Author Archives: danielshumphreys

If you’re here, you’re probably wondering where Paxton Locke’s wandered off to. Sadly, the publisher for that series, Silver Empire, is shutting its doors. The pandemic was a tough time for the industry. You’d think that lockdowns and quarantines would … Continue reading →

Hello again! I was honored to be a guest on The Writer’s Room podcast with Cat Rocha and J.Ishiro Finney last night. I had a great time and there was some interesting back and forth. Give it a watch, and … Continue reading →

It’s been a while, but you’ll forgive me. When things go kablooey at the day job, there’s a lot less of the time budget for the fun things. That should hopefully be coming to a close. In the meantime, we’ve … Continue reading →

One of the unwritten rules for authors is to never, ever respond to a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Far be it for me to say that rules are made to be broken, but the other day I happened upon … Continue reading →

We can quibble about the midsummer part, but considering that summer vacation is now only two months long, it’s officially the halfway point for my kids. So I’ll go with it!

If you take a look to your right, you’ll see that The Dragon and His Wrath is complete! I’m stoked for you to get your hands on the next books in the series. These two really expand Paxton’s world and … Continue reading →

This probably should be two or three blog posts, but who’s got time for that? Welcome to 2021. Let’s hope it’s a good one.

Tuesday, September 15 will see the release of “Bugged Out Babblings”, a collection of “flash fiction” stories–short titles envisioned between 500 and 1,000 words, with an introduction by yours truly.

The original version of A Place Outside the Wild was, believe it or not, much more massive than the doorstop I eventually put out. Early on in the editing process, I realized that the core of the story that I … Continue reading →