I created these for a publisher to give them an example of what I was thinking for a book cover for Merlin's Blade. My son portrays the blind Merlin, and my daughter with the harp (from a photo when she was sixteen) portrays Natalenya. So, with… more »

JanuaryFebruaryMarchThis was the month that I first came into contact with Les Stobbe, an excellent agent with a lot of experience selling novels to the publishers in the Christian market. We began negotiations about signing a contract.April… more »

Just to let everyone know ... my laptop got a nasty virus, which is now removed. The problem is that it killed my internet connection except for email. The long and short is that I've done everything to fix my internet connection, but cannot. Now I ne… more »

Okay, this is not the biggest news, although it certainly could be a precursor to some possibly big-Big-BIG news coming in the future:I signed with an agent who is a veteran in the CBA. This means, for the first time, that MERLIN'S BLADE is bein… more »

I feel like shouting as Theoden, King of Rohan, did: VICTORY!!!Three years to the day of finishing draft #1 of MERLIN'S BLADE, I have successfully cut the book down to 105,000 words!Three years ago it was 154,000 words long, so the last twelve dr… more »

I've had maps for Merlin's Blade for a long time, but only now do I feel good about showing them. Why? Because I finally created the topography using Blender 3D software.Here they are:PORTION OF BOSVENNA MOORKERNOW, BRITAINTHE VIL… more »

Part Two of MERLIN'S SHADOW is now finished! And this marks 80% through the novel, which means only 20% remains for Part Three and the climax of the novel. I am currently at a word count of 78,000 out of an expected 97,000 wordsEach of my novel… more »

A big, big, day! I finished working through Tegid's excellent edits this last week, fixed up the cover image last night ... and just placed an order for twelve copies of MERLIN'S BLADE! Most of these are for securing endorsements, but a few are for… more »

Yes it's true. I had just finished entering all the (beyond-excellent) edits that Tegid had given me for Merlin's Blade, when the mailman dropped off the last 125 pages sent by Tegid (thanks!) ... and the first professionally printed copy of Merlin'… more »

Yes indeed—the first ever copy of Merlin's Blade is rolling off the press right now , and will be sent to me in a week or two. If this proof copy turns out as expected , then I will be ordering more copies to give to seven published authors I've met, a… more »