Monday, December 14, 2009

A list of my published books

This is just a guide to all of my writing projectsl. I mainly writing in the teen/young adult genre, but I also write some suspense stuff.

If you'd like to purchase any of my published novels, please visit my Lulu.com storefront.

NOVELS

1. Sandy Cove Book 1 - (ISBN: 978-0-9809-6280-2) Sandy Cove was a series story I began to write in 1998, posting up stories about once a month until 2004, when it finished. It was available for sale for a number of years and is now out of print, although I can provide copies if anyone is interested in purchasing the series. It was aimed at kids and teens and followed three families that shared a gated property in an affluent area of Vancouver. This first novel introduces you to each group of characters, including twins separated at birth that are reunited, talented gymnasts adjusting to a big move and sisters who turn their boarding school upside down in search of fun.
Characters - Kali Macnaghten, Lauren Hunter, Jessy Carpenter, Jordan Hayes, Abigail Macnaghten, Stephen Fuller, Niki Hunter, Erica Hunter, Andrea Hunter, Sunny Hunter, Shauna Hunter, Maddy Holland, April Holland, Patrick Holland, Ben Lindsay, Matt Lindsay and other minor characters.

2. Sandy Cove Book 2 - (ISBN: 978-0-9809-6281-9) Book 2 is also out of print, but copies are available through me for those interested. Book 2 continues from where 1 left off, dealing with the aftermath of an accident, seeing Maddy and April begin college, while Niki does the same - albeit with her sisters still hampering her attempts at having a life. Kali has to deal with the circumstances of her birth when she and Jordan take a trip to Boston, and the entire house has to pull together to ensure they'll have a future.
Characters - See above

3. Sandy Cove Book 3 - (ISBN: 978-0-9809-6282-6) Book 3 is also now out of print, but you can contact me for copies. Book 3 sees Kali and Lauren beginning their third year of medical school and the patients that come with it, while an injury threatens to destroy someone's dreams, and the Hunter twins are on their own at university. By the end of 1993, everyone has surprises in store for everyone else when it comes to their future.
Characters - See above

4. Brookline University: Freshman Year - (ISBN: 978-0-9809-6283-3) Another series story I began writing in 1998 and finished in 2005. It was aimed at an older crowd than SC and focused on three best friends who grew up in foster care as they begin university. Freshman Year follows the girls as they adjust to university life, rush the sororities at their school, deal with personal tragedy and spend the summer working in Florida. This book is available on Amazon.com for the same cost as it is available on Lulu.com
Characters - Joy Morrison, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Ryan Eckert, Jamie Rayburn and other minor characters.

5. Brookline University: Sophomore Year - Sophomore Year finds the girls on the other side of sorority rush. In addition to school and fun, they have to deal with relationships and their fall out before going back home during the summer to find all hasn't changed in Seattle. I am currently editing this book, with hopes to publish it in 2010.
Characters - Joy Morrison, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Ryan Eckert, Jamie Rayburn and other minor characters.

6. Brookline University: Junior Year - The girls are rush counselors and getting little sisters, dealing with secret relationships and campus scares, and examining their past on a Spring Break trip that hits close to home. With everyone changing majors and keeping secrets, Junior Year comes to a screeching halt when the summer brings surprises, good and bad. This book is still in need of editing before publication.
Characters - Joy Morrison, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Ryan Eckert, Jamie Rayburn and other minor characters.

7. Brookline University: Senior Year - Their last year at Brookline U sees Joy, Libby and Angel planning their futures, while still dealing with school, friends and relationships. By the end of the school year, everyone's lives are ready to change forever. This book is still in need of editing before publication.
Characters - Joy Morrison, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Ryan Eckert, Jamie Rayburn and other minor characters.

8. Death Game - I consider this the first novel I wrote, since the ones mentioned above were written as series stories and not all at once. Death Game was written for the 2002 National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo.org) and took me 22 days. It is a fan fiction and original character novel featuring Joy Morrison three years after college graduation. The fan fic characters don't show up until half way through the novel, so I am considering reworking it into a totally original (non-fan fic) novel for publication. I haven't done that yet and it hasn't been published online at all since I'm unsure what to do with it. It takes place in 1996.
Characters - Joy Morrison, Nathan Barbieri, Johnny Specter, Scotty Mann, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Jamie Rayburn, Ryan Eckert

