Updates

Descriptions of my efforts to publish my works

  • Now on Amazon

    Book Three: Emigration of my Escape From Desolation series is now on Amazon, eBook. Pre-order for the paperback comes later. It feels good to reach this milestone. Now, on to the next thing. Continue reading

  • Book Three is Out!

    I finally made it. Book Three of my Escape From Desolation series is done. I authorized the eBook release today. It should be viewable on Amazon in a day or two. The paperback will be available August 25, 2025, but it can be pre-ordered. I will have some copies available on my Etsy shop, RobArt Continue reading

  • Book Three

    I’m almost there. Book Three should be out in a week to ten days, eBook first, then paperback in August. It’s been a long haul. My blog title page has a preview of the book cover along with the first two. Then, on to the next project. Continue reading

  • No One Thing

    Pursuing the right work has been an obsession of mine, the idea that I am practically destined to do a specific type of work and I won’t be happy until I do it. I get this from my father, who brooded for decades over never finding his thing. Although he’s been gone sixteen years, his Continue reading

  • Hermit on the Move

    Since I published my first book, I have been promoting it among my family, friends and social contacts. It is an uncomfortable process. I am a natural hermit. Like many sons who follow their father’s model (for good or bad), my father was a hermit. When he passed away, his contact with people was less Continue reading

  • Getting Closer

    My Escape From Desolation manuscript has been proofread and is ready to develop into a book. It’s exciting but terrifying. I’m breaking a lot of family rules about taking risks, so my mind is a chorus of ancestral voices telling me I’m crazy for trying this. Somehow, I keep moving despite the resistance. Looks like Continue reading

  • Proof Reading

    I’m having Book One of Escape From Desolation professionally proof read which should be done early April, 2023, then I will continue to next step. Continue reading

  • Publishing

    I’ve been investigating the publishing options for my books, notably self-publishing. The number of choices are overwhelming, but I keep trudging, one step at a time. Part of me wants to give up, bind a few copies for loved ones and friends, then, be done with it. I guess I won’t. I will feel better Continue reading

  • Writing Progress

    I am moving along with my writing. I have decided to publish my novel, Escape From Desolation, in two books. I think I will have a solid copy of Book One ready to put out there by the end of Spring. I put the Prologue out on that Novel’s page for anyone interested. I began Continue reading

About Me

Indie author and self taught artist, creating for over fifty years, also a former corporate lawyer and systems manager … and other assorted vocations. Writing is my passion. I just released my first science fiction novel, Escape From Desolation, eBook and paperback. More information at my author page: http://escapefromdesolation.com

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