September 2023

Hey there lovely reader friend,

So as I write this its September 28th around 9:45 pm.

I called out of my writer’s group tonight because I’m really trucking getting these revisions in in the older books. I’m at the finish line! It’s finally in site!

The Scarred should be back from the proofreader any day now. I’m really excited, as he came very highly recommended from a fellow author. The Pre-Order is up and it goes live February 16th, a little longer than I normally make you wait to read the new books, but its gonna give me time to get, hopefully, two more books ready to launch quickly after.

As of now, book 2, which actually does have a working title right now, but not to be revealed yet, is at around 18k words I believe. Its setting up to be a doozy, and as I know how the book will end, I’m letting the characters and world kind of steer them in the direction of how, and how long, its gonna take to get there.

My plan moving forward, after the re-edits, is to push through on the rest of the audiobooks for The Dragon Sands. I hope to get those done fairly quickly, even though it is a very time consuming process. But they’ll be great to have out for when the relaunch of the Box Set comes out next month.

Also, I’m working on artwork for the interiors of the books again, including older books.

So, I’m finishing the year as a busy little bee. And the writer’s convention in Vegas is coming in November and I’m so excited. Its going to crank my brain into overdrive. Good thing I have lots of things to work on!

Cheers,
C.K.

July 2023 Update

Well, got the covers updated for all the books of the Dragon Sands. Super happy with them. The designers really knocked it out of the park and captured an authentic feel for what I envisioned. I got a new cover for the whole box set but I’m waiting to release that. That’ll be a whole new deal.

As for writing and the new project, I’m at the two-thirds mark and really fucking excited for where the story leads from there. Its great fun to write and I really love the characters. Got Tiffany lined up for editing.

But the bad news is that I’m shooting for a rapid release of the first three books in the series, so it probably won’t start coming up until early next year I’m guessing. I’ll release stuff like covers and maybe sample chapters in the meantime though! Once I’m done with the first draft of the manuscript I may share the new series name. I think that’s solidified, but I’m still toying with the actual book title…

Cheers,
C.K.

Patreon Launch!

Well I did it.

Other author friends and mentors urged me to do it, so I launched a Patreon page. It’s just the beginning so we can figure it out together along the way.

But if you’re enough of a fan to spend 5 or 10 bucks a month to support my dream then I’ll put the emphasis on getting the cool inside stuff to you first.

Go to my Patreon Page

Here’s to new adventure and new stories!
C.K.

4/10/23

War of the Mystics is with the proofreader and almost back to me to get the get all formatted for release on May 1st!

I can’t believe the series is over. It’s always sad to say goodbye to characters I’ve been with, and sometimes liked to boss me around, for years.

I’m really happy with the way the story played out and I loved the ending. I may or may not have shed some tears while writing those final chapters.

As of today, I started writing the new series. No info to share, probably for quite some time, sorry. That’s the way she goes. If I had to guess, if I’m good at writing this year, I’d plan on a release at the beginning of next year.

I got a lot of the brainstorming for this series while I was on vaca for my 40th in Seville, Spain and Lagos, Portugal. If you want pics then you’ll have to sign up to the Reader’s Group!

More info soon,
C.K.

2/13/23

Trucking along.

Ramping up to the end of the book! Man is this a showdown. A little nervous about what’s going to happen.

73k words in for the 400-page ride. Will have the manuscript done in a month and off to Tiffany (my editor).

Getting excited and I’ve got more in the works.

Heading off to Spain soon for my 40th, where it should be the perfect time and place to start brainstorming the next series.

Peace friends,
C.K.

11/22/22

What I’m working on

The final book in the Riders of Dark Dragons series.

This will be Stone, Ceres and Adler’s last hurrah.

As of writing this I’m currently 25% done with the first draft, and there’s a lot of action going on! Roughly planning on an early spring release of the book. I’ll probably put the first three books in a Boxset too right before the launch. Exciting times ahead!

Thinking about what the next series will be too. I’ve got some ideas 😉

Nov 22 – CK