Duane

Unable to come up with a better title, Cindy’s Story will be the official title of my next book.  That’s what I’ve been calling it ever since I first came up with the idea, so the name just sort of stuck.

I designed the cover for it today, and I just finished chapter four.  Work was delayed by the passing of my father and some other things that have been going on, plus it’s slow going because I’m writing a non-series book.  I had this problem with book 17 of the series as well.  It was all new characters and a totally new setting, so I can’t just pound through stuff like that the way I can when I’m working within the normal series canon.

So it will take a bit longer with this one, but I’m really happy with how it’s going so far.  I don’t have an estimate yet for when I’ll be done with it, but when I get closer to the end I should have a better idea.

Anyway, that’s it for now.  Just wanted to pop in and give a little update.

My father passed away last week, so obviously I haven’t been writing much since then.  I did just finish chapter three however, and the story is coming along nicely.  I’m throwing a lot of humor into this one, so I think the final product is going to be something that pretty much everyone can read and enjoy rather than being geared toward a more genre specific audience like the series is.

This book will be and was always intended to be a standalone.  There will be no others with these characters.  As much fun as I’m having writing them, unless the book really takes off and people are clamoring for another book, then there won’t be one.  If there is a demand, then I’m sure I could come up with another story for them.

In any case, I am plugging away at it, and when I finish this one I’ll write the next one in the Unseen Things series while I try to come up with some ideas for some other standalone books to write.  I’ve never had much of a problem coming up with story ideas.  I just need to settle on one.

Anyway, that’s it for now.  Oh, one last thing.  Cindy’s Story is really sticking with me as a title for this one.  I know it’s not a great title, but the more I think of it, the more I like it.  It may not be descriptive as far as titles go, but it really is her story, so it’s appropriate.

I’ve started work on my first ever non-series related book, Cindy’s Story.  I don’t know if that’ll be the final title or not, but that’s what I’ve been calling it since I first came up with the idea, so for right now that’s what it’ll be called.

It’s about an average girl named Cindy who hasn’t had much luck in her life.  She can’t seem to keep a job, even though it’s usually not her fault, and the one guy she managed to have a stable relationship with left her for a large breasted waitress at a sports bar.  Now desperate for a job so she can get money to pay her rent, her landlord tells her about his private detective brother who’s looking for an assistant…and that’s where it all begins.

This book is being written to be a standalone.  I don’t know if it will stay that way or not, but I wanted to have at least one standalone book out there to introduce people to my writing, so that maybe they’ll give the series a try.  Aside from that, after publishing twenty books in the Unseen Things series in the last two and a half years, I needed to take a little break.  Writing this book is like a vacation for me.

Fear not though, I will be writing the next book in the series after this one is done and published.

I’m very happy to announce that the much delayed 20th book of the Unseen Things series is now available for sale on this website as well as Smashwords, Amazon, Google Play and OmniLit.  It will soon be available on Barnes and Noble, iTunes, Kobo and other retail sites.

This book is a milestone for me.  It’s been almost exactly two and a half years since I began writing the first book of the series, and now I’m able to present you with book 20.  It’s been one hell of a ride so far, and I’ve loved every second of it.

I will be updating the Trivia page with trivia about this book shortly.

Synopsis: Boredom is a horrible thing to suffer through when you’re immortal, but it seems to be the normal state of things whenever there’s down time between one crisis and the next.

In order to alleviate their boredom one afternoon, the others ask Jake and Lana to tell them the story of how they met, and what happened to them between the time when the Echnids first invaded the Earth, and when the pair finally settled down in the town of Cottonwood, Utah.

Also, the secret that Jarrod and the others have been keeping about their ability to alter reality becomes a bit more public when Sarah uses it to help Jake undo the single biggest regret of his life.

Oh man, it’s been a long, hard road to get through this book, and I still have all the editing to do, but at least it’s finally done.  Insomnia and numerous other things got in my way, but I worked through it all and I’ve finally reached the end.  I have some stuff I have to deal with tomorrow, so I might actually start editing it tonight just to get it going.  I really enjoyed writing this one and I had a lot of fun with it.

Anyway, just a quick update to vent my excitement at finally finishing it.  I’ll post again once its edited and published.

I finally finished chapter 14 last night.  It was a struggle to get through it, not only because of my insomnia, but also because it’s the longest chapter in the book so far.  I’ve been trying to force myself to sleep more, and so far it’s helping.  Last night I got six and a half hours and I slept some more during the day today.  It’s helping quite a bit.

Anyway, this is just a short update.  I have two more chapters to write, and I’m already a little bit into one of them, so at least I’m making progress. 🙂