What scares me.

In my own little world there are many things that scare me.  Right now, the biggest fear is thinking that my books will go nowhere. 

I sit and create and create and create and honestly, I do it for myself.  I guess that's what a writer should do if they really love their craft.  But, once that book is out to the masses, a new fear takes over.  I wonder who reads my book.  I wonder what they're thinking about it.

I've finished the second book in the SOTF series and have started working on the third.  I think it's very good, but what will others think?  That's what really scares me.  I guess it scares me because I want to create a reading experience that people will and enjoy.  I want them to finish the last page and feel an overwhelming need to tell others.

Does anyone else think like me?

Question...

What makes a character one you love?

SOTF - The Battle for Earth

I've just started writing this book within the last four days, and I'm incredibly excited about the direction it's heading.  I don't know if this will be the last in the series, but time will tell.  Here's a snippet of the Prologue:

            The question had been echoed over a million times, “How much longer?”  As the days ticked by, and time drew closer and closer to the Quar return, everyone fell into a feeling of despair.  The thought of having to go to war to save Earth wasn’t something hundreds of thousands of Theta DNA teens around the world even wanted to consider.  All of them knew, and all of them understood, this war would have a clear winner, and the loser, well, that was the one thing no teen wanted to think about.

            The teens faced a harsh winter following the exit of the Quar.  They found themselves trapped in skyscrapers that had already begun to decay.  There were nights when the winds howled outside.  The teens in New York City faced a blizzard, one greater than any had ever seen.  During that, there were those who thought they all would starve to death.  But in that group, there were some, who were determined to ensure the group wouldn’t go hungry, ever.

            Ricardo, Cain, and Matt, led the battle to find food.  They braved snow drifts that buried buildings up to the second story.  They fought the freezing temperatures while others made certain there was a warm place to call home.  The arctic blast lasted nearly three weeks, and only one didn’t survive.

SOTF - The Closest Enemy is completed

The second book of the Survival of the Fittest series is complete.  Right now it's going through some of my toughest critics.  They will advise me what needs to be changed or added or deleted.

You might be asking, "Who are his toughest critics?"

The people who the book is for - young adults.  There are about five kids who have asked to read my second book because they loved the first.  They are and always will be the toughest critics.  To be a great YA author, I feel I need to hear their thoughts in order to write something that will be successful.


I feel very fortunate to have them reading my book.

SOTF - The Last Hope for the Human Race

Survival of the Fittest - The Last Hope for the Human Race

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