Vacation and Christmas of Hell

Here’s a short film I made from a couple books I assembled when I was a kid that were comprised of captioned family photos.

Now Available: Snapshot Existence

My eighth book, Snapshot Existence, is now available for purchase in digital and paperback form from Amazon. In fact, it’s been available since July 2019, but rather than focusing on marketing, I immediately moved on to the next project (several projects, actually). However, that’s just the point I’ve reached in my life—wanting to focus my efforts on finishing things instead of promoting what is already done; there’s so much inside me that I want to get out and complete.

I truly feel Snapshot Existence is the best book I’ve written thus far, being very personal to me and complex in execution. It is a science fiction drama revolving around an extra-terrestrial family on a planet where the inhabitants’ culture has been greatly influenced by observations of Earth. Furthermore, it is very existential in nature, centering on a main character whose soul becomes trapped in a void in which his only view out comes via photographs located in the houses of his loved ones. It is from these vantage points where the story unfolds, offering him a glimpse of a once tight-knit family unit deteriorating.

I wanted Snapshot Existence to pack an emotional punch, one readers can relate to, thereby hitting deeper and resonating more than any book I’ve previously written. I am confident that goal was achieved.

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I’d say a new post is looong overdue, especially considering how much has happened since the last one.

First and foremost, my eighth book, Snapshot Existence, is now available for purchase from Amazon in digital and paperback form (has been since July 2019 >_>). I truly do feel this is my best book to date, and I will type more about it in a forthcoming post.

Currently, I am still in the process of editing my ninth book, Hornworm, of which I am hoping to finish within a month. True, while the first draft has been done for months and I’ve had plenty of time to work on it since the COVID-19 lockdown took effect, instead I’ve been focusing on projects that have been on the back burner for nearly two years. Furthermore, I enjoy writing in coffee shops or other locations away from home, which has not been an option of late, thus why I shifted my focus to projects that can only be worked on at home; these have mostly been videography projects, as the majority of footage for them had previously been shot some time ago.

Rather than pack every project I’ve done since the last post into this one, I’m going to be spreading things out, dedicating a post to each project (most of which are new episodes of my YouTube/web series, BrandonBits).

Amidst everything, I had a move and new full-time job to contend with—it not being full time for the past couple months, allowing me to finally get caught up on stuff.