Another day… another letter… #BookSky #IndieAuthor #SpyThriller #AmWriting #BookTeaser #comingsoon

Some files aren’t ready to be declassified. #BookSky #IndieAuthor #SpyThriller #AuthorLife #WritingCommunity

The proof has arrived… 👀 You get the first word. Scarlett… what? Any guesses? #BookSky #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife #WritingCommunity #ComingSoon

I wasn’t the only one happy today… 🐾💙 First-round edits on the fifth book in my spy series… Done. I think my supervising editor approves. 😊 #BookSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife

One more Sunday (at 7am lol). One more editing session. One more step toward book 5 of the spy series. 💙 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #AuthorLife

One of my favourite parts of the process… Watching a story slowly begin to take on a visual identity. These are two early concept explorations for Book Five. Nothing is final yet, but I’m enjoying creating possibilities. 💙 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #BookSky #SpyThriller

Happy 6th birthday to my amazing and beautiful girl!! Love you more than words could ever convey!! #iamcanadian #doggo #happybirthday #dogsofcanada

Today consists of inputting some edits, inputting some of the stuff for the new book I started last Sunday (have handwritten about 28 pages in a week…) and then I will edit more and write more.

So… I may be working on a new project… maybe… & I may have handwritten 17 pgs since Sunday for said project… I even brainstormed. I NEVER brainstorm. Writing is therapy for me… & this project has taken hold hard! Image is AI generated, not gonna hide that. I needed a quick look at my characters.

Today is always the hardest for me every year

Spy book 5 rough draft is done!!! Just waiting on staples to get a physical copy to edit now. So this morning I’m prepping book 6 and also working on Shadowminders book 2!! And I’m in love with my new mug! (If you want to know where to get it, comment below!) #author #indieauthor #writerslife

I was just sent this review for Seething Storm!! (Click image to view if you can’t see it all!!) Thank you so much, Elias!! #EpicFantasy #CinematicWriting #FantasyAuthor #SerializedStorytelling #ANJones

Well… this just made my day!! My friend who found the last #review just found this one!! Thank you so much to the person who wrote and created this!!! #author #books #indieauthor #goodforfilm

March 31st at 6pm ET, I’ll be on Spotlight Network being interviewed by Logan Crawford! it’ll stream on several services incl Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Spotify & more!! Someone pinch me… wait… if this is a dream, I don’t want to wake up! @michaelshanks.bsky.social @raphael555.bsky.social

Join me for my FIRST EVER interview!! @michaelshanks.bsky.social @raphael555.bsky.social

Come join me for 30 minutes this Saturday at 1pm eastern for a Q & A session via zoom! us04web.zoom.us/j/7201290526... #indieauthor #indiewriter #author #readers

Author Q & A via Zoom! When: Saturday, March 7th at 1pm eastern time! Link below! If you lose the link, send me a DM and I’ll send you an invite! us04web.zoom.us/j/7201290526...

So apparently I can’t do lives on instagram cause I don’t have 1000 followers 😢 now I have to figure something else out

Love the way this is turning out. The fifth in the #spy series is quickly becoming one of my favourites to write! #author #indieauthor #writer

When you’re writing before work - getting a bit of time in on the 5th #spy novel - and the characters kindly give you the plot for the first in the spin-off series… #author #authorsofinstagram #writer #indieauthor

Sometimes when you’re writing, a line or a paragraph just hits you hard. I’m tellin ya… this one did just that. Especially since the character who died wasn’t supposed to. #author #authorsofbluesky #writers #writing #spy #spyseries

The look of intent concentration when your characters decide to throw a curveball into the plot that you just hadn’t counted on. Oh, what a tangled web we weave! #author #writer #authorsofbluesky

Being vicious with these cuts and edits on the #screenplay A labour of love is what this is.

Had to share this again. My teaser for the first in the Harbinger series. I had so much fun making this as well as the first book. Harbinger: Sphinx is available on Amazon! I’m working on the second in the series (plus the #screenplay for my first spy novel) as we speak! 1/3

The first draft of the #screenplay has arrived! Tomorrow I begin edits and cuts. It’s exciting to see the first of my #spy novels in this format! #screenwriting #editing

I DID IT!! I finished the 1st draft of the screenplay!! ordered a copy for editing/cutting!! I put my mind to it & believed in myself. I did it. Now I have to believe it‘ll go somewhere. That someone will believe in & take a chance on me. Thank you for the support @michaelshanks.bsky.social !

When you’re working on turning your #novel into a #screenplay and come across a part that you just love. I can tell you 1 thing - this is definitely not getting cut (in fact, I’ll probably add a bit to it). Please keep in mind this is my 1st time doing this & I have a LOT of work still to do on it!

Fits me to a T! (Highlighted number is my day)

Nearing the end of transforming The Scarlett Equivalency into a screenplay. Hoping 1st is draft done by Sunday then printing off for edits & cuts. After that I have to figure out next steps since this is my 1st foray into this realm! Special thanks to @michaelshanks.bsky.social for his support

Been busy working on the screenplay adaptation of my first spy novel today. Still lots to do!