9. UNSUB - My second Nano novel which I finished in 9 days, it focused on Kali Macnaghten from the Sandy Cove series, about four or five years into the future from when Sandy Cove ended. She has returned to Vancouver and gets involved in a murder investigation. It takes place in 1996 or 1997. It needs a lot of work with plot especially and characters in some places, but I think it has a lot of potential as a novel I'd try to get published. It has never appeared online.
Characters - Kali Macnaghten, Jessy Carpenter, John Allison and others

10. 'Tis The Season - My third Nano novel, I finished in 13 days and it's my least favourite of the bunch. It was a novel with original characters that I had never written about in other projects. It focused on a college freshman who tries to reconnect with her sister while adjusting to becoming an apprentice dancer in a ballet company. It's a YA novel that focuses on character and relationships. It takes place in present time. It hasn't appeared online.
Characters - Cayla Stroud, Erica Stroud, Travis Stroud, Cam Wilkey, Firenza Casati, Jake Barton, Ivan Roarke

11. In The System - It was my 2005 Nano novel and I finished 50,000 words in 9 days, but the novel itself wasn't done until 28 days. It was a prequel to Brookline University, focusing on Joy, Libby and Angel when they were living in foster care in Seattle. It takes place from 1984 to 1987. It was so long of a novel I didn't get through to where I wanted to be, which was 1989, when they leave for university. It explains a lot about who they are and it really helps me since I am rewriting Brookline U. I have run a few chapters through Critique Circle.
Characters - Joy Morrison, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Cal Gordon, Johnny Price, Wes Leyland, Rod Leyland

12. Trinity - My 2006 Nano novel which I finished in 7 days. It is what I call "the sequel to the prequel", as it directly continues from In The System. The girls deal with being moved to a new (and good) group home, with some adjusting better than others. This novel follows them as they try to decide what to do about their futures and if they can even get out of their situation.
Characters - Joy Morrison, Libby Morrison, Angel Sheridan, Cal Gordon, Johnny Price, Wes Leyland, Rod Leyland, Linnea Backstrom, Roxy Delorme

13. L.A. Blue - My 2007 Nano novel was finished in 17 days. It is an adaptation of my 2007 Script Frenzy screenplay. Two divorced forty-something guy friends travel to Los Angeles and pick up a suicidal hitchhiker on the way, and she begins to help them achieve new lives as she works on ending her own.
Characters - Nick Benson, Toby Russell, May Stewart

14. La Muerta - Written for Nano 2008, this is a 60,000 word fan fiction novel. I am currently retooling it into a screenplay for Script Frenzy 2010.
Characters - Lupe and others, Jose Calderon

15. Storm Warning - An original novel in the action/romance category, it follows Ruby Gordon as she arrives in Dallas, Texas and meets a local criminal figure. Their budding romance causes problems for his criminal enterprises and her life. This novel was originally two fan fiction novels. They are now combined and it's unclear whether the 2nd fan fic novel will be part of this one or not at this point. The first novel is Triangle, the second is Holding Back The Years. Triangle was 140,000 words while Holding topped out at 150,000. Clearly editing needs to be done lol.
Characters - Ruby Gordon and others

I have technically written 17 novels since Storm Warning is actually two novels combined, and the 17th novel was a for-hire I did for a friend. I usually write a novel per year during Nanowrimo.


NOVELLAS

1. Melissa Corliss - A 27,000 word novella written in the mid 1990s. Told from the first person point of view of a young street kid named Vinni and the prostitute she befriends. A cop character in this novel is a main character in UNSUB. I am considering expanding it into a full length novel and editing it. It's the only thing I've written that's been in first person point of view and I'm not sure I'd keep it. The title isn't good enough either, it's a working title of sorts.
Characters - Vinni Tyson, Melissa Corliss, Shane Case, John Allison and others

2. Middle Ground - A 43,000 word fan fiction novella, it's the only long fiction I've written with a mix of POVs - this one uses 1st person and 3rd person. This is no longer online and I have no plans for it.


SCREENPLAYS

1. L.A. Blue - Written for Script Frenzy in June 2007, I finished the 20,000 word screenplay in 9 days. It's about two divorced 40-something guys who are on a road trip to Los Angeles when they pick up a female hitchhiker who begins to change their lives while she's on the road to ending her own.
Characters - May Stewart, Nick Benson, Toby Russell and others

2. La Muerta - Based on the aforementioned fan fic novel, this will (hopefully) be an original screenplay that I will write during the April 2010 Script Frenzy event.

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