Titan: The Midnight Hour Special Promo

Here is one last chance to catch Titan: The Midnight Hour Kindle Edition for free through Amazon starting 6/20/13 before Titan 2: City Under Siege is released!

Titan mini Serial 2

I will be starting the next Titan mini serial very shortly, and the first instalment should be out withing a month. This time I am planning to pretty much have the entire story written and releasing it weekly over six weeks. This time the story will revolve solely around Michael Novak and will lead directly into Titan 2: City Under Siege. It will show how Titan first encounters and then battles nefarious pyro twin Shock and Awe. My thinking is to have the serial end right at the start of Titan 2. If you missed it you wouldn't be lost with the new book, but if you read it you should be well informed at the start of the next book. The mini serial will also feature some of the usual cast from Michael's life and neighbourhood. Stay tuned for more deatil to come!

Enhancing the Process

As I get deeper into the editing process of Titan 2 it now that I realize that this whole process is not just important to the book but also to my overall writing process. When I first started I was shocked when I read my first complete draft of Titan: The Midnight Hour. I couldn't believe it had seemed to come out nothing like the vision in my head. I soon discovered I had a whole lot to learn about writing a book. As I had the first book edited I made some gargantuan steps in improving and developing my process and overall knowledge. Even now I see all the little things I can do to improve. I have habits of using too many words in a sentence or not having them in a proper sequence or even one word too often. I not only try and fix these as I edit but also think of how I can eliminate them from my bad habits and tighten up my writing.

Reaching The Target Audience

One thing I still find kind of tricky with establishing my audience as an indie author is reaching the target audience of the Titan series, which is the teen and pre-teen market mainly the 9-12 age group. How do I find a way to get my book sin their hands? So far, I have done very well with that age group (big sigh of relief), but how do I extend that reach further? I did get into a few schools and public libraries, but is there something there I am missing? All I can think of now is to try and reach even more schools over the summer and maybe get into a few for readings/presentations come September. I do want to also try and include Titan products such as posters, stickers, and colouring books for kids, but again, how do I reach them to offer those? This will be my biggest hurdle as I prepare to market Titan 2.

Flip Of The Switch

From this last round of edits for Titan 2: City Under Siege I have a new element  add to Michael's character that is all together dark, twisted, and fun, at least to write. The funny thing is the whole thing came about by accident.Andrew Roberts, who was helping me with some editing, mentioned to me that he felt every time Michael transformed into Titan it was while some other crisis in his own life was happening. Yet, when the city was save d and Michael could transform back and address his own issue  he seemed reluctant like the urgency was gone and he just wanted to stay as Titan. At first I felt I had dropped the ball and need to re-write these sections to show Michale caring more and rushing back to his friends and family. Then it hit me, Michael is not superpowered in the same sense of Superman, Spider-Man, or Invincible, his powers are turned on and off like a switch. Wouldn't having access to that kind of power be somewhat addictive. That's what I want to explore, Michael feeling this need or desire to remain in Titan form to have this power at his fingertips and even putting his own personal obligations at risk to keep that power longer. We'll see where it goes, but I think it posses an interesting dilemma.