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Come see me at Dragon’s Keep

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:23:22 -0600

Local comic shop and game emporium, Dragon’s Keep, is celebrating their 21st anniversary and I’m going to be there. Come on down and see me, along with lots of other local pros. The festivities start at Noon and run into the evening.

Along with myself, my good friends Howard Taylor and Writer’s of the Future contest winner Bob Defendi will be there. Howard is a top notch web cartoonist and Bob has his own line of RPG settings - be sure to check them out.

Read all about it HERE.

Get directions HERE.

The Survivors

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:00:46 -0600

I’ve got a bunch of news for everyone today. As you can see at the left, I finally received the cover for my forthcoming novel, The Survivors.

On top of that, I got the Galleys (pre-print copy) this week and I’m going through it. My editor has really done a good job polishing my prose - this is going to be a great book.

Additionally, I can now reveal that The Survivors will be officially released on November 2nd of this year. The way shipping goes, I expect it to hit store shelves around the 15th - just in time for Christmas

I want to send out a special thanks to my editor, Pat McGilligan, who gave me this opportunity and helped keep me on target through the writing process. He really helped me turn a good yarn into a great story.

I’ll put more data up here as it becomes available.

The Long update

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:00:39 -0600

Well it’s been quite a while since I’ve updated here. Life’s been busy.

The final draft of my fourth DragonLance book, “The Survivors,” is done and the book should be out in the fall. I haven’t received a cover shot or the release date yet, but I’ll post them here when I do.

Currently I’m working on four different books. One I’ve written up a proposal for and it’s currently being reviewed by a publisher, so cross your fingers for me.

My next project is a bit of a departure for me. It’s a self help book entitled “The Mentor.” I’m doing this book with a prosperity guru and it’s really an exciting project. I’ll post more as it comes together.

I’ve also got a fantasy western on the table called “The Flux Engine.” I’ve always wanted to do one of these and I think the market might be right for it. In any case I’m excited to write it.

Lastly, I’m working on a super-secret project that is VERY cool. When it starts to come together I’ll let you know more.

Well, that’s all for now. I’ll try to keep this up more often.

Juggling

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:10:11 -0600

October is flying by and work is heating up. In order to pay for my writing habit, I have a job that has turned recently into a serious time sync. On top of that, I’m trying to pitch a new story and edit my forthcoming novel, “The Survivors.”

I got my book back from the editor and he wants some major changes. That’s a good thing, of course, editors work hard to make a book the best it can be. He wanted to go a different way on a couple of things so I’m going to be diving into that soon as well. I’m excited about it, he suggested some great things that will really make the book sing.

So, if you don’t hear from me for the next month, picture me slaving away over a hot laptop. It’s not so bad, though, I live for this.

The 13th Reality

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:43:44 -0600

My good friend and fellow Utah writer James Dashner has just announced his next book, The 13th Reality. His first series, the Jimmy Fincher Saga, sold very well and now he’s moving up to the big leagues.

Congrats James.

Read about James’ works HERE.

I’m going to Mounatin-Con

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:52:37 -0600

This weekend, I’m appearing as a guest and panelist at Mountain-Con III, a Sci-fi media convention here in Salt Lake City.

Get all the details HERE.

To Everything There is a season

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:22:47 -0600

Ever since I started writing, people have been asking me if I have a website. Till recently, I didn’t really want one. I mean, they’re expensive to do right and when they’re done wrong, they look terrible. Worse, when you hire the low bidder to do your website, you end up with some revolting flash thing with constantly moving bits and annoying music the viewer can’t turn off.

Well, I haven’t been visited by the Money-Fairy lately, so I knew if I did a website, I’d have to do it myself. Now I know enough HTML to get myself in trouble and I did a website once, but I’m no expert. Thankfully, Apple finally came up with a tool to let guys like me make their own pages that look good and behave the way the web-going public expects.

That being said, I’d like to welcome you to Dan’s Realm. Here, gentle reader, you will find everything fit to print about my writing. Since the main reason people come back to a website is for news, my blog will be featured prominently here on the front page. Better yet, you don’t have to come by every day to see if I updated anything, you can subscribe to my RSS feed instead. Now your browser will let you know when there’s something new here.

Along with this news page, I’ll have pages to let you know where you can see me live and in person. There will be pages for my current project and my published books. Pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about me and my work.

So thank you for stopping by. Take a look around, put your feet up, set a spell, and enjoy.

Dan