This site is a place where I discuss my writing journey, my books and stories.
Cammy, a timid teenager hidden away because of her stark differences, has spent her entire life in seclusion. Mel, a retired war hero shaped by vengeance, discovers her by accident and believes she may be the key to ending a secret war. As the galaxy closes in to capture her, Cammy’s uncle Travis will do anything to keep her safe.
Ark Ship Colony is now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and in Paperback. Coming to Audible Late July!
The first novel I wrote took me nearly 10 years (it turns out you actually have to write to finish a novel; who knew?) to complete. I muddled around and figured out how to hire editors and artists for the cover, publish, and all that, and then put together the bucket list of having an Audible version available. I found a Narrator, Kevin Perkins, who nailed the narration.
Skip to the future. I wrote a sequel, “Emergence Ascended,” and published it (with much more ease and confidence). Then I kept writing, and to be honest, moving on from my first novel, I kind of forgot about it.
Last week, I got an email from Kevin that said that Audiobookreviewer.com had awarded “Emergence Collective” the best science fiction in the metaphysical genre for 2024! Holy crap! 3 years after publishing I won an award! I am blown away! (It looks like I have some bios to update for the “Award-winning author.”
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Emergence Ascended is currently in production!
As promised, I did not abandon you!
In the “you win some, you lose some” category, I added my Audible project to the list. I will summarize the story for the new folks (Hi, I do notice and appreciate it!) Being poor and starving author and artist with a goal of have my books on audible, I decided to record my books myself (because I am free labor, I can exploit all I want). So I bought some equipment and made myself a nice little corner in the closet to record.
I started recording and was horrible, sight reading is a skill that I didn’t know I needed. I got better, improved my sound quality, and started to feel pretty good about my narration (I was even told that I am pretty good, translated to my ears are “you don’t suck”). Skipping ahead, with slow progress, I uploaded a sample to ACX (Audible production) to test the audio quality. I got 4 out of 4 flags on my audio, I could almost hear ACX asking if I was deaf or stupid) It seems that my minuscule knowledge of audio engineering was not enough. Go figure.
On a side note, Amazon prime credit should have never given me a card. I signed a contract with a narrator to produce Emergence Collective! Tentatively, it should be released sometime in May 2024. So stay tuned for more on that!
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Hand-prints of Darkness 