Happy Belated New Years!

Well, Christmas is finally over (at least by most modern standards), and the cosmic ticker has flipped forward, so I wanted to check in and say, "Hi." Also, in keeping with tradition, I put up a list ranking all the new movies I saw in 2017, from least to most favorite.

Now that the holidays are behind me, I'm back to focusing on revising the next novel. There's still a lot of work to be done, but I'm hoping to have it available before summer.

Hear me!

Lindsay and I put together a pilot podcast for Mainlining Christmas. In addition to a prolonged discussion on the longstanding relationship between the holidays and time travel, you can listen to me reading one of my stories aloud. We're planning at least a few more episodes on some other nerdy topics. Time frame is still TBD, however.

In other news, as I type this, you're anxiously waiting in line to get tickets for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I caught it on Thursday night, and I loved it. I typed up some thoughts over at The Middle Room, though I'd avoid any reviews or discussion until you've seen the movie.

Book Sale!

If you haven't read my first novel, the Kindle edition of For Love of Children is only 99 cents this weekend. I started For Love of Children after graduating from college in 2003, and it's still the work I feel closest to emotionally. We're also making A Count of Five free this weekend, so this is a great time to save a few bucks.

Festive Cheer

The Christmas season is upon us once again, which means Lindsay and I have kicked off our annual binge of holiday media at Mainlining Christmas. We're continuing our tradition of posting reviews or articles three times a day through December 25th.

What else?

I suppose this is as good a time as any to announce I've finished a first draft of all nine novels in The Citadel of the Last Gathering. There's still a lot more work to do, but we're hoping to have book 5 edited and released Spring of next year and (no promises) maybe get book 6 out before the end of 2018.

I'll leave you with this picture from our Black Friday party. If you want more context, head over here.

Now Available: A Contest of Prophecies

You can now buy A Contest of Prophecies, the fourth book of The Citadel of the Last Gathering, in paperback or for Kindle. If you haven't read the first three, it's a good time to catch up - Kindle versions of A Count of Five and A Tide of Ice are both free through the end of the weekend, and A Unique Sickness of Spirit is just $0.99.

The Citadel of the Last Gathering is a series of time travel novels ranging across millions of years in a fantasy world where magic drives evolution and culture. The story follows Alaji, a young woman from a forgotten civilization, as she explores a history far larger than she ever thought possible. You can read the FAQ for more about the series.

A Contest of Prophecies - Available August 10th!

A Contest of Prophecies, book four in The Citadel of the Last Gathering, will be available on Kindle August 10th - you can pre-order it now. A paperback version will be released around the same time (give or take a few days).

It picks up right where we left off at the end of A Unique Sickness of Spirit - on a stolen airship circling the world. I think those of you who have read the earlier books will really like this one. As for the rest of you... what are you waiting for?

A Contest of Prophecies: The Citadel of the Last Gathering, Book 4

Not even history can withstand the vastness of time. 

In streets blackened by soot and the shadows of airships, their names were legend. But if they want those stories to survive, Alaji, Phaesha, and Yemerik will need to craft a prophecy that will last for eons.

They’ll need to travel back to a time of dragons, knights, and castles and forge an alliance with a man destined to be king. They’ll need to start a war that will kill thousands and conquer a nation to create a past that matches the future they left behind.

But theirs is not the only prophecy. A spirit has followed them back through time, and it will not rest until Alaji is destroyed. Their war in the past masks a grander contest between forces striving to reshape all of time.

A Contest of Prophecies is the fourth book in The Citadel of the Last Gathering, a time-travel fantasy series following a young woman from an era before history journeying across millions of years, exploring a world of evolving magic.

Summer. FINALLY.

I thought I'd check in, since I haven't posted in a few months. As always, I've been busy writing. I'm still planning to release my next novel, A Contest of Prophecies, this summer - our current target is mid-August.

In addition, I'm hoping to find some time to start getting some new short fiction up. Assuming everything goes as planned, I'll work on those as soon as I'm done revising.

In the meantime, it's summer, so the superhero movies have been out in force. Recently, I went to see Wonder Woman and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Click the links for my reviews, if you're curious, but the short version is I loved them both.

Oh, wow. It has been a while since I last posted here. Long enough I haven't mentioned Kong: Skull Island yet. I liked that one, too, though it wasn't on par with the two above.

In addition, I do an annual breakdown of summer movies, along with projections (fancy way of saying 'wild guesses') for how good I think they'll be. Find that here, if you're really bored.

What else? Lindsay and I have been out hiking again this year (hence the picture above). Plus, this is our first summer in our new house, so we've been having fun discovering what flowers pop out of the ground and what animals come out of the woods, such as this guy we saw hanging out on our porch.

I'm not even going to pretend I don't love bunnies. Freaking adorable.