It has been a very long time since I’ve posted to my blog–far too long–that I feel like Rip Van Winkle waking after a long sleep. I apologize for my long silence, catalyzed by the shock of the global pandemic and subsequent changes to my plans to become a full-time author. Given that I’m about to launch my second-ever Kickstarter campaign, it seemed like a good time to start blogging again.
You may or may not recall the last time I was gearing up to launch a campaign. It was set to go live on April 1, 2020, and it was titled “American Doomsday.” When we began to face a real-world doomsday during the month of March, I decided to cancel it indefinitely. This time around is different and somewhat the same. It’s different because it features epic fantasy (and not anything dystopian), but the same in that it feels that we’re on the brink (or already drowning in) a crisis here in America. It’s hard to block that out and remain excited about my campaign. I’m not cancelling this one because fantasy is a welcome escape for everyone coping with the day-to-day of U.S. politics.
With this campaign, I’m launching the sequel to my first epic fantasy novel–Aetherian Prophecy. I’ll be offering Collector’s Editions, dragon merchandise featuring my original dragon collage art, webinars to learn how to use AI tools to enhance your writing process or make a book trailer (like the one featured in this post).
Each Collector’s Edition hardcover, cloth-bound book will have the following features:
- 6×9 inch format, extending over 650 pages
- Silver foil-stamped dust jacket and blue cloth cover
- Ten original watercolor illustrations by artist Clementina Rivera (full-color)
- An illustrated map of Asterwelt (full-color)
- Chapter opener pages (full-color)
- Solid color sprayed edges
- Printed edge pages (full-color)
- Each is numbered and signed by the author
The Kickstarter campaign launches on March 1, 2025. You can follow it in advance and receive notification when it launches here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/americandoomsday/chronicles-of-asterwelt-a-new-epic-fantasy-series.