CHLOE'S KINGDOM is #1 on Amazon! 🚀 Not from winning a competition—but for standing up for free speech. Doing the right thing feels good. To my new readers, I can't wait for your thoughts & reviews! Oh, and did I mention there’s a raccoon? 🦝

Elon Musk does not own a yacht Gavin Newsom does

I make it a point to not read anything from anyone with the last name “Gay”

Purchase imminent. Gonna be wild when they’re renamed Xanada.

While California deteriorates, their governor is spending time, chatting it up with a disgraced crackhead.

Multimillionaire paid by multibillionaires very angry at trillionaire

Isn’t it cute when a loser politician sets up a podcast to talk to the loser son of a loser politician?

I wonder if there’s a connection between the decline in sci-fi popularity and light pollution?

Let’s think about all the success you’ve had with your funding, especially the $28B for the homeless apocalypse present in California.

Indie authors are leading the charge for future readers, but one thing is missing: stepping stones to the more adult-focused genres (books you wouldn’t want 8-13 year olds to read.) It pains me that YA is almost non-existent in the indie sphere. And that’s not to say all YA is 100% children-focused or can’t be enjoyed by adults. The Hunger Games is a great example. Even Harry Potter if you want to stick with extreme examples of YA that hits all age groups. That said, outside of YA book series that are a decade or more old, trad publishers are still the dominant option. Yet, you can find incredible indie grimdark authors, plenty of overly-talented hard sci-fi authors. @Devon_Eriksen_ @MichaelFKane @ryanpatrickauth are leading the charge on that front. Still, YA is an afterthought with indie authors. Whether we like it or not, readers graduate as they mature. You won’t and shouldn’t hand Red Rising to an eight year old. It’s just too much to grasp. They need to be exposed to a slow drip of sci-fi and fantasy to appreciate what Pierce Brown delivers. All that being said, readership is dying. It’s a sad truth we are aware of. We’re competing with apps that are more addicting than most drugs. indie authors need to serve all markets, including the next generation of readers. If not, we’re allowing trad publishing to shove their woke agenda down our kids throats. Here’s my wish for the talented indie authors out there. Consider writing a YA series or stories that can be loved by a by a children and their parents. Shameless plug - if you’re looking for a fast-paced YA sci-fi heist, give Chloe’s Kingdom a try. Also, @gwalkerauthor writes excellent YA appropriate sci-fi that can be enjoyed by adults as well.

Because they were slowly brainwashed over a century.

This is so devastating. Imagine being a black parent tonight. How do you protect your children? If they go out and stab just one person, they might go to prison. It’s like a black man in America can’t even murder anyone anymore. Unimaginable. Jim Crow all over again. I’m furious.

Congress is busy with insider trading. Shouldn’t you be worrying about California’s homelessness, fraud, speed rail, and the list goes on of things you’re incapable of managing?

Should I make Chloe’s Kingdom into a graphic novel?

Typical reader reaction when they get to the big heist in Chloe’s Kingdom

🚨COVER REVEAL🚨 In an era of deconstructed heroes and gray morals, we’ve never needed an altruistic, unapologetic hero more than now. So, that’s what I wrote. The Lionheart: Icon of Justice is a second starter book in the Age of Adventures. Zelda in the comment below

How about a Sunday comic featuring Mojito from Chloe’s Kingdom? 🦝🌯 This is just one of the many heists this little raccoon has pulled off. Stealing a burrito from a bodega vent is impressive… But it’s nothing compared to the biggest score aboard the Kingdom: the Koin Vault.

Made this with @grok for Chloe’s Kingdom 🚀 Awesome way for indie authors on a budget to make marketing materials.

Instagram is unbearable. That is all.