Update, Dreams, Pen Name and New Series!
A few months back, I wrote up a post about filling the well. Or was it the garden? o.O
So I took time off to do just that, by reading, binging shows, movies and gaming. Miiiiight have gone a bit overboard on the gaming. I’m a Final Fantasy fan and can’t help myself with that game, or anything in the franchise.
What I learned in that time was…I hadn’t learned BALANCE. You know… mitigating out time for both without over-indulging on one. Before, in 2015, it’d been all writing. And it was successful. Until I burned out. In the time running up to restarting getting more Eldritch Files finished, I’ve had to learn to BALANCE the garden grooming with the producing.
Not saying it’s been easy.
Newp. Mostly because I over-filled it. Meaning I have a whole bunch of ideas (popcorn kittens) jumping about and yelling “Pick Me! Pick Me!”
But, to that later.
Elemental Dreams, the Finale.
It’s taking me a bit longer to finish this than I’d hoped. Not because of gaming too much, but because I wanted to be careful. I wanted to make sure that everyone reading it would have a sense of completion, and a sense of happy. Gotta have the happy (especially after book 8).
My hope is to have the book published and in your hands this month, but I’m taking my time to give the readers, and those who have enjoyed the series, something enjoyable.
And now…for a Pen Name…
Getting back to the “Pick Me!” I needed to write something a bit different before getting the last books finished for The Eldritch Files.
And out of that need came a new idea, coupled with an old idea I’d been stoking. Part of that idea was brain stormed with the help of a fellow writer. And we created a new series, gave it a pen name and published it. After the first book was finished, and the second one almost done, the partnership dissolved (in a nice and legal fashion) and I kept the pen name and books. And since I love the character and the series idea, I decided to keep writing them.
Originally I published them in Kindle Unlimited, and quickly discovered I wasn’t that happy about it. I prefer to have my books wide, meaning if you read on Kobo, you can buy it on Kobo, Or if you like iBooks, you can read it there.
Sooo… the first book in this series is finally wide and available for .99¢ in several places. If you can’t find it on your favorite platform, let old A J Brahms know:
Yep. That’s me.
Book 2, Something In The Water, will be wide at the end of June, but it is available at Amazon for now. Book 3, Smoke And Mirrors, will go wide from the start.
Here is a link to the Author Site, A J Brahms. There is a separate Newsletter, and a separate website. Cause, pen name. But it’s me.
I hope you enjoy. And I’ll be keeping you up to date! :) Any questions just post them and I’ll get to them soon as I can. In between writing sessions.
UPDATE: The Cast In Shadow series has now been updated to reflect my name only. Long sad story. Don’t wanna repeat it.
A few months back, I wrote up a post about filling the well. Or was it the garden? o.O
So I took time off to do just that, by reading, binging shows, movies and gaming. Miiiiight have gone a bit overboard on the gaming. I’m a Final Fantasy fan and can’t help myself with that game, or anything in the franchise.
What I learned in that time was…I hadn’t learned BALANCE. You know… mitigating out time for both without over-indulging on one. Before, in 2015, it’d been all writing. And it was successful. Until I burned out. In the time running up to restarting getting more Eldritch Files finished, I’ve had to learn to BALANCE the garden grooming with the producing.
Not saying it’s been easy.
Newp. Mostly because I over-filled it. Meaning I have a whole bunch of ideas (popcorn kittens) jumping about and yelling “Pick Me! Pick Me!”
But, to that later.
Elemental Dreams, the Finale.
It’s taking me a bit longer to finish this than I’d hoped. Not because of gaming too much, but because I wanted to be careful. I wanted to make sure that everyone reading it would have a sense of completion, and a sense of happy. Gotta have the happy (especially after book 8).
My hope is to have the book published and in your hands this month, but I’m taking my time to give the readers, and those who have enjoyed the series, something enjoyable.
And now…for a Pen Name…
Getting back to the “Pick Me!” I needed to write something a bit different before getting the last books finished for The Eldritch Files.
And out of that need came a new idea, coupled with an old idea I’d been stoking. Part of that idea was brain stormed with the help of a fellow writer. And we created a new series, gave it a pen name and published it. After the first book was finished, and the second one almost done, the partnership dissolved (in a nice and legal fashion) and I kept the pen name and books. And since I love the character and the series idea, I decided to keep writing them.
Originally I published them in Kindle Unlimited, and quickly discovered I wasn’t that happy about it. I prefer to have my books wide, meaning if you read on Kobo, you can buy it on Kobo, Or if you like iBooks, you can read it there.
Sooo… the first book in this series is finally wide and available for .99¢ in several places. If you can’t find it on your favorite platform, let old A J Brahms know:
Yep. That’s me.
Book 2, Something In The Water, will be wide at the end of June, but it is available at Amazon for now. Book 3, Smoke And Mirrors, will go wide from the start.
Here is a link to the Author Site, A J Brahms. There is a separate Newsletter, and a separate website. Cause, pen name. But it’s me.
I hope you enjoy. And I’ll be keeping you up to date! :) Any questions just post them and I’ll get to them soon as I can. In between writing sessions.
UPDATE: The Cast In Shadow series has now been updated to reflect my name only. Long sad story. Don’t wanna repeat it.
Glad to see you back in the saddle again!