On Tuesday I spent two hours in an IM conference with mikebrendan brainstorming on an epic scale battle scene for Loyalty of Wolves. Mike was awesome.

There is only so much you can glean from reading historical accounts of battles. Once you toss in the fantasy elements, it gets far more complex.

One of the things I tend to do is to think of mages as artillery and monsters as tanks. Yet it still falls way short of getting in all the aspects and potentials at epic length.

Word on the street is keep your eye on Timmons Esaias of Seaton Hill, who is currently doing research on a book that will revolutionize the way that genre writers understand warfare. Great things are coming. But I am not saying anything more.

My to-do list is insane today. I'm wired tired, going on 3 hours sleep and too much coffee.

Every time I get my priorities figured out and on a list, something else crops up that I failed to anticipate.

To say that I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed and maddened like the proverbial bull would be to put it mildly.

I have been trying to get the royalties figured out so I can get my writers paid in time for Christmas. I struggled with the way that LSI does them. You can only get the individual title sales on the website. When they send you a notice of royalties owed and payments, they shove it all together.

I had them email me a copy of them to import to excel. It was tab separated. When I tried to import it, excel had a heart attack. What I ended up with was a mess. So much for that option.

I tried using print. I had to do each month singly. So it came out with no dates and in micro sized print that requires using a magnifying glass to read. SIGH. But at least I have something to work with.

When I first found where to go for the royalties on their website (takes hunting to figure out), I mistook what I was seeing for total sales, when it was monthly sales.

If anyone out there knows how to do this in an easier fashion, I would appreciate suggestions.

I'm feeling very inept.

Okay, the bad news first.

We are still having troubles with LSI on Death in Common, but hope to have it released within two weeks.

Good news, is that the ebook editions of my first three lycan books are available from Powell's and other distributors that do not have proprietary formats.

On the personal side:

I have a doctor's appointment on the 26th and hope to finally reach the point where I"m not limping along the way I have been for several months. Right now for the first time in days my legs are not trying to twist themselves off my hips. The humming sensation has moved up from the bottoms of my feet and I can now feel it in my stomach and chest on bad days. That's plain weird. I don't know enough about neurology to explain it. There are some other matters. Turning 55 has not helped matters. LOL. And others that I'm not going to discuss until I have some answers.

Angeline Hawkes' book Symphony for the Forgotten is now available for sale at online stores such as amazon.com

That's our first book out.

We have a new cover for Serpent's Quest and it is no longer available at lulu.com where I did my initial test marketing.

We are in the process of uploading it to LSI. It can take up to eight weeks for it to percolate through all the distributors and appear there. But usually it is faster.

On a personal note:

This blog fell mostly into disuse during a severe depression. It held me locked in tight from October through January, and then started to fade. I'm still fighting the last bit of it, but I am doing much better now.

What brought me out of it was people. In particular, Tim Willard, Owen Kuhn, and Steven Beeho.

Monday will be the day that I release the first three books from Daverana Enterprises through LSI

Symphony for the Forgotten by Angeline Hawkes

Serpent’s Quest (Lycan Blood volume 1) by Janrae Frank

Fireborn Law (Lycan Blood volume 2) by Janrae Frank

Other matters:

If Truth Dies has just passed 94,000 words and I still have scenes to add to it. Steven has gone over the outline and approved the additional scenes, which I am now writing.

My previous publisher put a lot of constraints upon my word length. Now, with Steven's input, I am restoring the missing sections to the novels in my Lycan Blood series.

I am just waiting on interior artwork before bringing out Issue #12 of Flashing Swords Magazine.

The Official launch date for Daverana Enterprises is August 19th.

We are proud to present a collection by Angeline Hawkes, Symphony for the Forgotten.

And here is the cover.