This is my site for information about the fantasy world known as the 
Lands of Hope. I have the usual bio and buy pages, also Maps and a free Compendium of lore, plus a cool notification feature if you want to see posts in your email box. Sign up for that and you get two quick Tales for free. Because no one should have to wait for a little Hope.
Continue reading Welcome to the Lands
Not strictly related to the writing field, but I’ve always enjoyed encouraging new authors–and now including discerning readers–about genre fiction tales. I submitted my presentation on Sneaky World Building, covered in previous posts here, to the Delaware
Humanities Speakers Program and they accepted me. Boom!
Delawareans: If you don’t care for that topic, trust me there are plenty to choose from. If your school, or book club, organization of nearly any kind is looking to bring in talented speakers on an enormous variety of discussions, lectures, and more, check out the catalog which went live today.
I love talking to groups and the other talks I scanned honestly left my jaw open. I loved the entire application process and while, sure, I’ve 
love to score a few gigs for the pride and remuneration, meeting and chatting with folks about the things we love is just the human process, it’s living. Live a little! See if your group could use a shot of something cool and human in the catalog.
My first post in a minute, and I wanted it to be something important. I love narration, and one of my most recent projects strikes me as one that’s going to go boom. It was a lot of fun to read and work on.
Reset by Kevin Charles is a great example of a high concept (like “Snakes on a Plane”- you know pretty much all of it already!) that really grabs your mind.
What if on your 50th birthday your body suddenly Reset to 25 again?
And listen, I’ve narrated a ton of FSF books with a great premise, but the proof is in the pudding as they say. In this case what really impressed me was the detailed, almost ruthless exploitation of that theme. Over and over, through characters you come to really care about, Charles shows the likely consequences and results of folks’ various decisions and reactions around this momentous, unexplained phenomenon.
Why is it happening? How will families, groups, and the nation at large react? The impact in all its manifestations is so well explored, and always tied to characters (that appeals to me more and more as I narrate stories, it’s all about the characters, right?).
Release date is mid-September and you won’t want to miss it. Whether you use your eyes or ears, it’s coming out in all formats then. Listen to the sample, watch the trailer and enter below for a chance to win a piece of hand-crafted art taken directly from the book!