Bob Dattolo

Wow, two updates in the same month? I know, right? What's the world coming to?

Okay - first off? Survival, book one in the Sorrowfeld Academy series is available as of today on Amazon. I really like this story. There's something about Maddie that I like. Granted, I like all of my characters, but some resonate  more with me at different times, and Maddie? She's hitting all the spots for me lately.

I have three other books in the series currently either written or planned. Two and three are done, with four about halfway done. I had anticipated this being a trilogy, but her story demanded one more when I realized she wasn't quite done.

I'm hoping you like her.

As for me, personally?  Good old COVID came to visit and stayed a while. We're still in quarantine until this Saturday, but we should be good to go. The symptoms are almost entirely gone in those in the family that got it. Since I have six kids, you know it's been a fun time. Thankfully, no one had to be hospitalized. My wife and oldest daughter got it the worst, with the others being more like...hmm, not even bad cold symptoms. More like weird weak flu symptoms mixed with a cold mixed with allergies. The youngest was in and through so fast that it makes me question it, you know?

Either way, I can't say enough how happy I am that we're almost entirely through. 

On the writing front? It's NaNoWriMo camp in April this month, and I'm doing it. I'm nowhere near my normal word count goals, so I'm sad about that, but I will hit my 50k in time. I'm writing book 4 in Sorrowfeld AND writing a book that one of my sons and I came up with. It's also following a girl in a school setting, but it's a YA urban fantasy type story, so it removes the cursing, nudity, and heavy violence. Then again, the main character was raised from infancy to be the best assassin in the world, so there's mayhem on the horizon.

On that note, I think it's time to sign off. I hope everyone has a wonderful day/night. Drop me an email if you'd like? I'd love to chat.  Oh - and forgive any typos above. I'm not feeling the urge to edit, so any mistakes above are purely out of laziness and the need to hit the restroom :)

Bob

Hard to believe it's the middle of January already, yet it is. What a crazy, crazy year it's been all around - but I won't comment on that.

We have a new book, book four in the Learning My Place series - Dual Lessons - just released today on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T26LTML

This book explores more of Alissa's life and how she's handling being a fledgling vampire and learning what it takes to fit into this world. It also expands her relationship - and then some.  Book five is completed and I'll be requesting work on the cover soon - and  I'm 3/4 of the way through book six. I'm hoping folks like them.

In the meantime, I also published books 2 and 3 in the Still Waters series. The trilogy ends the current arc and it was envisioned as the end of the story, but things changed along the way and I MAY be coming out with additional stories. After all, there are things left to explore, and I rather like the character.

Dark Waters: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QPTZVJY

Rushing Waters:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QNKFGXD

Beyond all of this? I have way more books completed than I can reasonably get out due to cover design delays - but I'm trying. Hopefully folks will like them. In fact, I have a new series surrounding a character that is sent to an academy where power rules, and being murdered by your classmates for your power is a very real danger. Books 1 and 2 are done - I'm editing number 2.  I was tempted to wait for the trilogy to be done, but I may go with the first two while working on some other books and then roll back to 3 and possibly 4.  It may just go for 3, though, and cover the final year and then the additional trial that she'll be faced with. That's not set in stone either way. Yet another character that I like. One that has scars and flaws and isn't perfect - but she does her damnedest to succeed.

Okay, time to sign off and get more editing done - I hope everyone has a fantastic night!

Bob

Okay, a ton has happened. First of all - how the heck did almost a month go by since my last post? I would have sworn that I put something up like two weeks ago. Yet...here we are.

Okay - a bunch has happened.  I published book 6 in the Barriers series - Goddess Exposed.

I ALSO published book 7 in the Barriers series - Family Bonds.

Then, just to mix things up, I published books 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the Tainted series.

Book 1 - Unwilling Sacrifice

Book 2 - Finding Center

Book 3 - Keeping Balance

Book 4 - Bringing Balance

Book 5 has been finished and edited and I'm waiting on the cover to be done, so that one might be out in the next week.

Phew! That's a ton. I even have some folks buying copies of things, which is very exciting. I don't even know if anyone has read any of these other than me, but let me just say that it's pretty cool to know that people actually bought a book I put out. That's so crazy exciting. Even though the numbers aren't exactly trail blazing, it's still an awesome feeling.

Now, beyond that? I'm editing a trilogy that's currently the Still Waters series, although that's subject to change. The stories are a little shorter, but I rather enjoyed writing them.

From there? From there, I think I'll go to one of my longer series of 5 or 6 books and see if anyone likes those. I have a few to choose from, so that'll be a decision for later.

That's enough for now. I hope everyone's safe out there with the virus still tearing at folks. I'm praying this doesn't become a normal thing for the world, because this is SO not as much fun as a zombie movie makes things seem :)

Have a great night!

Bob

All righty, it's been a little bit since I posted an update.

In general, and for the sake of at least a little posterity, the current coronavirus is still plaguing everyone.  No one in my family has it, so that's a plus (so far).  We may have had it in late February/early March before everything went sideways, but we're not positive about that. So we're social isolating like everyone else. That's fun with six kids, but we're making it.

From a writing standpoint?

Book five, six, and seven are through editing.  I'm waiting on the cover designer to get back to me, but I rather fear that he's having issues with the virus. No contact recently, so I'm praying he's okay. And no - not for my covers, for him. I can go to someone else to pick up if I wanted to push it.

Otherwise? I have book eight started, but not finished.  At the same time, I'm doing final editing on book two in another series.  I'm questioning how to market that one.  Someone mentioned the sex in book one of Barriers, but it's nothing like what's in this other series. It's way more graphic and kinda integral to what's happening with the character. I'm hoping to get book 1 and 2 published at the same time (possibly 3 as well).

Then I have to look at my other series and see where I should go. I have some that I looove that I'm not sure if others will enjoy them - but I want them out there anyway, you know? Who knows, maybe one of my ebook babies will connect with someone. I'm hoping so.

That's it for now - I hope everyone is safe.

Bob