Screwing Up Mongolia Release

After a few more gray hairs that I gathered from formatting issues, I'm thrilled to announce that "Screwing Up Mongolia" is live on Amazon. "Screwing Up Mongolia" is a short story set between Screwing Up Babylon and book three. (It was originally published in the Winter Wonders anthology.) And it's available for 99 cents, Amazon's lowest price.Click here.

Here's the blurb.

As if being a teen guy isn’t hard enough, Henry is also a time traveler with a job to do. And a horde of Mongols who don’t want it done.

It should’ve been easy. All Henry and his girlfriend Miranda needed to do was time travel into a Mongolian caravan, steal some mammoth tusk, and get out. But thanks to a peacock, the Khan’s warriors attack them with scimitars swinging. Only Henry’s Granddad can help, and he doesn't know who they are.

Screwing Up Mongolia

I had hoped to have "Screwing Up Mongolia" available by today. But I ended up spending most of the week helping a friend who was in the hospital. But my goal for this week is to get the story properly formatted and uploaded to Amazon.

After that, I want to finish editing book three in the Screwing Up Time series. I'm so close, less than thirty pages before I send the novel off for editing crit.

Thanks, everyone, for being patient.

Here's the SUM cover in case you missed it last week.

UPDATE: "Screwing Up Mongolia" is now live at Amazon. Click here.

Cover art by Tara Rimondi, http://www.tararimondi.com/

Screwing Up Mongolia, Cover Reveal

A special thanks to Tara Rimondi for her amazing cover art. Here's a link to her website.

Here's the blurb.

As if being a teen guy isn’t hard enough, Henry is also a time traveler with a job to do. And a horde of Mongols who don’t want it done.

It should’ve been easy. All Henry and his girlfriend Miranda needed to do was time travel into a Mongolian caravan, steal some mammoth tusk, and get out. But thanks to a peacock, the Khan’s warriors attack them with scimitars swinging.  Only Henry’s Granddad can help, and he doesn't know who they are.

"Screwing Up Mongolia" is a Screwing Up Times series short story and comes between Screwing Up Babylon and book three. It was originally published in Winter Wonders, an anthology published by Compass Press.

If all goes well, I hope to have "Screwing Up Mongolia" available soon. I'll definitely post a blog when it's live.

What Did You Do This Summer?

Someone asked me the other day, “What Did You Do This Summer?” I felt kind of stutter-y. Normally, I do a big project every summer. Refinish cabinets, paint, strip furniture, etc. This summer, I wanted to refinish the kitchen floor. But it didn’t happen. And what I really wanted to do was finish book three of the Screwing Up Time series. 

But my computer developed a glitch, and it spent six weeks traveling back and forth & back and forth to a repair facility. Thankfully, it’s fixed now—or pretending to be. But my summer writing schedule is shot. Though I did get eleven chapters edited even without my laptop. Hopefully, now I can get back to it.

Here’s what I did do this summer.

1. Edited eleven chapters of Screwing Up Time, book three.

2. Wrote 25,000 words for a new novel. (Not young adult) First drafts are easier to do without a laptop.

3. Sewed a Shakespeare costume for my son. Click here to see it.

4. Helped my daughter find a place to live—she starts grad school next month.

5. Moved my oldest son—he’s starting grad school too.

6. Mopped up lots of rainwater that streamed in through the roof. Why do warranties expire right before something goes wrong....

7. Opened a computer file and began making plot notes for book four of the Screwing Up Time series. Yes, there will absolutely be a book four and I can’t wait to start writing it.

Don’t forget to check back in the next week or so. I hope to be doing a cover reveal for “Screwing Up Mongolia” (a SUT short story). And now that my laptop is back, I hope to get the story up at Amazon, Smashwords, etc., this summer.

Screwing Up Mongolia

N.B. Sorry for the short post today, but my computer is on the fritz and will be heading out for repairs--it looks like the motherboard is shot. Thank you, Costco, for your warranty extension! The regular warranty expired 2 months ago.

As you know, I’m in the midst of polishing book three of the Screwing Up Time series. Hopefully next month, I will be releasing a Screwing Up Time short story entitled “Screwing Up Mongolia.” The story was original part of an anthology Winter Wonders, but the rights will be reverting to me soon.

If you haven’t read “Screwing Up Mongolia,” it’s set in, obviously, Mongolia. The story comes between Screwing Up Babylon and book three. So be on the lookout for “Screwing Up Mongolia.”

One more bit of news. Last week I went to a book signing. Authors Lurlene McDaniel (who's written her fiftieth published novel—yes, 50^th) and Lauren Morrill, a debut novelist, were signing their books. Here’s a link if you’d like to read about it and see photos.

Screwing Up Time for FREE!

Thursday is not a normal posting day for me, but I have some exciting news. In celebration of the release of Screwing Up Babylon and the release of "Screwing Up Mongolia" in the anthology Winter Wonders, I decided to give away Screwing Up Time for free from Dec. 6 through Dec. 10. Click here. Enjoy!!



Screwing Up Time is a 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarterfinalist.

Screwing Up Mongolia

"Screwing Up Mongolia" is out! *Throws confetti!* "Screwing Up Mongolia" is a Screwing Up Time series short story. And it's included in Winter Wonders, a winter themed anthology of short stories published by Compass Press, recommended for those aged teen and above.


The story is set in the time between Screwing Up Babylon and book three of the Screwing Up Time series. And, of course, the story has Mark (Henry) and Miranda in it.

Here's a link to the e-book version, which is selling for $4.99 at Amazon.
Here's a link to e-book at Barnes & Noble, also selling for $4.99.
And one final link to the paperback version, which is selling for $9.99.

One more bit of information, all the proceeds from the anthology go to Literacy Inc., an organization that teaches teens the importance of reading and offers them a chance to win  a free college education.


(NOTE: Make sure to come back and visit the blog on Friday! I'll have some exciting news to share.)

Here I am with my author copies.

   Here's the cover with the list of all the authors.