Zack Jackson & The Hives of Valtra

Writing, Zack Jackson

Work has begun in earnest on the third book in the Zack Jackson series: Zack Jackson & The Hives of Valtra. I anticipate releasing this book in late Q1 or early Q2 2014. In this installment, Zack and his Junior Ranger troop take a trip to the Valtraxian homeworld,...

2012 in Review & Looking Ahead

Writing

2012 was quite a year, wasn’t it? Aside from personal life events, I managed to publish Iron Fist of the Oroqs and Zack Jackson & The Cult of Athos, despite being somewhat late on both of them. I’d like to say “this is the year my books really...

My Writing Process

Writing

A lot of writers spend a great deal of time working on an outline before they start writing their novels. They’ll chart out every major plot point. I’ve heard of these outlines reaching tens of thousands of words. It works for them. It doesn’t work...

Zack Jackson — Too Racy for YA?

Writing, Zack Jackson

Writing for Young Adults is tricky. On one hand, I know that a lot of the stuff I was hearing from my peers at the age of 12 was FAR more racy than what I’ve written. On the other hand, I know a lot of parents still don’t want their kids exposed to it....

Geek-Life.com Interview

Writing

Geek-Life.com has posted an interview with me they did a couple of weeks ago. I was happy for the opportunity to talk about my writing. You can read the interview here: http://geek-life.com/2012/06/29/20-questions-for-hans-cummings/