First and foremost, I want to send good vibes to everyone and hope you are all safe during these unsteady times. I want to introduce the cover to my new book, The Grand Librarian: The Future Wizards. The book will be published in the next few months. It is the continued brainchild of Panhnha Tran from The Grand Librarian: Life of an Immortal. This book is part of Stage 4 of the HMU. A month has passed since The Grand Librarian, Alexander Merryweather, helped defeat evil forces in The Hangman Returns. Now, he faces another threat fifteen years in the future. With the wizard, Merlin's help, Ale ..read more

It seems like it took forever for this book to be released. I wish I had the same patience as I had when I was writing it, but I didn't. I was waiting everyday until the publishing house closed, in hopes of getting an email with those magic words, "Congratulations, your novel has been published". I was frustrated, which turned into to anger. But then I got those magic words in an email the other day and it seems like I've been in marketing mode every since. \ The Hangman Returns is a good novel that continues the Hangman's journey in the HMU. It picks up five years after The Hangman ended and ..read more

I'm black. I've never pretended to be anything else. Although, I've tried to act according to my level of education, I've always known what I could and couldn't do based on my race. I'm not Barack Obama black. I'm not Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson black. Hell, I'm not even Kevin Hart black. I'm a black man, raised in poverty in the ghetto of Gary, Indiana, who has attempted to defy the odds and advance beyond the color of my skin. Black people are the most loyal people on this earth when given the chance. It's both our biggest strength and biggest weakness. I can honestly admit it’s mostly why I ..read more

The Hangman Returns is in the publisher's hands. A few more steps and everyone will be able to share in the wondrous world of the Hangman Universe (HMU) again. So, I was trying to figure out what I should do while waiting for the book to be published. I honestly wanted to take a long and overdue break from writing. I felt like my action scenes were getting stale until I reread the book and fell in love all over again with the Hangman and its characters. But I still didn't know what I wanted to do. So, I still decided to take a break. Yeah right! I had so many ideas rolling around in my head t ..read more

So, this is the new cover for The Hangman Returns. The book is in the editing process and I like to display the cover when I'm close to publishing. I'm hoping this is one of my greatest achievements EVER, since Hangman Universe (HMU) began. The story is filled with drama, comedy, a love angle and of course, action. I love my editor and my cover designer. I wish I could pay them more, but as an independent author, I really can't afford to. Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to go back and make things right. Which brings me to my next projects. I'm going to be taking a break from the HMU. But whe ..read more

I'm about a third ways finished writing The Hangman Returns. I have remained conscious of the main issues associated with some of the criticism from the Hangman, which was there wasn't enough of the Hangman. Having established the main characters over the last three years, the novel will not have the same issues. I have even added a small love story and I'll try to get as much of an emotional response for each character as I can. I want my audience to care what happens to these characters, because these characters are what the HMU is all about. First, there is the Hangman, who must return and ..read more

Hard at work on Stage 3 of the HMU, which is The Hangman Returns novel. Got another idea's guy. His ideas are fresh but I don't know if they really fit what I'm trying to do. But will see. I'm just bouncing ideas off of different people these days to see what works and doesn't work. It's not easy when you're used to getting ideas from two places, to suddenly, getting them from a group of people. Either way, I'm about forty-five percent finished. I've just written the final chapter as I've been known to do with my books. I had a great idea for an ending and couldn't help myself. Some people m ..read more

I've been working on an actual novel, instead of a novella, for the HMU, The Hangman Returns. It represents Stage 3 in the Universe. I'll admit, I was distracted by other projects that I'll complete at a later date. But I realized as much as I would like to complete those other projects in the same time frame, I can't. I'm spread too thin. They take away my concentration from a single novel.I hated to stop writing Travel Through the Stars. I love the story. I even went so far as to write the final chapter, a trick I learned from my Creative Writing classes in college. It keeps me focused on wh ..read more

I've been trying to space out my blogs, but I had to get this one out there. I've been working on a comic book and it's driving me insane. It started off as a comic, then I wanted to turn it into a novel, and now I'm back to a comic again. It's maddening. I've read plenty of comic books in my life, but I've never tried to write one. Finding an artist has been crazy. Well, not so much crazy, as expensive. The story is already written and only needs an artist. I needed a female hero and she Quick Shock fits the bill.Just a little about the comic. Quick Shock has reached the age where her powers ..read more

Most writers like doing things themselves, mostly because they know they'll get most of the credit for the final result. I'm not that kind of guy. Sure, the work is about seventy-five percent mine, but the ideas and motivation come from different places.I'll start with what I like to call my "Ideas Guy". He's my ace, Panhnha Tran. He doesn't like me saying it, but the guy is a fantasy/science fiction genius. He is the brains behind a novel I'm currently working on entitled, Travel Through the Stars. It's a space opera and syfy romp through the universe. He's also consulted on a few other proje ..read more