A New Day ...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  There's a lot going on!

I've finished a new science fiction young adult novel that I'm very excited about.  DRAGONS is set a century in the future, in an age when space travel has been privatized and mankind has extended out to colonies on Mars, many of the larger asteroids, and even a Jovian moon.  It tells the story of eighteen-year-old Andy Draco, who awakens to find himself a prisoner in a peculiar prison, held by nameless and faceless kidnappers who are making seemingly impossible demands of him.  But Andy is more than he appears - much more.  He's the keeper of a secret that's thousands of years old, a secret that much never be shared with anyone, no matter what!  It's also a secret that his kidnappers are determined to get him to reveal ... by hook or by crook. 

But they should be careful what they wish for.

If you're intrigued, then stay-tuned.  DRAGONS will be seeing publication before the end of 2019!

DRAGONS will be the first book ever published by Allegory Publications, Ltd., which is the company behind Allegory, the Online Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror (www.allegoryezine.com).  In preparation for its launch, over the next several months I'm going to be executing a book promotion plan.  This plan is slowly taking shape, as indicated by the photo of my Project Wall, which I took just this morning.  It's going to involve social media, Goodreads, and blog sites with which I'm acquainted.

I've never attempted anything quite this time before.  I'm more or less on my own on this one.  No editor.  No agent.  Just a great book, if I do say so myself, and time and drive enough to make something happen with it.  The publishing world is changing, and authors need to do more than just submit their work and hope and pray for a sale.  

These are my first steps down a brand new path.  It's scary, but it's also exciting, and I can't wait to see where it takes me.

Want to come along?