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Weekly Update - April 23, 2024
The next draft of Action Figures – Legacies is done, which means it’s ready for editing! I’m hoping to get this out to readers before the end of June, but as always, we’ll see how things play out.
Now, for really real, I’m going to try and finish off the next Strongarm & Lightfoot book, the ending to which has been…let’s politely say, challenging. The pieced are all there, it’s just a matter of…
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The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot - A Series Overview
What’s it About?
Derek Strongarm and Felix Lightfoot are a pair of hard-luck adventurers for hire with an unfortunate knack for landing jobs that pay too little and threaten their lives too much. Erika Racewind is a hardened elven warrior who doesn’t like people, except maybe when she’s killing them. Winifred Graceword is a kindhearted elven priestess skilled in the healing arts. David is a…
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#Assassins Brawl#Audible#audiobook#Blades of Glory#Dungeons and Dragons#Elfish Motives#fantasy#fiction#Honor Among Thieves#novel#Scratching a Lich#Strongarm and Lightfoot#Sworded Affairs#The Legend of Vox Machina#Twins and Losses
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Weekly Update - April 16, 2024
Back to things being a little slow for a bit, but maybe not for long. I’m working on the next draft of Action Figures – Legacies while I continue to puzzle out exactly how the climactic scene of the eighth Strongarm & Lightfoot book plays out. Big action sequences are tricky.
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Action Figures – Legacies: Second draft completed, now in beta-reading phase.
The Adventures of…
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Action Figures - A Series Overview
What’s it About?
The series focuses on Carrie Hauser, a 15-year-old girl who one summer experiences two life-changing events: her parents announce they’re getting divorced, and she gains superhuman abilities after encountering a dying extraterrestrial after he falls to Earth.
Her adventure begins after Carrie and her mother Christina move back to Christina’s childhood home town of Kingsport,…
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#Action Figures#Black Magic Women#Crawling from the Wreckage#Cruel Summer#fiction#Hell Hath No Fury#Power Play#Secret Origins#superhero#superheroes#superheroine#Team-Ups#The Black End War#Unintended Consequences#YA#YA novel#young adult#young adult fiction#Young adult novel#Zero Day
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Weekly Update - April 9, 2024
It’s a two-fer this week, folks: cover art reveal time AND new book drop time!
The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot – Draconian Measures, the seventh book in the series, is now available for the Kindle and in print! You can also get the cover art, created as always by Tricia Lupien, on T-shirts and other goodies through her Teepublic shop. That way, you can support two independent creatives —…
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Who Am I?
I’m a writer originally from Falmouth, MA who now lives in Oxford, MA with my awesome wife Veronica and four cats who don’t like to let us sleep in.
After 15 years with the Falmouth Enterprise, where I worked as a general and political reporter, blogger, and editor, I left the news industry to focus on my creative writing.
In addition to my novels (more on that in a minute) I’m a…
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#Action Figures#Audible#audiobook#Awakening#BellaOnline Literary Review#Cheap Thrills Digest#Endgame#fantasy#fiction#Freedom Winds#New England Speculative Writers#novel#Scratching a Lich#Secret Origins#stage combat#Storied Threads#Strongarm and Lightfoot#superhero#superheroes#The Final Summons#Transition#Underdog Comics#Well Behaved Women#YA#YA novel#young adult#young adult fiction#Young adult novel
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Weekly Update - April 2, 2024
This was a long-ish weekend for me, and my wife was visiting family for the holiday, so I had all of Easter Sunday to myself to work on then next Strongarm & Lightfoot book — by which I mean book eight. Draconian Measures is almost ready to go, I’m just waiting on the cover art from Tricia. And speaking of which, enjoy some WIP shots of the cover in question!
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The Best of the Rest
If you enjoy Michael’s full-length novels, check out these anthologies, collections, and side-projects featuring his work. Available on Amazon, and signed print editions may be purchased directly from the author.
Beneath the Mask – A Superhero Romance Anthology features ten tantalizing tales of masked heroes saving the day and falling in love.
From sweet saviors to steamy angelic warriors,…
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#Action Figures#anthology#Beneath the Mask#Cheap Thrills Digest#Faire Times#Freedom Winds#Greencloak#Lyndsey Luther#New England Speculative Writers#short story#Strongarm and Lightfoot#Tessa Beatrice#The Final Summons#Underdog Comics
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Weekly Update - March 26, 2024
Alas, my staycation is over and I’m back to the day job, but I got a lot done over that week off, starting with fully finishing up The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot – Draconian Measures. I got the final version worked up over the week and spent Sunday on the most tedious part, formatting. Now I just have to wait for Tricia to finish up the cover work — enjoy the rough concept to your right…
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The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot - A Series Overview
What’s it About?
