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Last night I started working on book 18 of the series, Repercussions.  The opening scene so far has been quite fun and even includes a visit from Jake and Lana.  I probably won’t be revisiting the other characters from Travelers other than to mention them once in a while in passing, but Jake and Lana will definitely be making appearances every now and then.  I may even make them more a part of things as the story progresses just because I love the characters.  I’ll have to see how it all plays out as I write.

I had a hell of a time coming up with a cover for this one.  The concept of the story doesn’t really lend itself to a cover, but I finally came up with a really sweet looking one that I’m totally happy with.  I always do the cover and other graphics before I start writing the story.  It’s all just a part of the process.  I have to do the cover first.  Call it a personality quirk or whatever, but that’s just the way I am.

Anyway, back to writing… 🙂

I’ve just finished editing and publishing a new version of book 4 of the series, Revenge.  I thought I hadn’t edited it properly, but now I’ve come to realize that I did edit it, but somehow when I published it originally, I published an unedited version of the book.  I wasn’t able to located the edited copy, so I’ve completely re-edited it from scratch and re-published it with a new cover (pictured here) to replace the old one, which I was never all that happy with.

What’s new in the re-edit?  About eight-thousand words, that’s what.  The re-edit is up to my current standards, and I’ve made a few small modifications to the story to make it jive with what comes later.  Consider this a second edition, even though I’m not actually calling it that.

Now, for anyone who bought the unedited version of the book prior to June 2, 2015, I’m going to take care of you and make sure you get an updated and finalized copy.  Just send me a screenshot showing that you purchased the original copy, and I’ll send you the new version in your choice of formats for free.  You can contact me through the contact page here on the site.

I’m very embarrassed about this happening, but it’s all been rectified now.

A long time ago I re-edited the first three books in the series, but I stopped there.  My writing style has solidified now over the course of seventeen books (so far), and as such I’m currently doing a re-edit on book 4, Revenge.  I was also never really happy with the cover for it, because the background on it was horrible.  I made a new cover for it this morning, and I’ll be re-doing the covers for books 2 and 5 as well at some point here as soon as I get book 4 re-edited and released.

I’ve never published two books at once before, but I wrote book 17 before I wrote book 16, so I’ve just been sitting on it until I had 16 finished.  Now I’m posting them both together for your reading pleasure.  Here’s all the details…

Transition (Book 16)

Synopsis: Their patience is at an end. It’s been a long time coming, but they’ve finally had enough of dealing with the stupidity and corruption of the human race, and now it’s time for them to go.

In the year 2112, the military is forced to remove the government from power due to its deep rooted corruption. Unfortunately, about half of the country supports those who were in power, which brings about riots, looting and martial law.

Feeling completely disconnected from humanity, they’re left with two options. Wipe out most of the Earth’s population so that the human race can start over and rebuild itself from the ashes, or leave. Left with no other choice, the group finally decides to make their long planned move to the Nathalis dimension.

Travelers (Book 17)

Synopsis: It was the year 2231 when they started coming through the portals.  The Echnid soldiers devastated the Earth and eliminated nearly eighty percent of the population as they searched for resources they could steal and send back to their home dimension.

Jake and Lana managed to survive the initial assault and went out on the road together in a stolen (errr…salvaged) vehicle.  After what became known as the Day of Death however, where all of the Echnids on the planet suddenly turned inside out, they looted whatever Echnid weapons they could find and then traveled from town to town, doing less than reputable jobs and stealing or salvaging whatever they could in order to survive.

When they happen upon a no name town in what used to be the state of Utah however, they finally find themselves in a place where they can lay down some roots.  The question is, between the Echnid raiders, the roving gangs of humans known as Skinks, and one very angry pregnant girl from the next town over who’s hell bent on making Jake her husband, how deep will their roots be allowed to grow?

The books are or will be available at all the usual websites, including here on the official site.

I was interviewed again today on Wayne Clingman’s Blogtalk Radio show.  In this interview, I talked about the series, eBook promotion, pricing and other things as well, including what I do when I’m not writing.

I just finished writing the first draft of Transition.  Once I get it edited, I’ll publish both it and Travelers, book 17 of the series together at the same time.  The editing usually takes me about five days, but it may take a bit longer because of some personal stuff I have going on at the moment.  I’ll definitely have both books published at some point in the next two weeks though.