News update

I should have written this a LONG time ago… well at least by the end of February.

            As I had mentioned in pervious blogs, I was waiting to see if my book, Mythic Blood was going to be picked up. I had submitted to a small press publisher in the states by the name of Black Bed Sheets. Well, near the end of February… I got the response.

            Mythic Blood had been accepted and would be released this fall!

            Man, why I delayed in telling you this to my… five blog readers… oh… right… you guys are on twitter and got the news there.

            Needless to say, I have been preparing now for what will come. I have already looked into marketing ideas, I have saved up money for the next Comic con in Toronto for 2013 and have looked into personalized M&Ms for marketing purposes.

            With that in mind, my focus has turned to the second book, and yet I have found myself in a little trouble with it, mainly the lack of inspiration to write it. Although, looking over it now, I see that I may need to remove some characters and save them for another story to tell. Until I can work out the kinks and see what can be done, the story has come to me in bits and pieces. Soon though, I hope to find my inspiration and have something second novel worthy.

            Believe it or not, the third and fourth book are nearly done! I have had the third one written for a while but haven’t touched it in a few years. Perhaps it’s time to look it over… once the second book is completed.

            Until then, I shall leave the blog as it.

            That is until I can get my ass in gear and write the second book! -.-

New Years update

I really need to start kicking my own ass and sit down to write a proper blog. Sorry folks!

Ok, updates. Well I am currently waiting to hear back from Damnation books on possibly taking on Mythic Blood. I have been looking over other publishers however they seem to be few and far between. More and more am I getting tempted to turn to the dark side once more…. Aka self-publishing.

I had considered this path before, in fact I had saved up money for it, and yet decided to try and go traditional. But there have been so many problems I had encountered, some I didn’t really expect, and yet it has become my main obstacle. Believe it or not, one of the main factors happens to be Twilight.

I had mentioned this before that I am not a fan of the series and since the book gained in popularity, everyone and the kitchen sink has been cranking out vampire novels like crazy. It has shut out people like me who have been writing them long before they were cool and sparkly.

I had taken the time to go over my novel time and time again. I know it needs one final polish before I could even attempt to publish it myself, which was another reason why I wanted to go traditional. I could have a professional look over my work and point out what may been to be fixed or small flaws that I may have over looked and yet they could correct.

You can tell by my blog alone that I need help with various areas like spelling and grammar, it’s no secret, it’s one of my greatest weaknesses. Sometimes not even spell check can help me!

Anywho moving on.

A new year is about to begin, come hell or high water, I will make it my resolution to publish Mythic Blood. Either I get chosen or asked by a publisher or I do this myself. Either way, I want Mythic Blood in the hands of readers in 2011. I will do this, this is my goal, my dream. As well, my dear friend Alexandre Tuis has stated he would like to do a graphic novel.

I would find some way to pay him, but I would want Mythic Blood be his first graphic novel!

Imagine, the lone image of Dante that has been posted for all to see, imagine a whole graphic novel in that artwork? How beautiful would it be? How awesome the story could unfold before the reader as they see the faces of the immortal that I envision in my mind?

How cool does that sound?

Well I shall leave you with this, a hint to a novel down the line. I feel this could very well be one of the most intense novels I make, so here it is.

How do you ask the severed hand of an immortal a question?

Yes, I write again!

Things have started to fall back into place for me. For a while now and I am quite serious about this, I couldn’t make myself sit and write anything for the second vampire novel of Mythic Blood. The second book was living up to it’s name in my eyes. Forever night…. Aka this is taking forever to write!

As of late, I have found some inspiration in writing out what could occur in the series, the ending is done, it was one of the first chapters I finished without hesitations, but starting it and the filler in between is a whole different can of worms. Believe it or not, I have written nearly three other complete books before the second one. Weird huh?

This is what happens when I get a day off for work and there are flash drives on sale at Walmart! (By the way, at mine they had Kingston flash drives 4MB for 8.88! Wicked deal since everywhere else its 20 dollars a pop for the same kind of drive)

Cheep plug over and done with.

To be fair, I haven’t really written anything new, for the most part, I had gone back to a story I just can’t seem to pull myself away from and reworking nearly the same four chapters over and over again. Why? I don’t know, I think I like tormenting this one character I have and making her suffer a little with those she is forced to be around. Let’s just say Karma is a bitch… and you will need to wait at least six novels into the Mythic Blood series to know who I am talking about. But I can just about assure you, when you get to know her, you’ll love what I do to her!

I have promised those who are kind enough to take the time and read my blog another novel sample. I really do need to post something since you have all been kind enough to give me the time of day. I will get something up soon, I just need to pick my parts carefully to be sure I don’t give everything away up at once. (Or else it will seem like a movie trailer where it’s better than the actual movie itself)

Did you know I have a twitter?

Then again, I am on that as often as I blog… well… I try to tweet once a day, and no it’s not about going to the bathroom, where I shop or anything like that. But updates nonetheless on the series.

You are more than welcome to follow me @MythicBlood.

You don’t have to though, but if you want to, feel free.

I need to start doing some research for publishers, just so I know who is accepting right now. There aren’t many out there and I want to avoid self-publishing if possible. I had been tempted in the past, but vanity publishing can’t compare with an actual publisher. It’s an uphill battle for me though, due to Twilight and Tru Blood, vampires are harder to sell.

I already explained this didn’t I?

See, this is why I don’t blog that often, I end up like a broke record!

Until next time everyone. Keep well, stay safe and hopefully I will have some better news and more significant things to write about!

Take care.