At The Publisher...

Port Plague is at the publisher - Amazon KDP - at the moment. I will also be publishing a Kobo edition later on, as well as a paperback edition. If you liked the first Can You Survive? book, stay tuned for info on how you can enter to win a paperback edition of Port Plague in the coming weeks. It should be pretty exciting.

Now I wait in anticipation as this newest volume is let loose on the world. I think I like it better than The Zombie Apocalypse! But, how can you choose favorites between your own children? ;)

Zombie Apocalypse Giveaway Entries Close Tomorrow!

Have you entered to win an autographed paperback edition of The Zombie Apocalypse? If you haven't, time is running out!

I just finished autographing the three copies of the first Can You Survive? book that are being given away. They look nice! Hurry up and enter to win on Goodreads by clicking here!

Check out the pictures of one of the autographed beauties below. I know, I know. I have the autograph of a doctor. But, no matter how hard I try, it always stays the same.

Sneak Peek At The Port Plague Cover!

Since I hit the 75% mark on my handwritten progress on the new "Can You Survive" book last night, I thought I'd upload a surprise preview of the cover. Hope you all like it! I'm nearly finished with the main "good" ending, and everything else should fall into place after that's squared away. Happy Friday!

Can You Survive Book Two?

Or should I say, can I survive book two of the Can You Survive series?

I'm hard at work on a second "Choose Your Own Ending" book for adults and this time it's a much crazier scenario than The Zombie Apocalypse. I don't want to say too much about it yet, but let's just say that your escape options are limited this time around and there will be more chances for interaction with a bunch of secondary characters.

Writing one of these type of books has been very challenging in a creative sense and in an organizational way as well. I might try to document my strategy and write some posts about it if anyone's interested.

Until then, look for more updates coming soon! There may be a synopsis reveal in the near future...


Photo Credit:
Ben Earwicker
Garrison Photography, Boise, ID
www.garrisonphoto.org

Diving Into Your Imagination

Well, it's been quite a while since I've posted on my blog, and I promise you that the reason is mainly because I have been very busy working on writing and reading!

What's interesting to me is the reading part since when, as a writer, you consider sitting down to spend an hour or two reading, it seems to be counter-intuitive. Why should I waste an hour reading for pleasure when I should be creating content? Do more work, damn it!

That is what my brain has been telling me. And it's basically screwed with my imagination for the better part of a week. Writer's block is basically the fear that you have run out of ideas. Essentially with my brain telling me to constantly produce, produce, produce, I was backing myself into a corner, afraid that I had run out of ideas.

This is not the truth. If you are struggling with this, don't let your brain do this to you! Our realistic and pessimistic side loves to tell us that we only finished that first book because we were lucky. I'm here to say that it wasn't because I was lucky - it was because I was inspired and my creative juices were flowing. When I was stuck a few weeks back, it was because my creative juices were too terrified to flow, and a drought was happening.

To continue to write inspired fiction or any type of writing, we need to feed our imaginations. This includes reading for pleasure and, in my case, forcing myself to enjoy reading for pleasure again.

And, wouldn't you know it - reading for pleasure also forced me to do something else that I haven't done in a long time, and something that is essential to being inspired - I read some books and authors that I've never heard of! It was so exciting! After being transported to some new fictional vistas, I wondered why I was so scared to create more of my own in the first place.

Then I sat down and started to write.

It feels good.

If you're checking out the blog, you will see that I've posted a widget to enter into my Goodreads giveaway for an autographed paperback edition of my latest book, (Can You Survive) The Zombie Apocalypse. It will be open for entries for a month, but if you don't want to wait that long, you can pick up a copy here. The Kindle version is available for the low price of $0.99 so that you can use that extra penny for something else!

In short, summer weather is here, and that means time to read, explore, and above all, write.

Give It Everything You've Got!

I've just reached another milestone in my writing journey and finished a new genre book, which I've been meaning to do for a long time: horror. It's a genre I love so much and at last I have my first horror book out there. It's also a humor book since it takes after the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" series.

Don't be fooled by the simplistic idea of a "game" book. It stretched my creative muscles more than my first novel effort. This led me to the realization that writing is a tiresome task when you finish. Mentally it is the equivalent of running a marathon. I was exhausted when I finished uploading my Kindle file to the website, and I hadn't physically done anything other than type!

If I am going to continue to write, I believe this is a sign that the task is important to me. I will be drained by the end of it, but that also means I have given the story everything I have. That's what counts to me. Hopefully that means it's a fun and engaging read for the audience.

Now, to recharge and start something new!

The Zombie Apocalypse is available now if you are interested in fleeing the undead! 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Apocalypse-Can-Survive-ebook/dp/B00JHOKJ38/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1396754255&sr=8-6&keywords=Franklin+kendrick