Echo from the Void (Lunar Lives book 2) is available now in ebook or paperback format on Amazon! Buy it here
Echo from the Void: Lunar Lives Book 2
Echo from the Void releases exclusively on Amazon Feb 5, 2024 in ebook and paperback versions! Pre-order the ebook version here. I hope everyone enjoys it. I think it is a worthy successor to Scab Among the Stars.
Echo from the Void cover
The cover for Echo from the Void is complete! On pace for release in December 2023!
December Release Date
Echo from the Void will go to my editor October 1 and the cover is being worked on as we speak! My goal is for a release in December 2023. Stay tuned.
Echo Editing
I continue to be hard at work editing Echo From the Void. I hope to have it ready for launch Dec 2023 or Jan 2024. I will make it available on Amazon both for Kindle and in paperback form.
Echo version 1 is done!!
I am proud to say the first (very) rough draft of Echo From the Void is done! I am going to let it sit for a bit, and then do a content draft, followed by a grammatical draft and then it will be off to the editor in October of 2023. My goal is for it to release in early 2024!
Echo update
Greetings! A little flurry of interest has encouraged me to share an update. I am almost done with the first draft of Echo From the Void the second book in the Lunar Lives series. I appreciate everyone who has taken an interest in my work as of late and am thankful for your encouragement. I anticipate Echo being ready for release somewhere between December 2023 and February of 2024.
After a Hiatus
After a long hiatus, I am in a better place now. I’ve changed some things in my life to find joy and peace-of-mind and, to my great pleasure, writing became a pleasurable activity again. I am about 80 pages in on the first draft of the 2nd book in the Lunar Lives series. The working title is Echo From the Void. As you can imagine this one largely centers around the moon of Echo.
On Quitting
I’ve lost the will to fight for creativity any longer. My head is an inescapable place. I think two novels and a short-story collection are all I will be able to contribute artistically. It is a small offering in the scheme of things—not many people have read what I’ve written. But I think this is where the road ends for me as a writer. Every time I sit to write I am gripped by self-doubt, self-censorship and the fear of ridicule. Writing was never my livelihood, it was my hobby and my hobby no longer has the utility of bringing me happiness. Social media (or in my case the fear of social media) has stripped the joy from writing for me and left only the lifeless mechanics. I am in a difficult place: I have neither the willingness to conform to the demands of the current cultural paradigm nor the courage to stand and fight against its inflexible edicts. Writing was very important to me for about 12 years of my life. I believe that season is over now, but I’m proud of what I’ve created, particularly SCAB AMONG THE STARS and some of the stories from MACHINES AND FEVER DREAMS. My sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to read my work. I hope it transported you to a vivid world and let you escape for a while. It was once my escape, too.
The Year of No Fear
I’ve come back online in 2021 and decided it will be the year where I no longer let fear of other people’s opinions discourage me from being the creative, bold, contrarian that I am. Last year I lost two grandmothers, my step-father, my confidence and my faith in the human species. I intend to recapture the last two things on that list.
So, back from my writing hiatus, I’m please to inform you I am working on an existential comedy called Twenty-First Century Failure and then will be tackling the sequel to Scab Among the Stars which I have not yet named.
Oh the Hysteria!
Back by popular demand—JT Brown’s return to the 4th dimension!! I’ll be appearing on Hysteria 51 May 4th, 2020! This time we will be talking about atomic spies from the Manhattan Project. They even gave me a bumper!!!!!!!
Pre Order and Release Date
Machines and Fever Dreams is now available for pre-order on Amazon (ebook version). Release date 5-5-20!
Machines and Fever Dreams
As everyone knows, I’m fond of changing titles! So—Machines and Fever Dreams the artist formerly known as Fever Dream Fables will be coming to you in April of 2020! I thought Machines and Fever Dreams better captured the atmosphere of those stories as they skew (slightly) more sci-fi than the Lunar Lives books which really have very little technology in them at all. Fans of Philip K Dick will like the collection as he has always been one of my favorites and is a big influence on my writing. The ten stories for Machines are from the last 8-ish years when I’ve been between larger projects. I hope everyone digs them!
Free Books and Many Thanks
Thanks to everyone who picked up the ebook version of Scab Among the Stars during the free promotion! It was a big success, thanks in part to the good folks at Freebooksy for their advertisement! There’s still 1 MORE DAY to pick the ebook up for free! Did I mention it’s FREE? Now that you’ve got the book do me 2 simple favors: 1) review it on Amazon and most importantly 2) TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO PICK IT UP!
The Scab Keeps Rollin'
About 3 weeks in and the little-indie-that-could keeps chugging along! Keep up the buys and reviews, readers! Feel free to drop me a line in the comments here and I’ll hit you back. Thanks for listening in on Hysteria 51! Short story collection coming in Spring 2020 called FEVER DREAM FABLES. It is a collection of stories I have written over the last 10 years.
Hysteria 51
For the next 2 weeks I’ll be on my buddy Brent’s podcast, HYSTERIA 51. We will be talking about David Koresh and the Branch Davidians! Week one is focused on Koresh the person and week two is focused on the siege itself. We try to bring levity to a difficult subject and a little insight, too. Oh, did I mention. I wrote a book! Perhaps you didn’t notice the 5000 places I put the link here on the site! Let’s make it 5001!
Scab Among the Stars is up!!!
Scab Among the Stars is available on Amazon in paperback or digital format!!! Buy it! Review it! Shout it out on social media! Follow the link below:
Sad Times
I’ll be on my buddy Kevin Crispin’s podcast called SAD TIMES on 10-14-19. We’ll be chatting about panic attacks, apostasies, and medical social work. Check it out — wherever you get your podcast fix from!
Scab Among the Stars
Well, after much weeping and gnashing of teeth, I’m giving up on the traditional market. I got a few manuscript requests—even a full request, which says I was close—but for a number of reasons most of which are out of my control I remain agent-less. I’ve tapped out most of the agenting market for speculative fiction. It was an extremely painful experience, frankly, and I may write about it someday, but not today. Today I’m focusing on what I do moving forward. I’m going to self-publish on Amazon again and dammit, I’m sticking with the the name I loved in the first place Scab Among the Stars. The teacher of my class hated the title, which makes me want to be successful with it all the more as sort of a Led Zeppelin-ish nose-thumbing. The cover is being completed as we speak by the good folks at Deranged Doctor Design. My goal is to launch the 2nd week of November. I’ll be appearing on my friend Kevin’s podcast, Sad Times, to talk about, you guessed it, times I’ve been sad, but I’ll also be plugging the book. More details to come.
Queries and Bios and Rejections Oh My!
I am currently going through the query/rejection cycle for Genocide Moon. I was discussing with my editor and had some existential reflections. I try to be open to growth as a human in any and all situations, including this one. If I am successful in my quest for publication in the traditional market it will have taught me perseverance and hope. If I fail, it will teach me to find joy in creating, independent of monetary gain or recognition. Either way, there’s wisdom to be gained.