A New Project

I’m working on a new project currently that gets closer to completion every day. It’s called Hollow, and it’s far different from my previous works. This is a disaster book and not in the same way as The Divide was. This book is about a city gone mad in an epidemic that’s as big a mystery as it is deadly. Let me tell you about this new set of books I have planned for everyone.

Let’s start with the first one, which is simply titled Hollow. I wanted to make characters who were young and inexperienced in bad situations for the first book. The purpose behind it was so the characters would be experiencing the same fear, shock, and confusion that the reader would be as the pages turn in what’s a mysterious event all the way to the final few chapters. This is a disaster book that pulls inspiration from The Walking Dead while making itself a unique story that is different from the zombie genre. I can’t say much more about the disaster without spoiling the whole book, but Hollow is about the bond two people form through loss and what they will do just to survive. It’s about finding truth in the darkest corners and wishing you hadn’t. It’s a dark book in places, but it’s also full of so much life and humor. When I set out to write this one, I thought what do I like to read and watch? I didn’t want to write for anyone else, which is the number one thing you're supposed to do. Writing 101 is to write to your market, but let’s be honest here. Do you really think the creators of The Walking Dead ever thought their story would be mainstream? Sometimes you just have to let a story lead you where it will and write what you love and just hope it becomes a trend. That’s what I did on this one, and it was an entertaining journey that came with ease. I think people who like action above romance with a mix of mystery and sci-fi will love this first book.

The second one is named Hollow: Revelations, and I can’t exactly tell you what it’s about because it would spoil the first story. All I can say is it’s about characters a bit older, and while it keeps many of the same elements as Hollow, this one is about tying up loose ends and giving the story the closure it deserves. I didn’t always know if I would release Revelations because I loved how the first one ended, but there was an opportunity for a bigger story with more characters in a whole new background. I took it and made a few alterations to the feel of this series in general. The original Hollow can feel a bit hopeless at times because of the epidemic, and so can Revelations, but I wanted to provide some kind of hope for the characters in this story and give the reader an indication that maybe Hollow’s story might end happily. I can’t say if it did or not, and in fact, I’m not quite sure even now if I would qualify it as good or bad, but I can say for sure that Revelations provides answers that anyone who loved the original will want. The first was all about a journey, and the second is about finding the end to that in a manner that stays true to Hollow while also adding some elements that makes it feel new instead of like a repeat of the first.

So this is what I’m working on now. It’s a two book series that I hope to release soon. I also think that I can release them within a month of each other, which has always been the goal. I don’t want my readers to have to wait too long to finish this story. It was such a joy to write, and the feedback I’ve gotten so far has been very good. I hope you’ll love it, but more than that, I have to say I’m glad I took a journey into Owen and Piper’s world. It had all the elements I love in a great story. I’ve often written stories that were full of action, romance, or mystery. This provides a lot of action and a healthy dose of the others, which is just my comfort level. I’ve been challenging myself a lot to write outside of where I’m comfortable, but I have to say that if ever I were going to settle down into one genre, I think it might just be into this one. Disaster stories mixed with sci-fi have so much potential because nothing is truly off the table in them. They require creativity, whereas in other genres, you’re required to color inside the lines so often. I’ve never quite been good at staying in those lines, so I ditched the whole coloring book for this one and drew my own picture made up of all the things I love about books, television, games, and even comics. I can’t wait to share this side of myself with everyone because it’s the truest side I’ve shown to people yet.