Ana and Ashton's Parisian Honeymoon Suite at the Paris Cargill Hotel

Ana and Ashton's Parisian Honeymoon Suite at the Paris Cargill Hotel

 

 

Big Book Lovers! On Sale today! Unholy Pursuit: The Devil on My Trail!

On Sale today! Unholy Pursuit: The Devil on My Trail!

The wait is over! The big book is here! All 800 lovely pages! It's available in just about anywhere books are sold.

Ashton's auto collection

As one would expect someone with the wealth and means of Ashton Cargill has a large collection of some sort. Some collect coins, stamps, books, artwork, but Ashton's main collection is cars. There are few from his vast collections.

1925 Isotta Franschini Tipo 8 A S Roadster

1925 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Piccadilly Roadster

1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom York Roadster

1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud-the car Ashton gave Ana.

 

Ana's wedding picture

This is how Ashton sees Ana as Bea leads her mother to the altar.  There's something very interesting about Ana as to why he often doesn't recognize her. No one does. Of course her mother does but I'm not talking about her mom.

 

 

The many gods, goddesses and immortals

 The most difficult thing about writing about the immortals is there are many different kinds as there are ethnic groups of humans.  Every culture around the world mentioned them.

 There's no set rule to follow for in each culture they were as different as humans. One of the best ways to learn a culture is to learn the mannerism of their gods or goddesses. For in ancient times people copied the behavior of their deities.

These are few of the immortals in the book "Clash with the Immortals."

Each Book is a stand alone, although part of a series.

Rest assured, there are no books out there quite like any I've written. Why? Because I used no format or precedent already written. I have searched high and low for one with the same precedence and found none.  Yes, I used well known characters but the manner in which I used them is like nothing I have ever read and I have read perhaps many books in my lifetime. I read several books before sitting down to begin to write this series in 2001. I read many books about immortals and humans interactions and decided I wanted to take my characters a different route but wanted to remain true to how the ancient texts described the immortals. If you will note, even the covers are different.  I wanted each book to be able to stand alone on it's own merit is why each cover is different.

I deliberately wrote each book so that it would not have to lean upon it's predecessor for a reader to understand what's going on. I wrote each to bear it own merit. That's why the major ones I was able to create a smaller spin off book like, "The Time before time"which is a spin off the book of Clash with the Immortals."

The first few paragraphs pick up where the predecessor left off and the last few sentences give a hint in what's to follow in the next book. And from there the book takes on a life of it own totally different from the one before or after.

 

 

Author's Interview by the Owl Book Blog

Author's Interview by the Owl Book Blog

OWL-When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

Author- Perhaps in my early teens years when I became interested in poets and poetry and begun writing poetry.

OWL-How long does it take you to write a book?

Author -Usually about a year or two. Depending on the research needed and the length of the book. The entire “UnHoly Pursuit” series has been a work in progress since 2001.

OWL-What is your work schedule like when you're writing?

Author-I have to remind myself to stop and eat, go pay bills, and even have tell myself it's time to go to bed.

OWL-What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?

Author- I find myself writing in a much older dialect and sentence structure that isn't commonly used today. Then I have to revert back to modern English, I like King Speak or Speech because it's much more poetic than sentence structures used today.

OWL-How do your books get published?

Author-Independent publishers.

OWL-Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?

Author-Observance of everyday life, extensive traveling and interacting with other. My characters were developed from ancient literature like the Book of Enoch, the bible (No, it is not a religious literary work) and many different cultural mythology and belief, sacred books, history.

OWL-When did you write your first book and how old were you?

Author-My very first book I wrote for my parents at age six. It was made of construction paper with 20 pages stapled between. It was about my me, parents and my pets. I had scores of pets.

OWL-What do you like to do when you're not writing?

Author-I'm not the type of person who like running, jumping, climbing or doing anything strenuous. I once left a date because the guy wanted to hike up a mountainous trail and then go to a camp. I had already been on a cave tour adventure and didn't like it. But before the evening was over he saw things my way, spend the day at the beach, reading. That's energetic enough. I prefer something peace and laid back.

