by R. Scott Boyer | Apr 19, 2022 | Creative Process, Excerpts, Inspiration
Over the weekend, I decided to write a short story based on a prompt for a job as a freelance writer. Turns out the job wasn’t worth pursuing, but I wrote the story anyway. The requirements were 500 words on the topic “What would you do if you woke up and...
by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 30, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
Chapter 9 of Scions of the Sphinx gives us our first look at the inside of Mu’at’s organization. What’s with the industrial warehouse full of mining equipment? We also get a look at Mu’at’s private penthouse (pretty swanky) and a glimpse...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 15, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
Chapter 5 of Scions of the Sphinx is now live. This is a big chapter! Not only do we meet Zaria, the street urchin turned spy who helps rescue Bobby and Jinx, but we also get our first look at the great sphinx. Of course, right as the gang starts to put the pieces...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 4, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Creative Process, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
This is the first part of chapter 3, Scions of the Sphinx. In this scene, Bobby is coming home to check on his parents after being away for several months. The transition is both real and metaphorical, as it symbolizes the changes he has undergone in the past two...
by R. Scott Boyer | Aug 16, 2021 | Bobby Ether Series News, Creative Process, Excerpts, Meet the Characters, YA World
As many of my readers know, the third book in my Bobby Ether YA series was finished several years ago. However, due to general market conditions as well as sales status of the first two books, it’s highly unlikely that book three will get published… at least not...