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Like transformation? Like birds? How about werebirds? Or maybe even werewolves? If the answer to any of those is yes then I think you'll like my new book, The Adler Chronicles. It just went live and is available on Amazon. I'm currently waiting for my first hard copies and plan to have them on sale at my dealer's table at Midwest Furfest next week.
Here's a synopsis of what's in store for you:
Phil Adler loved playing football and with a lot of hard work, he achieved his dream of playing professionally. But a closely guarded family secret, the ability to shape-shift into birds at will, is revealed by a mysterious rival in a painfully public way, threatening his hard-won career and the safety of his loved ones. As an investigation unfolds, he discovers his attackers have dark, shape-shifting secrets of their own, and bloody ambitions that will determine the destiny of the world. Phil’s extended family of werebirds are diverse and strong, but they may need to put aside their distrust of outsiders and seek help from some unlikely allies to save themselves and all humanity.
You can purchase the book at my table at MFF or ON MY WEBSITE
The character of Phil Adler is an OC of
hg3300 and he collaborated on the project. Also features Victor, a character of 
sawblade5
Here's a synopsis of what's in store for you:
Phil Adler loved playing football and with a lot of hard work, he achieved his dream of playing professionally. But a closely guarded family secret, the ability to shape-shift into birds at will, is revealed by a mysterious rival in a painfully public way, threatening his hard-won career and the safety of his loved ones. As an investigation unfolds, he discovers his attackers have dark, shape-shifting secrets of their own, and bloody ambitions that will determine the destiny of the world. Phil’s extended family of werebirds are diverse and strong, but they may need to put aside their distrust of outsiders and seek help from some unlikely allies to save themselves and all humanity.
You can purchase the book at my table at MFF or ON MY WEBSITE
The character of Phil Adler is an OC of
hg3300 and he collaborated on the project. Also features Victor, a character of 
sawblade5
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Eagle
Size 1280 x 876px
File Size 1.35 MB
Thank you To answer your questions:
1) Yes, there will be a Kindle edition right after MFF (e.g., 2 weeks from now)
2) As for advice, just make yourself keep writing. Like Louis Lamour, a very prolific western novelist, said (paraphrased): "You have to turn on the tap to get the water flowing." In other words, don't wait for yourself to feel the urge. Make yourself sit down, distractions muted, and write. Oftentimes that's all it takes for the creativity to ignite and before you know it, you have a bunch of words out on the screen. BTW, this book took 3 years of part-time work (sometimes going a year without much progress), but it was a background project so that was ok. My next book has been in the works for 10y. So, unless you are planning on writing a bunch of books, I don't think it matters how long it takes.
Also: Don't worry about making it perfect the first pass. If you hit something that bogs you down, paraphrase it or put in some brackets and a summary (e.g., sometimes in The Adler Chronicles, I just put [dialogue] or [tf] for parts where I knew it would slow my thoughts down too much for my mood at the time. Writing is a bit like painting for me. You make big, rough strokes at first, then with each successive pass through the manuscript, you add more and more detail until it takes full shape and depth.
That's the advice of an author with only two published books to his name, btw. I'm still learning. Now I need to figure out how to promote this book and I'm open to recommendations!
1) Yes, there will be a Kindle edition right after MFF (e.g., 2 weeks from now)
2) As for advice, just make yourself keep writing. Like Louis Lamour, a very prolific western novelist, said (paraphrased): "You have to turn on the tap to get the water flowing." In other words, don't wait for yourself to feel the urge. Make yourself sit down, distractions muted, and write. Oftentimes that's all it takes for the creativity to ignite and before you know it, you have a bunch of words out on the screen. BTW, this book took 3 years of part-time work (sometimes going a year without much progress), but it was a background project so that was ok. My next book has been in the works for 10y. So, unless you are planning on writing a bunch of books, I don't think it matters how long it takes.
Also: Don't worry about making it perfect the first pass. If you hit something that bogs you down, paraphrase it or put in some brackets and a summary (e.g., sometimes in The Adler Chronicles, I just put [dialogue] or [tf] for parts where I knew it would slow my thoughts down too much for my mood at the time. Writing is a bit like painting for me. You make big, rough strokes at first, then with each successive pass through the manuscript, you add more and more detail until it takes full shape and depth.
That's the advice of an author with only two published books to his name, btw. I'm still learning. Now I need to figure out how to promote this book and I'm open to recommendations!
I may do short story commissions this next year, but I won't be taking large writing commissions again for at least a few years. I have another novel of my own to release next year, plus a sequel to that, and then a completely different novel after that. As far as cost: It's 2-300 hours of work for a full-length novel. Depending on the writer, somewhere around $5-10k is my guess.
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