POV: You’re building an airship from your YA steampunk novel with your Dad, just added lights, and accidentally made an EPIC shipwreck scene. Jawgernaut is far more sinister than we anticipated.
#airship #steampunk #yafantasy #yaauthor #bookish
Wiring Jawgernaut’s motors. Pull the lever, Kronk!
Thanks very much! I'm glad you dig her:)
Thanks very much! Your description of Jawgernaut made my day:) I was definitely influenced by the X-Wing's silhouette (my childhood favorite spaceship). I love the Serenity reference too, although my engines are missing a fewparts at the moment that may throw the vibe in a different direction
Jawgernaut has teeth! Dad and I implanted 112 shark teeth to give this sweet lady the smile she deserves. We’ve been looking forward to this for weeks! Stoked:)
#airship #steampunk #yafantasy #bookish #yaauthor
I'm exhibiting at Phoenix Fan Fusion 2026 from June 5-7! Stoked to return to my comic-con roots. Fan Fusion 2022 was the first live event I exhibited at, and holy cow, we've put a few miles under the airship since then!
Lots of travel and creative logistics to figure out. Excited for the show!
Dusting off my original arrows-and-pointy-things graphic while Debunked is on sale. I once found someone using this image as an example of What Not To Do in their article about how to make arrows-and-pointy-things graphics. I heartily disagree and hereby double down.
I always take screenshots when my books move up the charts during a sale, but this one was special because my daughter Z LOVES the Hunger Games series, so I banked major Dad Points.
Thanks very much!
If your Kindle needs more airships, crackpot inventions, lost explorers, and joy, I've got good news for you...(link in comments)
That's lovely to hear! I hope you guys dig Thugwallop. I'm cranking on book 3 to keep the adventures rolling. Thanks for making my day:)
San Francisco Fan Expo Day 2! Great show and cosplay is on point. If you’re in the area, drop by Booth A409 and say hi
THUGWALLOP IS AVAILABLE ON MY WEBSITE!
Holy smokes. A lot of work went into being able to write that sentence:)
Prepping, packaging, and relicing books and maps. The Fountain Hills Craft fair this weekend is my only Arizona show, so stop by if you can!
Today I finished art for Thugwallop’s book box. This thing is a ton of work. But it’s turning out killer.
Thugwallop paperbacks are in and look PHENOMENAL!
Back in Phoenix! Boxes of books and illustrations await, ready to be packaged and reliced.
I made a Spinal Tap Stonehenge error when I ordered Thugwallop’s desktop banner. This thing is so lightweight, if anyone sneezes, it’s going to fly off my table.
Super cute, though:)
New Stamp Day! With every new book in the series, I design new rubber stamps specific to the story for book packaging. Stoked with how these guys came out.
As always, the stamps make more sense when you’ve read the novel. The lady at the stamp shop had a lot of questions for me.
Thanks very much!
Halloween is a US-thing, but a few houses in Christchurch gave out candy. Grateful for a rad night with my ladies.
Z was Dr. Who. J was Mira from KPDH. I was Temu Spider-Man.
I don’t have firm release date because my beta readers are still working, but I’m aiming for somewhere around the second week of November. Thanks for asking!
Cover reveal for “Thugwallop; Volume Two of the Terravenum Chronicles”!
It's late and I'm going to bed, but I just want to say that today I saw the first draft of Thugwallop's cover and y'all aren't ready. Stoked.
I love following along on maps as I read. For Debunked, I drew a full Terravenum world map. For my follow up novel, Thugwallop, I wanted to zoom in for a close-up view of places in the story, including Easter eggs.
There's going to be a lot of coffee-staining in the near future!
Formatting an interior map for Thugwallop. I'm always surprised at how much I need to pump the contrast up to look good in print.
The Terravenum world map took me a year to illustrate, but it's proved one of the most important creative efforts I've ever done.
Illustrating more potential cover art for Thugwallop. When I originally conceived of the Spires of Dubious Wisdom, the hermits lived in outhouse-sized shacks. When I wrote the scenes, I discovered they have a lot more room (and possibly hot tubs?).
Editors have given me the green light to announce Book Two is titled: “Thugwallop”.
If that changes, this conversation never happened.
Finishing up artwork assets for Thugwallop’s cover. This is “Delver’, a submersible who plays a role in the story. Designed with a puffer fish in mind.
Alpha readers are editing Book Two. I've already made a bunch of touch-ups, per my wife's suggestions. She has this strange need for stories to "make sense" and "be coherent".
Pshh. Whatever.
Meanwhile, I'm working on back matter for the book. Specifically, a character and terms glossary.
The title of this book alone earns a re-post.
It turns out I accidentally wrote two books instead of one. Book Two is out to alpha readers now (I need to add a few chapters to Book Three)!
My daughter is reading it and her gentle encouragements soothe my bruised ego.
