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Incoming update!
Posted by Chris
Hey everyone,
Quick post to keep you all informed. I’ve got a website refresh finally on the way. In the next week or so, a new banner, updated pages, and hopefully a few new pages as well.
Soon after that I’ll be posting an update on writing progress, and hopefully what (if anything) can be expected to release this summer. Also an update on booth progress and ideas.
Talk again real soon!
May God bless you and keep you.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Artwork, Blog update, fair booth, news, website update
Gears are slowly moving forward again.
Posted by Chris
Hey everyone,
Just a quick site and project update. Site wise I’m thinking about switching up the layout and getting a newsletter actually going, right now the collection process is somewhat manual still, and I’ve been learning lots of coding at my day job so I might be able to automate all that sometime in the future so I can actually start the newsletter and keep up with it. Lack of ability to keep up with it is why it’s never started yet, and I do apologize for that.
Project wise my first update is: I’ve started seeking out interest for getting some new cover art for The Sage of Hytrae trilogy again. My artistic abilities are not great, and even trying to get AI to fancy up my “doodles” turns into spaghetti so finding an artist interested in doing some commission work seems to be the right call still. I’ve not settled on anyone yet, and am still looking around, my hope is to at minimum get one new cover art this year, if not all three.
The new series in Hytrae has been getting new writing done in it this year, just not as regularly as I’d like. I’ve been doing more depth building work in the background as well as writing chapters in the first book. I’m hoping the results will be richer stories, deeper characters (and locations), and marginally longer page counts for each book in the new series.
I know this is taking forever, I doubt this annoys anyone more than it annoys me. If I started blocking time off the way I did for the first trilogy I’d get it written quickly, but I’m trying to balance more in life these days than I was then. If I can find an artist to work with, that will help out the existing books get noticed, which in turn will put more pressure on me to finish the next projects. I work best under pressure and I’m only able to self apply pressure in short spurts. So while progress is happening it’s not as quick as I’d like. Hopefully the ball will get moving here soon and I’ll get you all a better update soon!
As always, may God bless you and keep you.
Posted in Project Updates
Tags: Announcements, Artwork, Blog update, Cover Art, Expectations, indie author, newsletter, Self publish, sequel, series, The Sage of Hytrae
OTD starts tomorrow!
Posted by Chris
Hey everyone,
I will be setting up at Old Timers day festival in Peebles, Ohio tomorrow. The festival officially kicks off late afternoon the same day. Be sure to stop by if you are in the area!
Meant to get this posted Saturday when they came in, but the new bookmarks are here!

If you find me at any of the festivals (including OTD this year) I will have these on hand to pass out!
As you can see it has the trilogy artwork and book titles on the front. On the back is my picture (from the back of the books, I really should get an updated picture for the next book release), a brief bio, list of published books and my website at the bottom.
I should have some bumper stickers to bundle with book sales, or sold separately for $1. They are still in the mail, but should be delivered by tomorrow. I will upload pictures of those once they arrive as well.
I am excited to get to meet anyone and everyone at the festival 😁
Until then, May God bless you, and please don’t feed the Jacobs
Posted in Blog entries
Tags: Artwork, author, Book Signing, Bookmarks, Booth, Old Timer's Day, OTD
September 2019 update
Posted by Chris
Hey everyone,
I hope everyone is staying dry, towards the end of this summer. I haven’t made a blog post in a couple of weeks, and I am sorry about that. My prayers go out to any and all affected by the current hurricane affecting the eastern US states.
This month is a bit crazy, so lets go ahead and hop into it.
In just one week I will be setup at our local street fair in Peebles Ohio, Old Timers Days. If your from around the area, or passing through stop in and say hello! OTD runs from sept 12 – 15th this year, and as always they rumor it could be the last one. I will be selling my books, signing books, handing out new bookmarks & informational flyers about my books, and having a raffle opportunity to get the trilogy and a limited run tee-shirt. The shirt in the raffle is sized Adult XL, so be aware of that. This raffle will be the only way to get this shirt and I will be shipping to anywhere in the United States for the winner. The drawling will take place Monday, the 16th, and I will be sending the shirt, books, and such through the mail. The sign up at the event will have an address line just for this reason.
Why am I giving a shirt away? Well I’m glad you asked!
I will be starting a newsletter that will run once a month. It will contain highlights from the website, plans for upcoming events, book updates, and sneak peeks of upcoming titles. It might sound similar to the monthly updates here on the website and it kinda is. The newsletter however will be more details, and will be the distribution of future excerpts from future novels.
Edit: Removed hoping it would reduce spam bots.
I will be adding a new page to the home screen that will let you sign up for the newsletter.
As crazy as all this is, that’s not all.
At the bottom of this post I am showing off the new “logo” for The Sage of Hytrae Trilogy. I will be using this new logo on related merchandise which currently is just the tee shirts, bookmarks, and some bumper stickers that will also be at the OTD booth. I will be posting Pictures of all those things on here as I receive them this month.
Wow its a crazy month, on the back half of September I should be back to posting weekly blogs and using the monthly update to share news, of course the new newsletter will be starting in October.
Anyway, here is the artwork as promised:

Until next time, and remember Don’t feed the Jacobs!
Posted in Channel Updates, Project Updates
Tags: Artwork, Book Signing, Bookmarks, Booth, newsletter, Old Timer's Day, OTD, Raffle, Signup, Update
The Sorcerer’s Gamble Cover Art
Posted by Chris
Hey Everyone!
I finally uploaded the cover art 😀
You can take a look by clicking the link (it’s in pdf format so WordPress wont imbed it).
Cover art for Sorcerer’s Gamble
Don’t forget, the conclusion to The Sage of Hytrae Trilogy releases Next Week!
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Artwork, author, book, Fantasy, Fiction, Self publish, Swords & Sorcery, The Sage of Hytrae book 3, The Sorcerer's Gamble, Update
Cover art Vote!
Posted by Chris
Hey Everyone!
This is a super quick poll so please take this opportunity to vote for the cover art you like the best! I will be making the decision on Saturday/Sunday and I will take everyone’s feedback into consideration that I receive before then! Please vote in the poll below
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Artwork, book, Cover Art, Fantasy, Fiction, Hytrae, Poll, The Candescent Vessel, The Sage of Hytrae, Update, Vote
Keeping things going
Posted by Chris
Hey everyone!
I’ve been moved around on my work schedule, this has made it more difficult to stay on top of editing. The editing of The Candescent Vessel is still going and I still plan on getting it out on time, but I don’t have the artwork ready to show everyone this week. I can say that we are sticking to the same overall “Style” of the first book, but less blue and more Yellow… You’ll see what I mean.
Anyway, there are actually two prospective book covers I am creating. I hope to have a (brief) voting period over which one should go on the published copy. So stay tuned for that opportunity! 😀
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Artwork, author, book, Book cover, Fantasy, Fiction, Hytrae, Self publish, The Candescent Vessel, The Sage of Hytrae, Update
The Candescent Vessel Update
Posted by Chris
Hey Everyone!
Things are going good with the editing process. The book has been in the very helpful hands of my bug squashing team. Everything is on track for our Feb. Release date (2/16/16). I hope to have the artwork finished for The Candescent Vessel soon. I have been working and tweaking on the artwork for some time but now that the book is really going forward I need to get that caught up. Once it’s done you might notice some changes here and on Facebook, so keep an eye out for those updates. Thanks for reading!
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Artwork, author, book, The Candescent Vessel, The Sage of Hytrae, The Sage of Hytrae Book 2