OWL-What does your family think of your writing?

Author-They love it but skips over the love making scenes. (LOL!)

OWL-What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?

Author-That a lot more goes into creating a book than I knew. Writing the story is enjoyable, relaxing and you realize you are leaving your legacy to the world.

OWL-How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?

Author-So far, including my very first book written for my parents, the number stands at 17. As a teenager I wrote a book of poetry.

OWL-Do you have any suggestions to help me become a better writer? If so, what are they?

Author-Write with your emotions, do not allow your creativity to be hindered by structures. If there are no emotions put into the story or poet it will be as flat as the paper it is written upon. Find and use your own style. It will be like no one else's.

OWL-Do you hear from your readers much? What kinds of things do they say?

Author_Yes, some more than others. Their questions are; What does the main character Ana do next after such and such incident? Can't I tone Bea or Azazael down? Most of the questions are usually along the line of what will happen next?

OWL-Do you like to create books for adults?

Author-All of my works are classified as adult literary.

OWL-What do you think makes a good story?

Author-A good plot, well developed main characters, a well balance of elements such as violence, evilness. For example if a character is evil or good tell why they posses these traits. It is very important for the story to have the ability to answer who, what, when, why and where.

OWL-As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?

Author-This changed every week; I wanted to be a writer, a teacher, a nurse, an astronaut, a baseball player,

OWL-Any books in the works?

Author_Yes, I'm editing and refining the other books of the series.

OWL-What are your plans for the future?

Author-I'd love to see more of the world. I've traveled exclusively throughout the US, Canada and Mexico but would like to see the rest of the world. I've always been involved in charity work so I'll be going back to that, full time. Right now, 10% of the sale of every book is given one of the various 

organizations I've chosen to support. 

In my previous post, I mentioned to talk about I’d launched my campaign a to fund this book.

In my previous post, I mentioned to talk about I’d launched my campaign a to fund this book. There’s a school of thought that says you want a substantial number of followers before you begin. I got that and they are now chewing me a new one. I went around to all my sites and collected the followers and they came to over 5,000.  Some may say, there’s an element of truth to both of these: what matters is not the number of followers, per se, but the amount of buzz surrounding a project. The number of followers a project has is simply one sign of overall popularity, but not a definitive one. But from the number of people who has been riding my ass I beg to different. I want to make this book a reality perhaps more than anything else.

This popularity matters–well, I should say it mattered, past tense, because Things Have Changed–because a funding campaign gives you a limited time to gather all these pre-orders. The more you can frontload a campaign, the further you can go. If you have a bunch of people ready with their credit cards the day you launch, that’s so many people you don’t have to chase after later on in the campaign, and that much more time you’ll have to go chase other people.

Now, here is where you all comes in. No authors can do it all by themselves no matter who they are. Even Shakespeare didn't do it all by himself. I need you all to help me to make this a reality. I need you all to help me get this in your hands and I promise you for the next 12 books you won't be disappointed.

But here’s a thought that struck me. Spending a lot of time picking up followers can also be counter-productive, because I can’t be certain that all these people are still going to be around if I wait six months to launch. Wouldn’t it be better to have the campaign already taking pre-orders, so people can order immediately instead of following now and coming back later–or possibly forgetting in the meantime? That's what I've done. I had that in mind ten years ago when I started writing the saga.

I determined that the way to have the best of both worlds was to set an extra-long funding period. The first six months of it would be more of family members were eager to jump in, and I started off with the bang that most people would have had to depend on a large following to get.

But, as I said, things have changed. The fan base is growing larger, mainly because this unlike any series you all have ever read. I didn't try to create aliens from another world or make up things you've heard of. I used everyday life to create a story about the end of days. I borrowed from the most popular book of all time: The Bible. Although, it's not a biblical fictional story.

Here’s an excerpt from a screenshot of my “edit” page. Yes, my main character has a crude mouth. No one is speaking proper when literally you've hellhounds nipping at your heel.










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