by R. Scott Boyer | Apr 13, 2020 | YA World
I am pleased to be part of a recent article about what authors are looking forward to the most once social distancing is lifted. I think it goes without saying that we all miss being physically close to one another. Prior to this pandemic, I never realized how much I...
by R. Scott Boyer | Mar 19, 2020 | Bobby Ether Series News
I am honored and humbled to announce that my young adult fantasy, Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy, was just named a finalist for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) 2019 Benjamin Franklin Award for Fiction: Teen 13-18. The book is guaranteed to win at...
by R. Scott Boyer | Feb 3, 2020 | Creative Process, Excerpts, YA World
One of my favorite moments in my young adult spiritual fantasy, Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy, is the explanation given for the strange phenomenon that occur at the start of the book. While commonly referred to as a book’s magical structure, my approach was...
by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 24, 2020 | Creative Process, Inspiration
A good story is like a river. It starts at one location and flows to another. Along the way, it passes over obstacles and around obstructions as part of the natural course of good storytelling. But not all stories flow properly. Given the chance, plots may swirl in...
by R. Scott Boyer | Nov 5, 2019 | Bobby Ether Series News, YA World
For the month of November, the ebook version of Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy is on sale for just $0.99. You can pick up a digital copy at Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (Nook), and Kobo.