Star Wars:Â Force Awakens.
Sleep when tired.
Poke at the Windemere superhero stories like an idiot.
See ‘Batman vs Superman’ tomorrow.
Never give up the biking.
Watch DVD’s while creating. Â Current series is an anime:
As promised here is the next new release from the J and I Publishing Catalogue.
Description
Escape everyday life and relax with this charming colorbook filled with images of flight and fancy. From magical birds to fiery dragons, there is something here for every fantasy lover. Bring these single-sided images to life with your favorite coloring supplies and feel your tension ease as you use your wildest imagination to take these pictures from black and white to colorful artistic creations. Hand selected images with a variety of complexity to suit your every coloring whim.
One of the most salientmemories I havefrom childhood, was the desire to grow up. I was like the oppositeof Peter Pan. I couldn’t get old fast enough.
