Kevin Hardman

Garren's Quest, Chapter 4

With the busy month of May now in my rearview, I feel like the writing's getting back on track. Here is Chapter 4 of Garren's Quest, and the usual caveats apply:

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Kid Sensation #10 Excerpt

Kid Sensation #10 (working title: Expiation) is still in the works, but I wanted to share another excerpt. (And the usual caveats apply...)

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Garren's Quest, Chapter 3

May is only about half over, and it's been a fairly busy month already - mostly because of school-related items: graduations, banquets, etc. As a result, I haven't advanced the ball as much as I'd ...

Garren's Quest, Chapter 2

I mentioned last month that I'd start posting chapters from a fantasy story I've had bouncing around in my brain (working title: Garren's Quest). Bearing in mind that the usual caveats ap...

Garren's Quest, Chapter 1

I previously posted an excerpt from a fantasy story that I've got a lot of ideas about in terms of the storyline (working title: Garren's Quest). It's one that I think will be a fun read, ...

Audiobook Release: The Fringe Worlds Series (Books 1 - 3)

It took a little longer than I anticipated, but I'm happy to announce the release of the audiobook for The Fringe Worlds Series (Books 1 - 3).

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If It Ain't Broke...

So I’ve got something of a minor headache in terms of a publishing-related task. Historically, it’s been a little tricky for authors to get their books into the desired category on Amazon. Basi...

Possible Mirific Subtitles

I’ve been thinking lately about Jim’s transition from Kid Sensation to Mirific (which I’ve previously stated would be his “cape” name as an adult). I’m not talking about the transition ...

Blurb From Mirific Novel

For some reason, I've been having a lot of thoughts lately about the future of Jim in the Kid Sensation series - namely, when he gives up the "Kid Sensation" appellation and starts going by "Mirifi...

A Brief Discussion of Amazon Ads

I think I regularly mention the necessity of book marketing and promotion, and I recently commented on some issues I was having with Amazon ads. However, I thought it might be beneficial to pull ba...

Excerpt from Kid Sensation Story

I’m still working on Kid Sensation #10, but I thought I’d share an excerpt from a future Kid Sensation story (and the usual caveats apply):

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Audiobook Release: The Warden Series (Books 1 - 3)

Something that I've been thinking about for a while has finally come to fruition: release of the audiobook for The Warden Series (Books 1 - 3). The boxed set has been out for a while, so ...

Smoked In The Wild

I’ve probably said it numerous times at this point, but it’s great to have Smoked released. I can’t overstate how much I appreciate the patience of readers, because the story ul...

Blurb From Smoked

Just as an update, I'm in the middle of reviewing the edited manuscript for Smoked. I should finish that today, and my usual process is to read through everything one final time. (Basical...

Latest On Smoked

As I mentioned in a couple of comments, Smoked is done and currently being edited. For those interested, it clocks in at around 600 pages. (In short, I wasn’t exaggerating when I pr...

Recent Writing Productivity

Unlike some writers, I don’t have a daily quota or word count that I strive to reach. I basically just try to write as much as possible each day. Unfortunately, the writing has fallen the past fe...

Story Interactions

I've stressed on multiple occasions that my writing process is more art than science.  It's as if the story tells itself and I'm just keeping a chronicle of what happens. Thus, in a way, I'm o...

Undersea City from Kid Sensation #11

I've talked a bit before about how Kid Sensation #11 (working title: Generation) will be a team-up between Jim and the Pelagic Prince, who hails from an underwater kingdom. As is typical, ...

Update On Smoked, et al.

Since I’ve got a couple of irons in the fire, I thought it appropriate to give an update. Starting first with  Smoked, I have to confess that I didn’t finish my final read-through...

Excerpt from Kid Sensation #10

Hi, all. As with a lot of people, tax season took a bite out of my time, so I thought it might be worthwhile to share an excerpt from Kid Sensation #10 (working title: Expiation) as a kin...

Kid Sensation: The Big (Familial) Reveal

For fans of the Kid Sensation series, Jim’s family dynamic has been a bit of a slow reveal (e.g., it’s eventually come to light that he has an uncle, cousins, etc.). However, it hasn’t just b...

Now You See Me...

So I've had what can only be described as a very trying week. Basically, Kevin Hardman vanished with respect to some parts of Amazon's publishing ecosystem.

I won't go into detail (b...

Kid Sensation: Escape Room

Sadly, I've been swamped lately and didn't get as much writing done as I'd like. In part, I'm having to deal with a couple of Amazon things. (Big surprise, right?)  One's something ...

Kid Sensation: Emancipated

I seem to recall George R.R. Martin mentioning a number of years ago that a Game of Thrones fan asked him for something like a glossary of High Valyrian so that they could study the gramma...

Super Powers: Science and Research

Many years ago, I seem to recall one of the Marvel comic writers (possibly Stan Lee) discussing how they incorporate super powers into their stories. I think he said it was fun, but sometimes probl...

Excerpt From Future Kid Sensation Novel

Working on the Smokescreen book gave me a lot of ideas about things I could incorporate into future Kid Sensation stories. With that in mind, here's an excerpt from a future Kid Sensation novel (an...

Next At Bat: Kid Sensation #10

Now that Smoked is essentially off my plate, I’ll be turning my attention to Kid Sensation #10 (working title: Expiation). It’s been in the queue for a while, so giving it my ...

Smokescreen and Atalanta: Anatomy of a Relationship

Okay, despite the title of this post, I'm not going to completely dissect the relationship between Smokey and Atalanta, but I did want to talk about it just a bit. Or rather, talk about the evoluti...

Update on Smoked

I’m still tweaking parts of Smoked, but to explain why that’s taking a bit of time I should probably talk a about my writing method. Normally, I type the manuscript from beginnng to en...

Additional Excerpt from Smoked

I'm on the verge of wrapping up Smoked, but I've felt it necessary to tweak more passages than I normally do (which has taken additional time). Still, I thought it might be fun to share an...