Titan 3: Shadow Games Writing Progress

I am now jst starting to get into the realk meat and potatoes of writing Titan 3: Shadow Games. Titan has already first encountered the first main villain Mezmorrozo and is about to meet the first set of heroes that will aid him in battling old Mez', The Myst and her mentor Nighthawk! I can't wait to ewxpand the hero world of Delta City and really hope readers enjoy it as I have in preparing it and writing it.

Titan: The Midnight Hour, The Original Manuscript pt 1.

In the original drafts of Titan: The Midnight Hour there were many differences in the whole thing compared to what finally got published. The first chapter changed surprisingly little, but the second chapter changed a great deal. The character of Ned, who escapes the van from the botched museum heist, that we meet in Chapter 4 had a much bigger role. In chapter 2 we start by joining med and his partners as they commence in robbing the museum. We see them take position and fan out and begin to steal the precious artifact and gems. It is Ned who is first captivated by the power ring and takes it even though it was not one of the items he was to take. He clutches it as the van chases through Delta City trying in vain to evade the police. What I tries to convey with the original scene was that the ring was pulling itself to Michael as he was the one chosen to become Titan and harness its power. Ned was only a vehicle in which the ring could get itself to him. We were to follow Ned from the heist to the point where he escapes the van. In the end my editors felt we didn't need that scene. I did have a hard time cutting it and reshaping the whole thing, but I do agree that in the end it made the book tighter and stronger.

Titan 2 Special Promotion

Titan 2: City Under Siege Kindle Edition will be under special promotion through Amaozn this Saturday and Sunday only!

Secondary Character Development

Something to take note of as people read the first two volumes of the Titan series is all the secondary characters in Michael's life. Many of them will take on bigger roles and have quite a bit of character development throughout the series, some way later in the series. I've been trying my best to plant the seeds for those characters in the first few volumes (I am now well into writing the third) and once you see major arcs appear with a certain character ie Carly's Dad or Dave you may want to go back and witness the full evolution of that character through the past books. There is quite a glossary of character throughout and I try to give as much page time as possible to as many as I can in each book. Even characters like Mayor Winfield has much more development in book two than in one and eventually we will see why he has such animosity towards Titan, but first I want people to really think they know him. Same with Vince, many people have strong opinions of that character and I want to show much more of him including some scenes humanising him beyond Michael's tormentor. the scene in the cemetery in book two is a strong example of that. Also, I don't think after book one that readers thought Perminder and Dave would become so prominent, but they are definitely becoming so. So watch some of these characters now and see where they go in the future and what role they will play in Michael/Titan's life.

Titan's Adventures Purchasing

Here are the links to both Titan books through Amazon!


Titan: The Midnight Hour
http://www.amazon.com/Titan-Midnight-Hour-Hugh-Beckstead-ebook/dp/B007A4V2C4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394055484&sr=8-1&keywords=titan+the+midnight+hour




Titan 2: City Under Siege
http://www.amazon.com/Titan-Under-TITANs-Adventures-Volume/dp/1494251299/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394055559&sr=8-1&keywords=titan+2+city+under+siege

Maintaining Story Structure

Story Structure and development is one of my favourite aspects of writing. I love the planning and plotting tat goes into creating and telling a good story. There has been plenty of both with the Titan series long before the first book even came out. Right now I am in the first draft of book 3 and still finding my self rearranging parts of the story so that they fall in line better for structure and flow and the development of my story and characters. I am finding with book three as it combines two of my previous Titan story lines that there is still some tweaking that needs to be done so that the story rolls out a certain way and works well structurally. So much happens in this book and I rally want it to make sure that I put all the pieces of both stories together so they overlap and fit together as perfectly as possible and make it seem so natural no one would ever doubt the two stories ever existed separately at all.

Titan Series 2nd Anniversary

It has now been just over two years since the release of Titan: The Midnight Hour. I have achieved more than I ever thought I would and have had some amazing experiences with the series to date. Titan 2: City Under Siege has been out a few months now. I have not been able to do much yet with marketing or promotion for the book (my wife is about to have our second child). I do hope to do much more with getting the books into schools and putting them right into the hands of kids. Titan 3: Shadow Games is well under way and I cannot wait to see what this third year of the series will bring!