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 »

To most of you, it would seem obvious that once I finished Book 1 (Merlin's Blade), I would begin writing Book 2 (Merlin's Shadow). To me, however, it was not obvious. Unless I can sell book 1, book 2 is useless in the sense that neither agent nor pu… more »

Since my single attempt at sending a proposal out ended in the expected result, I have decided to improve my fiction in three different ways:I Simplified The Names Of My CharactersMy book is fraught with difficult names, but my most egregious cho… more »

I found some of the text about King Arthur fighting werewolves in his tenth battle. Here it is, from the Welsh peom Pa Gur?: Though Arthur laughed he caused her blood to flow in Afarnach's hall, fighting with a witch. He pierced Cudgel's Head i… more »

Yes, it appears that King Arthur fought werewolves in a little-known legend. Although not exactly werewolves, but rather "dog-heads", which are human type creatures with the heads of dogs, or wolves. This is highly interesting to me, because I have m… more »

Just a quick update to let everyone know that I am about 12% through editing book 1 of the Merlyn Spiral. My goal is to reduce my book from 154,000 words down to 100,000 words---if possible. So far I am on course. Although I am only a small percen… more »