Derek Strongarm and Felix Lightfoot are a pair of hard-luck adventurers for hire with an unfortunate knack for landing jobs that pay too little and threaten their lives too much. Erika Racewind is a hardened elven warrior who doesn’t like people, except maybe when she’s killing them. Winifred Graceword is a kindhearted elven priestess skilled in the healing arts. David is a…
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#Assassins Brawl#Audible#audiobook#Blades of Glory#Dungeons and Dragons#Elfish Motives#fantasy#fiction#Honor Among Thieves#novel#Scratching a Lich#Strongarm and Lightfoot#Sworded Affairs#The Legend of Vox Machina#Twins and Losses
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Weekly Update - March 19, 2024
With Action Figures – Legacy, the first sequel-spinoff from the core Action Figures series, in beta-reading phase, it’s time to return my attention to The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot – Draconian Measures! I got my editor’s notes back and spent part of the weekend tackling the next draft. I hope to have it fully formatted by the end of the week, but we’ll see. I’m on staycation so I might…
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Action Figures - A Series Overview
What’s it About?
The series focuses on Carrie Hauser, a 15-year-old girl who one summer experiences two life-changing events: her parents announce they’re getting divorced, and she gains superhuman abilities after encountering a dying extraterrestrial after he falls to Earth.
Her adventure begins after Carrie and her mother Christina move back to Christina’s childhood home town of Kingsport,…
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#Action Figures#Black Magic Women#Crawling from the Wreckage#Cruel Summer#fiction#Hell Hath No Fury#Power Play#Secret Origins#superhero#superheroes#superheroine#Team-Ups#The Black End War#Unintended Consequences#YA#YA novel#young adult#young adult fiction#Young adult novel#Zero Day
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Weekly Update - March 12, 2024
Action Figures – Legacy, the first sequel-spinoff from the core Action Figures series, has undergone its first round of revisions and is now in the beta-reading phase.
It’s been a while since I discussed exactly what this new book is about, so here’s a refresher.
The country is still in chaos following ShadoWorks’ coup d’état, and the Hero Squad is running themselves ragged trying to round up…
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Who Am I?
I’m a writer originally from Falmouth, MA who now lives in Oxford, MA with my awesome wife Veronica and four cats who don’t like to let us sleep in.
After 15 years with the Falmouth Enterprise, where I worked as a general and political reporter, blogger, and editor, I left the news industry to focus on my creative writing.
In addition to my novels (more on that in a minute) I’m a…
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#Action Figures#Audible#audiobook#Awakening#BellaOnline Literary Review#Cheap Thrills Digest#Endgame#fantasy#fiction#Freedom Winds#New England Speculative Writers#novel#Scratching a Lich#Secret Origins#stage combat#Storied Threads#Strongarm and Lightfoot#superhero#superheroes#The Final Summons#Transition#Underdog Comics#Well Behaved Women#YA#YA novel#young adult#young adult fiction#Young adult novel
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Weekly Update - March 5, 2024
Action Figures – Legacy, the first sequel-spinoff from the core Action Figures series, has passed the first draft benchmark!
Draft one currently clocks in at a shade under 70,000 words, and it’s one of the tightest first drafts I’ve ever written, so I expect the first round of revisions to go fairly quickly. However, my editor Julie is wrapping up her work on the current draft of The Adventures…
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The Best of the Rest
If you enjoy Michael’s full-length novels, check out these anthologies, collections, and side-projects featuring his work. Available on Amazon, and signed print editions may be purchased directly from the author.
Beneath the Mask – A Superhero Romance Anthology features ten tantalizing tales of masked heroes saving the day and falling in love.
From sweet saviors to steamy angelic warriors,…
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#Action Figures#anthology#Beneath the Mask#Cheap Thrills Digest#Faire Times#Freedom Winds#Greencloak#Lyndsey Luther#New England Speculative Writers#short story#Strongarm and Lightfoot#Tessa Beatrice#The Final Summons#Underdog Comics
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Weekly Update - February 27, 2024
My birthday is coming up on Saturday — fifty-four rotations on planet Earth, thank you — and to celebrate, I am giving you a present.
Beginning today and running through March 2, my birthday, the first books in my three series — Action Figures – Secret Origins, The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot – Scratching a Lich, and Well-Behaved Women – Awakening — are all free for the Kindle!
If…
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#Action Figures#Awakening#Connecticut Renaissance Faire#Draconian Measures#fantasy#fiction#Legacies#novel#Scratching a Lich#Secret Origins#Strongarm and Lightfoot#Well Behaved Women
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