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I have OFFICIALLY finished my last round of edits for Jake's #3!

List of cards being illustrated for JMM3!

Thank you everyone for all the help with another book launch!

I have to admit, I was really nervous about this one. It had been over two years since JMM1 was released and I wasn't sure if anyone would still be interested in the story after so much time had passed. It's pretty firmly accepted in this genre that you should never wait more than 3-6 months between book releases or nobody wi...

Jake's Magical Market 2: A Trek Through Time is officially out!

The audiobook is also currently up for preorder with release set for February 15th if you missed the announcement. You can check it out here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Jakes-Magical-Market-Book-2-Audiobook/B0CQMGVT...

AUDIOBOOK for Jake's #2 is up for pre-order now!

Release set for February 15th!!

Final card art is here for JMM2!

The artist still has to add all the text for each one but check out the finished artwork!

Just got the color version of JMM3's cover back! Which color palette do you like best?

I can also make a few more color adjustments one way or the other if people have feedback to give.

Image 1: Warm

Image 2: Mid-Blue

Image 3: Blue

Let me know what you all think!

Jake's Magical Market 2: A Trek Through Time is officially up for PRE-ORDER now!

Got the first sketches for Jake 3's cover back! Here's the horrible sketch I sent the artist and their stunning work translating that into actual art!

My card artist is starting to put the final touches on the cards and they look AMAZING!

Wanted to let you all know that I'm holding a $200 competition to see who can write the best summary of Jake's Magical Market #1 for use in the sequels!

Why? Because I cannot for the life of me take a 700+ page book I wrote and condense it down into just a few paragraphs. If I could do that, the book wouldn't be 700 pages!

See my reddit post below for more details of how the competition will work. If you're interested in submitting a summary, please post in the reddit t...

Some more card art coming in!

Inspired by other authors sharing their cover art/process, I made a long reddit post about my journey as a writer and how I found my artists

Check it out here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFantasy/comments/15d6ikr/since_were_sharing_about_our_covers_heres_my/

More cards!

Card art is starting to trickle in for JMM2. Here's the first one the artist has completed!

I've got another sneak preview for you all. This time I've got the borders for the upcoming card art for Jake's #2/3!

And if you look closely, you can see the little icons on the top which indicate the different types of cards like divine, melee ability, magical ability, summoning, and crafting. : )

Ok, I might have FINALLY figured out a way to sell posters of my covers...

I set up a print on demand agreement with a company called Printful and linked it to an Etsy page. I have canvas prints for all my covers and then matte posters for the two Jake's covers. If you order something, please let me know if the product is actually high quality or not once it arrives. I think it U.S. only, but not 10...

Slight modifications to the cover for JMM2

Also, contacted my artist and he is going to be making the cover for JMM3 for me around November. Very excited to have him complete the series with me. 

Updates!

1: JMM 2/3 News:

Last night around 1am (after putting in a 14 hour day), I FINALLY finished the rough draft for JMM2/3. It came out to 334,612 words, which is absolutely massive for a rough draft of mine. For context, the rough draft of my Nova Roma books typically came in at about 100k words and then during editing th...

Jake's Audio question for you all

Since everyone has been so helpful with the title of Jake's #2, I figured I'd just share one of the dilemmas I'm currently facing for the JMM2 audiobook. TL:DR at the bottom.

Basically, Travis Baldree has NO availability. He is booked until 2026 and isn't even accepting bookings into 2026 because he doesn't know what he...

Ok, so don't tell anyone, but JMM2 might be coming out at the end of the year...

I don't know the timeline 100% yet, still a lot to figure out, but I got the cover done and LOVE it so I wanted to share! I don't want to tell the world yet about the sequel so I'm not announcing it anywhere else but I figured you all might enjoy it. : )

Also, I'm still debating between "A Tour Through Time" ...

Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine audiobook is officially out!

Christian has officially finished recording the audio for Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine.

Now we just have to wait for Audible to approve it (10 business days minimum) and it will be out!

If you want to hear a sneak preview of the audiobook right now though, you can swing over to Christian's Facebook page and listen to a 37-minute sample of the recording!

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Some of the rough drafts of the map for Portal to Nova Roma #1

I was sharing my maps with a reader and came across some of the rough drafts and hand-written versions I sent to my artist and figured someone might find them a bit interesting. 

In this post you can see the historical map I based the city on. My first notes about how the city changed in my world and then a more de...

Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine launch follow up

It's been a bit over a week since Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine launched and I am still blown away by how many people enjoying reading what I write!

We broke a personal record with this book. I reached rank #63 in the entire Kindle store, which is just mind-blowing. Breaking top 100 as a self-published author (who has ...

Portal to Nova Roma: the Rhine is out!

I updated the title/font work for every cover to make them look a little better!

Updated Patreon tiers!

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to let you know I updated the various Patreon tiers. Not any major changes, but a couple of small things that people might be interested in. We now have five tiers available:

The Early Supporter tier at $1.50 for those of you that supported me from the start. You will alwa...

Here is a nice review from fellow author Samuel Hinton about the Nova Roma series!

They even got to read book three in advance to prepare the review so it does have a slight spoiler about Nova Roma: The Rhine. If you are interested in some hints about what that book contains read here, otherwise wait until January 14th!

My book three edits are complete!

I still have two more rounds with my editor but the big edits are done! My editor does most of the heavy lifting from here so I can finally stop putting in the 8-10 hour days of nonstop editing, editing, editing, editing. At least for now...

Books three is currently resting at 254,772 words + around 10k words for the ch...