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Do You Want to Be Special?

Do You Want to Be Special? In this post I’ll give you three ways you can be special–at least to me.

Do You Want to Be Special? Your First Way

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Do You Want to Be Special
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Your first way is to be special is to simply simply subscribe to my newsletter by clicking here. Over 1,700 people already subscribe and they’re all special to me.

“What’s in it for me?” you may ask. I would, if I were you.

I give away free books with every issue. This is important if you love books These are my books (Zombie Turkeys, and others, and the books of other authors.

Another way to get free books from me is to click here. I give away eight free books of mine with every newsletter. But you’ve got to join first. Plus, I tell you about events, I give you free short stories, and more. The newsletter comes out twice a month, but you can reduce that to monthly or even bimonthly.

Do You Want to Be Special? – The Second Way

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The Secret Supers Series So Far

This way leads you closer to my heart. How?

“The way to an author’s heart is through reviews.”

That’s right. Read one of my free books you picked up and leave a review on Amazon (click!) and/or Goodreads (clickity!)

It doesn’t have to be long. One sentence works fine. It doesn’t have to be a good review (look at my one and two star reviews). It’s just that you care enough to tell me what you think.

That’s why I think you’re special.

Do You Want to Be Special? The Third Way

My First Fantasy Book

This way makes you most special to me. Less than four thousand people in the world are in this category. But you can be.

Just buy a book.

These two are .99: Zombie Turkeys and Secret Supers.

These are $2.99: Zombie Detective, My Undead Mother-in-law, and Oops.

Villain’s Vacation and Secret Supers in Space are also $2.99

All these prices go up by a dollar on March 1st.

Paranormal Privateers is $5.99

Then there’s my Christian Bible help books: The Gospel Medley, and Revelation Devotional for $6.99.

Have a preview of the spines of the trilogy above.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – Characters

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Front and back Cover of Magic Arrives

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 100% complete on the Characters phase. I’ve got about 71 characters so far, including magical dragons, talking dogs, gorillas, and intelligent dolls.

Magic Arrives Progress – Scene List

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I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 100% complete on the Scene List phase. That’s 100 out of 100 scenes.

Progress – First Draft Words

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I’m done with the first draft of Magic Arrives! I’m 100% complete. That’s roughly 112,00 words out of my goal of 100,000. Oops. Overshot.

Line editing – done

I’m done with the self-edit. I sent it to my editor, Dori Harrell. She did the line editing. I’m went through that and approved the changes. Now Dori is doing the final proofing.

I created the front cover, back cover and spine with my illustrator, Sean “Fuzzy” Flanagan.

Then there’s the small matter of uploading it to Amazon and publishing it there. Finally, I order paperback copies so you can get your copy here, directly from me, as less than Amazon.

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Let me know if I make you feel special here.

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My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives Progress Update

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – I just made progress on Magic Arrives! Read how I’m writing it and get a free book below. I give a complete status update for you below.

How to Get a Free Book From Me

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One way is to simply give me ideas for my fantasy book, Magic Arrives. Should I have dragons? Elves? Trolls? Dwarves? (Or dwarrows, for those in the know.) Click here to give me a piece of your mind. If I use your idea, I’ll give you your choice of my books.

Another way to get free books from me is to click here. I give away eight free books of mine with every newsletter. But you’ve got to join first. Plus, I tell you about events, I give you free short stories, and more. The newsletter comes out twice a month, but you can reduce that to monthly or even bimonthly.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – The Snowflake Method

My First Fantasy Book

I rediscovered the Book Progress app in Word Press and I decided to use it to report on the progress of my first fantasy book, with the working title, Magic Arrives. The app asked me about my writing method and I decided the Snowflake method is the closest to my process. I work on multiple parts at a time. Here’s the overall structure:

  • Story StructureDone!
  • CharactersDone!
  • Scene ListDone!
  • First DraftDone!
  • EditingIn progress
  • Proofing – To do

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – Story Structure

My First Fantasy Book

So far I’m 100% complete on the Story Structure phase. I’ve captured my plot for this book, and the next two books in the triology.

Have a preview of the spines of the trilogy here.

My First Fantasy Book Magic Arrives – Characters

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 100% complete on the Characters phase. I’ve got about 71 characters so far, including magical dragons, talking dogs, gorillas, and intelligent dolls.

Magic Arrives Progress – Scene List

I just made progress on Magic Arrives! So far I’m 6% complete on the Scene List phase. That’s 6 out of 100 scenes.

Progress – First Draft Words

I’m done with the first draft of Magic Arrives! I’m 100% complete. That’s roughly 112,00 words out of my goal of 100,000. Oops. Overshot.

What remains to be done

I’m done with the self-edit. I sent it to my editor, Dori Harrell. She did the line editing. I’m going through that NOW. Then Dori will do the final proofing.

I’ll created the front cover, back cover and spine with my illustrator, Sean “Fuzzy” Flanagan.

Here are the covers:

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Front and back Cover of Magic Arrives

Then there’s the small matter of uploading it to Amazon and publishing it there. Finally, I order paperback copies so you can get your copy here, directly from me, as less than Amazon.

Get Your Free Books By Clicking Here!

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2026 Future Predictions & Free Books – 10th Day of Christmas

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Front and back Cover of Magic Arrives

2026 Future Predictions & Free Books – All for the 10th day of Christmas.

What’s ahead in 2026? First, I plan to publish my much-delayed first fantasy book, Magic Arrives. Grab your free copy of the ARC right here! (Clickety-click).

But that’s not all!

Your First Half of Gifts for Christmas

The Last Half of Your Gifts!Best of 2025

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2026 Future Predictions – Secret Supers Afloat

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The Secret Supers Series So Far

My second best-selling book is Secret Supers. It’s all about the adventures of four disabled teens who get superpowers.

I followed that with Villain’s Vacation, an adventure at a coaster park with their worst enemy.

The third installment was Secret Supers in Space. In it, the four teens go to space camp. Then they’re hijacked into outer space.

Now in Secret Supers Afloat, the teens fix up an old houseboat and go on an adventure up the Ohio River. Too bad they run into a murderous international drug ring.

2026 Future Predictions – Where I’m Going

I plan to go to comic cons and author events in 2026. Here’s my schedule so far. Green means I expect to go. Orange means maybe I’ll go.

1/10/2026WashingtonILUSASteam Into StorylandThis year, the event will run from 9:30am to 2:30pm that Saturday.  
2/21/2025ChillicotheILUSAThank you for applying for a table at Chillicothe Public Library’s Local Author Fair! We will notify you by (or before) February 6, 2026, whether or not we have a spot for you this year.
2/21/2026PeoriaIL  USAQuadconNorthwoods Mall
3/7/2026PeoriaILUSAPeoriaConPeoriaCon
6/6/2026BurlingtonIAUSAQuadconJune 6  Burlington IA  Westland Mall
6/12/2026TremontILILTremont Turkey FestivalTremont IL 6/12-14/2026
7/17/2026PeoriaILUSAQuadconJuly 17-18 Peoria Northwoods Mall

2026 Future Predictions – More Books After Magic Arrives

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Magic Arrives, Magic Wars, and Magic Rules spine art

I’ve got two more books coming in the series: Magic Wars and Magic Rules. I plan to start on Magic Wars this summer!

Here’s some cool spine art, courtesy of my illustrator, Sean Flanagan.

Grab your ARC copy for free by clicking here!


One More Thing . . .

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