Randomize ME

My Name Is Michael Bishop is a steampunk fantasy novel about family and sacrifice.

I was talking with my boss about illegal immigration and came up with an idea about people digitizing themselves in order to cross international borders.

The idea grew and evolved into a man who used magic to cure his daughter’s disease and accidentally turned himself into a steampunk golem.

Lord Emmet was probably the most fun to write out of all the characters.

He is a villain who has done terrible things in order to reach his goals, but his motivation is something anyone can understand. I like to think of him as what Michael could have become under different circumstances.

I have a day job in the IT industry, mostly doing accounting and tech support.

The most obvious influence it has had over my writing is that the idea for the book came from a conversation with my boss, who is also one of my beta readers.

My next book is the beginning of a series. It is about a demon who escapes Hell and tries to make a life for himself as a lawyer. I will be writing it for NaNoWriMo, and it will be my first year participating.

Enflamed: An epic fantasy adventure about the dangers of society’s fears.

Enflamed is a continuation of the first book in my trilogy, Firebrand.

The trilogy’s storyline came about from a roleplaying game I used to play with with friends.

In Enflamed, more characters are introduced, and Kaijin (the main character) goes on an even bigger adventure and learns new secrets about himself and the world.

All of them are dear to me! But if I had to choose, I would say it’s Aidan.

He’s a martial artist who is wise and has a peaceful personality. People think he’s dangerous because of the way he physically looks, but he’s actually the most loyal, loving, kind, and generous of all the characters.

Even though Aidan is a skilled martial artist and knows how to kill someone in a single blow if he wanted to, he absolutely hates violence and would rather find a peaceful resolution to a conflict than shed blood.

I do have a day job programming and designing games.

It’s fun, and sometimes challenging to balance both work and writing, but they are both things I love to do. I’ve become an expert multitasker having done this for so long 🙂

November is National Novel Writing Month, so I will be writing my next book then.

Other projects include editing/re-writing book 3 of my trilogy.

If you like Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, JK Rowling and/or JR Tolkien’s books, you’ll probably like my book, Enflamed, too!