I'm Not Dead....

It's been awhile since I posted in here. With the last book release a lot of things got brushed aside. The book release went pretty well. I've sold at least 120 copies in the first five weeks (waiting for the B&N numbers from Smashwords to get a final total) which for many authors is like handing them an M&M for dinner, but to me it;s one of those cheesecake platters. I think things are moving along. I always said there's no point in getting too excitable until you have at least three books in a series out because most series don't take off until the third or fourth book hits. I think it takes that many for a lot of readers to get really attached to the characters and/or plot.

Have a short story collection coming out as soon as my beta gets done with it ;) And I am 30+,000 words into Patrick. This was supposed to be a 40,000 word novella (as I am maybe half done, I am sure you can see the problem) I imagine some word trimming will happen, but it may end p closer to 60,000 than the 40,000 I'd planned. Oh well.

The Terrible Turtle Conspiracy web comic id back to being posted every week. I have decided to quit posting the pages here, however. if you want to read it then subscribe to it at http://terribleturtles.com. You can have an rss or email subscription.

And of course I've been doing... book covers! however between writing and some family stuff I have cut back and am no longer taking new clients unless they are referrals. I am also not creating original artwork covers because they take too long to do.

But, here are some of the book covers I've done recently, just because I feel like showcasing them :)


photo by photo from Wrangel & dreamstime - camo by me


photo from Jose Antonio Sánchez Reyes | Dreamstime


photos from photo by Les3photo8 & reddogs | Dreamstime


photo from author


photo from Serrnovik | Dreamstime


Photos from Vectorportal (wolf head), Leopard1982, Scosens, dreamstime and Joleene Naylor (moon)


photos from Darja Vorontsova, Nejron & dreamstime. Extra fire photos by me

And that's probably enough. how many book covers does one person wanna look at in the space of one blog?

tttc Chapter 8 Page 3

We are starting to believe that the TTTC is cursed! After a weekend with no net, we bring you the belated next page....

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TTTC- chapter 8: Page 2

What is the TTTC? It's a webcomic written by Jonathan Harvey and illustrated by me. we add a page every week, so be on the lookout. Why not visit http://TerribleTurtles.com and subscribe?

Yes, turtles was missing for two weeks. Jo was away and didn't have internet access like she'd planned. But now, the saga continues...

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TTTC - Chapter 8

What is the TTTC? It's a webcomic written by Jonathan Harvey and illustrated by me. we add a page every week, so be on the lookout. Why not visit http://TerribleTurtles.com and subscribe?

 It's time to start a new chapter...

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TTTC - Chapter 7 Page 20 END

What is the TTTC? It's a webcomic written by Jonathan Harvey and illustrated by me. we add a page every week, so be on the lookout. Why not visit http://TerribleTurtles.com and subscribe?

Click the image above for full sized turtly fun! And don;t fear, it may be end of Chapter Seven, but Chapter Eight starts next week!

Be there!

TTTC- Chapter 7: Page 19

What is the TTTC? It's a webcomic written by Jonathan Harvey and illustrated by me. we add a page every week, so be on the lookout. Why not visit http://TerribleTurtles.com and subscribe?

Click the image above for full sized turtley-goodness!

Book Covers

Joy, huh?



image by Sureshr | Dreamstime. com



earth image by NASA silhouette from photo by Photographerlondon & Dreamstime. com



image by Jim Parkin | Dreamstime. com



photo from Lars Christensen @ Dreamstime. com



art by me