News from the swamp

The three volumes of The Colossi (The Wall, The Factory, and The Tower) constitute one episode of a three part epic story. I actually consider the three volumes to be one long novel. Because of it’s length, I broke it into three separate volumes. This episode is complete in an of itself and is written […]

The First Journey of Amos Cutter is complete and in the bank, though it will need a few polish passes. This novel is self-contained, meaning that it has a concrete end, but the global story is episodic. The same characters and the same world will proceed with only a short time passing in world. The […]

The latest book in the Inconvenient Magic series, Not This Side of Never;, is finished and available for preorder on Amazon and Kobo. The Tower, the final book in The Colossi, is moving along. It’s on track for September. I am continuing to polish the Revised Edition of Rider’s Journey and am plotting out Rider’s […]

The Factory, the second volume in my latest epic fantasy series, The Colossi, is now available to preorder on Amazon and Kobo. In The Factory, Rath’s story continues beyond The Wall and into the next stage of The Colossi. The book moves deeper into the Ordeal, the mysteries of the great structures, and the growing […]

Having been out of the indie author ecosystem for several years and just recently stuck my toe back in, I’d like to share a few thoughts. In 2010 when I started self-publishing, sites like Goodreads (pre-Amazon buy out, of course) were great places for indies. Free discussion forums abounded across the web and Amazon’s policy […]

The second volume of The Colossi comes out June 19. I am working on the third volume, The Tower, which I expect to be available in August.  Below is a concept art design for the cover image.  This is not an accurate depiction of The Tower, but I like the vibe.  More iterations to follow.

I’m making changes and adding pages and features to the website. Some pages may get broken from time to time. I edit pages live, so if you get a 404 or a messed up page, please come back a little later. Sorry for the inconvenience!

I started books constantly in the 1970’s after I taught myself to type on an old Underwood. I still have a lot of those old pages lying around here somewhere in a filing cabinet. The one story that I stuck with and continued to work on all the way into the early 2000’s was the […]

Here’s the draft cover for the second volume in the series. I may tweak it a bit more before June, but It’s probably close to what I want. I’ve settled on Friday, June 19 as the launch date for The Factory. I’ll put it up for pre-order in a few days.

Links are on the main page here and on the book page. The price is $4.99. I’ve also put a sample chapter of the book on ScribbleHub (https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2244842/the-colossi/). I’ll probably also put it up on RoyalRoad.com. The book will release on May 15, 2026. The Factory will follow in June and The Tower will come […]