Titan Toys

I just received first wave of Invincible min-mates recently. I think mini-mates are some of the best toy marketing ideas in ages. They just represent all of the fun of toys you remember from your youth. I have always fantasised about product and toy lines for Titan. I always thought toys like mini-mate style figures would be cool tat came with little blocks of Delta City. Kind of like the old Micro Machines used to where you got a car and a city clock that could connect to other blocks to make one bug world. If I could have little case that folded out into parts of Delta City and each came with 1-2 Titan figures that would be awesome...at least in my opinion.

Right now I really do want to try and get posters, stickers, T-shirts, bookmarks, and whatever else I can in the near future. Toys...well, hopefully that comes to be one day too.

Planning to Write a Series

When I was first developing the Titan series I spent a great deal of time simply fleshing out all the books and the characters within. Personally, I see no other way to plan out something like this that is going to be a series of books. Even though things throughout each book has changed somewhat the core stories and characters remain. This way I find I don't write myself into a corner and a can gradually building toward bigger arcs that are farther along in the series.

Take Titan's arch nemesis, Mr. Midnight, for example. He was the villain in the first book. 'The Midnight Hour', and is mentioned several times in the second, 'City Under Siege, and will play main villain at least two more times throughout the series. He is a character full of mystery and intrigue and I know all about him. Now, I can write ahead knowing how it all unfolds for him and who he really is. That is my ultimate wish is to have some clues out about certain places the series will go and also use some foreshadowing to hint at others that couldn't possibly be known at the time, but if you go back and re-read it you'll see it there. I am noticing plenty of that paying off now as I delve much deeper into the Titanverse with my first draft of book three.

Sibling Rivalry

I have been told by many people that one of their favourite aspects of both books is the sibling rivalry between Michael and Vince. Their relationship takes many new turns in book 2. The tension continues to grow between the brothers even as the health of Grandpa Dale hangs in the balance. We do also get to see a very different and vulnerable side to Vince as well. The book starts with Michael and Vince's relationship in one area and then ends with the door wide open to another dynamic altogether. Suffice to say that readers will have plenty of Vince and sibling rivalry in Titan 2: City Under Siege

Titan 3 Chapter List

Here is the initial chapter list for Titan 3: Shadow Games:

Chapter 1: The Ice Queen
Chapter 2: Breakout
Chapter 3: Jealous Guy
Chpater 4: Aliance
Chapter 5: Giving Chase
Chapter 6: Mezmarrozo
Chapter 7: Shockwave
Chapter 8: Team Up pt. 1
Chapter 9: T.R.I.
Chapter 10: Separation
Chapter 11: Shadow Games
Chapter 12: Team Up pt. 2
Chapter 13: Dave
Chapter 14: The Road Ahead

Still a long road ahead however and plenty could change!

Titan 2 Marketing and Promotion

The main question I have had to answer since I started publishing Titan independently was "How do you independently market books to kids?" This was my main obstacle with the first Titan book. I have learned a good deal but still feel there is a good deal more to learn on this subject. Beyond book signings and public libraries I plan to try and get to as many schools as possible and also to as many craft fairs and farmers markets as I can.


I went to one schools with Titan: The Midnight Hour and it was an amazing experience! I was able to get the book into a few other schools, but I think that this will be the key to expanding my target audience moving forward. I think the way to expand this is not school by school but to contact the school boards themselves to hit as many at one time as I can. If all works out going to the schools and doing presentations is key.


Does anyone else know how to market to younger audiences?

Titan's Shadow

A villain in Titan 3 that I am very excited about is the evil Titan doppelganger, Shadow. In the book, Titan will be captured by military scientists. The main scientists, Dr. Labbe, will attempt to take Titan's staff and completely duplicate Titan's power. Only, as Azure warns, Titan's power was never designed to be manipulated by mere mortals. Unhindered, Dr. Labbe attempts to replicate this power through a power staff of his own. Through the synthesising process his power gem comes out red. Once he tries to activate it the power consumes him completely until the scientist that was is all but gone. What is left is Shadow, a being with all of Titan's power but bent on evil deeds. Shadow will resembles Titan almost completely in costume save for the fact that his will be red and black instead of yellow and blue. How will Titan face against against another version of himself? That will be one of the main questions in Titan 3:Shadow Games!

Titan 3 Villain

The first main villain that Titan will be facing in Titan 3: Shadow Games is Vincent Marrozo aka Mezmarrozo! Mezmarrozo is easily the oddest villain in the Titan rogues gallery, but also one I have taken a great fondness to as well. He is a telepath with a unique form of abilities. He can move small objects small distances with his mind. his greatest power, though, comes from the third eye. When this black eye opens he is able to peer into peoples minds and exert an extreme control of over all their actions. Fearing his abilities his parents had him institutionalised as his powers manifested. After several incidents of Vincent's mind control harming others he was locked away from people and his powers suppressed with a special helmet. Now, Mezmarrozo has escaped and he is angry about being treated so poorly simply for being 'gifted'. It isn't long Before Titan encounters people under the influence of Mezmarrozo. He is not able to read Titan's mind or control him, but he is able to sense every blow Titan throws his way before they can connect. How can Titan defeat an enemy that can sense every move he makes before he even makes it? He can overcome these obstacles but not alone...