Kevin Hardman

Another Update on Smoked

My goal at this point was to be able to say that I was finished with Smoked…that the writing was done and it was in the hands of my editor. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the “good two ...

Update on Smoked

I thought it was time for an update on the Smokescreen novel (working title: Smoked). In essence, I think that if I can get a good two weeks, I can wrap it up. However, that’s actually b...

Excerpt from Future Warden Book

If I haven’t brought it up before, I had a lot of fun writing the fourth Warden book. So much so that it’s caused me to take in hand (when time permits) and do work on future books in the serie...

AI-Generated Superhero Images

I recently mentioned how I started using stock images in some of my promotions. It's been helpful because it provides a bit of variety in addition to using my cover art. However, I recently found m...

Upcoming Episode From Glimmerblade

It's hard to believe that it's now 2023 - a totally new year. (2022 went by entirely too fast...) But not only is 2023 here, but we're already more than halfway through the month of January. Time i...

Alpha League Books

On a fairly regular basis, I tend to hear from readers saying how much they like my work. This is usually in reference to the Kid Sensation novels, and it always makes my day because there are few ...

Writing Update

I thought I'd start this post by diving right in and giving a writing update. In essence, I'm still trying to finish up Smoked, but frankly speaking, I've accomplished less on the writing ...

Release of Warden 4 Audiobook

A few days ago I mentioned that it might take upwards of a month for the audio version of Warden 4 to be released.  Let me just say that it feels great to be wrong (although Mrs. Wond...

Audiobook Update

As I've mentioned elswhere, my narrator finished recording the audiobook for Warden (Book 4: Roost of the Roc), and I'm in the process of reviewing it now. If I haven't said so before, rev...

Now On Kindle Vella: Glimmerblade

After haughtily displaying my disdain for Kindle Vella when the platform launched, I've now come full circle and actually published a story on the platform. I know: How the might have fallen...

Other Superheroes In The Kid Sensation Universe

Someone recently asked me if there were any Muslim superheroes in the Kid Sensation universe.  My response was that the KS universe has superheroes of every race, religion and creed. (Supervil...

Publishing on Kindle Vella

Over the past month or so, I've mentioned in a couple of places that I've been rethinking the possibility of publishing on Kindle Vella, which is Amazon's platform for episodic writing. Initially, ...

Additional Excerpt from Smokescreen Novel

I'm still working on the Smokescreen story, which is taking a little longer than I had hoped. Nevertheless, I wanted to share another excerpt from the book. (As always, the usual caveats apply abou...

Excerpt from Smokescreen Novel

After dealing with taxes and other issues, I'm happy to say that I'm back at work on the Smokescreen novel. I think it's coming along well, so I thought I'd share an excerpt. (And as you might expe...

Publication of Warden 4

So I just hit the publish button about a minute ago, so you heard it here first:  Warden (Book 4: Roost of the Roc) is now published - at least from my perspective. Woo-hoo!!!

O...

A Change to Publishing's Competitive Landscape

One thing to note about publishing - especially self-publishing - is this simple fact: Change is constant. There's always something new on the horizon. For instance, not long ago Amazon ma...

Warden (Book 4: Roost of the Roc)

I'm happy to report that Warden 4 is done. This one was a bit of a challenge in a number of ways, but I'm pleased with the end product and hope readers will be as well.

As in the pre...

Update on Warden 4 (Roost of the Roc)

A few weeks back, I wrote on my blog that I anticipated completing Warden 4 this month. Thus I had hoped that this post would be an announcement that it was finished. Unfortunately, it loo...

Happy Holidays!

Hopefully everyone has been enjoying themselves or found something worth celebrating during the holiday season. Personally, I feel blessed – especially in terms of friends and family (although th...

A Tale of Two Scenes

As most readers probably know or have guessed by now, occasionally there are scenes in my books which - as in movies - ultimately end up on the cutting room floor. Basically, for whatever reason, t...

My Titles Are Now Available in Hardcover! Hooray!

To be honest, the title of this post is a little misleading.  My titles have actually been available as hardcovers for months now.  However, when Amazon invited me to part of the hardcove...

Alpha Prime Pyramid Insignia

I think I previously mentioned that the pyramid insignia on Alpha Prime's costume was a mistake, but I don't think I ever offered much of an explanation.  

The truth of the matter is tha...

New Audiobook Release: Conjuration

As implied by the title of this post, I received notification just a short time ago regarding the release of the audiobook of Conjuration (Kid Sensation #9).  The turnaround on this o...

Update on Conjuration Audiobook

I think I've made various promises to provide an update on the audiobook for Conjuration.  Thankfully I've finally been able to nail down  a date and the audiobook will be comple...

More Kindle Vella and the Hardman Writing Biz

Much to my surprise, Amazon reached out to me recently about the Kindle Vella program. Basically, they wanted to talk to me about participating in it and uploading some material before it offically...

Original Cover Art by Kevin Hardman

Just in case someone's in need of a laugh, I thought I'd share something that I don't think anyone's seen (aside from my cover guy, that is): my attempt at cover art. Okay, not really...  

Audiobook Options and Kindle Vella

I've mentioned Audiblegate a couple of times before and also talked about the internal debate I was having with respect to moving my audiobook catalog - including how that deliberation was delaying...

Speed-Bumps in the Writing Road

I think I've mentioned before that I have the next few Kid Sensation books pretty much mapped out in my head. That said, I've been trying to find a way to tell stories about Future Jim (when he's o...

Warden 4 Cover Art (First Render)

I'm running somewhat behind at the moment in terms of writing.  We've been having internet issues at my house for about a month now, so my provider sent someone out and it looks like the probl...

Excerpt from "Smoked"

Well, we are into a new year, and I thought I'd kick things out with an excerpt from "Smoked: A Kid Sensation Spin-Off Novel."  (My preference would have been to use "A Kid Sensation Companion...