The plot of King Sorrow is something of a Frankenstein’s monster of horror, thriller, fantasy and a decade’s spanning morality tale. The story begins with a group of hapless college students who get more than they bargained for in a classic Faustian bargain, playing heavily to the book’s horror thriller billing.
As an author in the modern age, the internet is more than just another tool. Learning to navigate its complex waters is an intrinsic part of what it means to be an author.
But when I found myself staring down the barrel of my novel’s rapidly approaching launch date with no connections, no money and no marketing plan, I knew I had to do something to get the word out there. So I turned to the avenue that was most readily available and convenient to me; social media.
I was a little surprised to hear that book fairs were still a thing for adults, but I’m here for it.
I have always seen books as tools, not art pieces. Fundamentally, a book is a medium for passing along stories, wisdom and information from person to person.
I woke up this morning as a published author. It’s a strange thing to think and an even stranger thing to say out load.
Since announcing my first novel, one topic seems to come up over and over again in conversation; what inspired me to write The Scion Conspiracy and the Crucible of Legacy series?
As it turns out, editing and writing are two very different things.
I often daydream about slapping my younger self across the face for wasting so much of the stuff now that I’m scraping out my writing in the precious moments when I’m not under the tyranny of my tiny terrors.
