Titan 3 Spoiler

*Spoiler Alert*
Titan 3: Shadow Games will mark some of the more darker territory that the series will cover. In it someone close to Michael will turn to some bad things and will be put very much in danger. In the book someone close to him working for the Mr. Midnight criminal network will drift a little too far into a life of crime and pay a very dear price for it. They won't die, but they do get hurt and will not be the same nor will many relationships. Titan will be unable to prevent this from happening just as Michael will be unable to talk this person out of doing these things. This is a series for younger readers. I know that for some they may find the suggested violence too much (we don't actually see what happens only find out after words.) but I think we have to give kids credit for being much smarter than we think they are. What I want to do with several points of the series is demonstrate that people have choices. Good and bad is a choice. I also want to show that for every bad decision that people make there is often very serious consequences. This even that happens (I won't say to who but readers will probably be able to narrow it down to a few people and it won't be the first choice you would think either.) will mark Michael and all the people in his life in deep profound ways. It almost marks a true turning point in growing up for Michael who is now about sixteen. I want to challenge kids into thinking about right and wrong and consequence and loyalty and friendship and many other important foundational aspect of life that many adults take for granted when kids are just putting it all together. Kids a re far smarter than many adults want to give them credit for and if I can have kids talking about some important aspects of even darker sides of real life like crime and bad deeds then I think that is very good.

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With Titan 2: City Under Siege now out I thought it may be a good idea to put the first book Titan, The Midnight Hour Kindle Edition on special promo through Amazon.com. It will be available through Saturday from Amazon.

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?