This past Thursday morning, our Kickstarter campaign to fund Madelyn of the Sky ended. How did it go? Really, really well. I’m honestly blown away. It was a risk to take this route. We might not have been funded at all. We were fairly certain we could get that much, of course, but whether orContinue reading “Kickstarter Debrief”
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To All Things… An Ending!
Write until the story’s done. Then stop. There are plenty of series that have gone on too long. Jumping the Shark is a trope for a reason. When people get greedy or don’t realize they’ve run out of ideas, series end up not just losing quality, but failing in general. My wife and I oftenContinue reading “To All Things… An Ending!”
No More Heroes
What happened to heroes? Robin Hood fights Prince John. He robs from the rich and gives to the poor. All that ends when the proper ruler, King Richard, returns. Now that leadership is in the right hands, all will be well. Dragnet. The good guys are the cops, right? Batman before, say, 1970. He workedContinue reading “No More Heroes”
Less Waiting. More Reading.
I can’t write fast enough. First off, there are way too many good ideas for stories floating out there. I keep bumping into them. They ask, “Good sir, would you please commit me to paper so I may not fade into the formless aether?” And I must answer, “Alas, promising jumble of concepts and characters,Continue reading “Less Waiting. More Reading.”
Dawnsbrook is Here
Be bold. Be daring. Be fierce. Be kind. Be true. Change your world. Dawnsbrook Press publishes books full of adventure, wonder, and characters who change their world for the better. Our books seek to inspire middle-grade readers to dream big and do more. And while the books are aimed at middle-grade readers, we know howContinue reading “Dawnsbrook is Here”
Jonathon Mast: Author 