Burn the Night
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Emma and Frank have finally met! It was such a great time to look and see how Frank has grown as a character. I didn’t even realize how far he had come until he started speaking to Emma.
I think we can agree that Frank from book one in the Gateway to the Galaxy Series to Frank now is a very different person. If he and Emma had met and spoken in the first book, I don’t know how much help he could have been to her.
Exploring Jace’s character was interesting as well. I didn’t realize how dark his past was until he delved into his back story. There’s so many different ways to go with his character. I guess I’ll have to wait until New Knights three to see what happens to him.
Speaking of New Knights, I have about a dozen different ideas for other Arilion to come and train at the Academy, I have to figure out how I’m going to do them all justice. It would be easy to introduce an army of them, but I’m not sure that’s the way to go. I want to do right by them and their stories instead of just having you accept that there are a ton of Arilion coming to train at the Academy. I have to figure out that piece.
Okay, so that’s enough about the universe now. What’s been going on with me? I never used to get sick. Maybe once a year I’d get a cold or something like that, but in the past six months now, I’ve had a fever, E coli, and now strep throat. I need to take better care of myself. I eat healthy and work out like a beast, so I think it’s coming down to rest. That’s what I’ll be trying to juggle as I write the Gateway five book. How to thread the needle between writing a book every 28 days and getting enough downtime for my body to keep up with me.
A piece of really cool news is that one of my previous series got picked up to be shopped around by a production company. As many of you know, Gateway is my second go at writing in the science-fantasy arena. My first trilogy is called War Wolves.
Last Thursday, a production company reached out and asked for permission to pitch it to studios and gain interest. They believe in the product enough to spend time doing that, so that’s a great sign.
I’ve been down this road once before when my books the Elite Series were optioned for film. It was never made into a movie, but I understand the process a book has to go through to get to the big or small screen. There’s still about a hundred and one things that have to happen for War Wolves to be a movie or TV show, but hey, it’s a start. I’ll keep you all updated as I know more.
If you’ve been reading my author notes, you know I always end with the same invitation to connect. Without readers and friends like you, I’m a writer trying to support his family. With my pack, I’m able to do just that. I have two options for you to stay in the loop.
1) I have a private group on Facebook I created for all of us to hang out. There are over a hundred likeminded readers who enjoy everything you do. We’re there just sharing cool new books, movies and the occasional meme. Join The Pack here https://www.facebook.com/groups/1944447962437071/
2) I know some readers don’t like using Facebook and/or would rather just receive an email with info when new books are out. I totally get that. If you’d like to be part of The Pack via our newsletter, you can go to www.jonathan-yanez.com and join the ranks.
From the bottom of my recently free of E.coli heart, thank you for joining us on this journey. Something tells me if you’ve stuck with me this far, you have a little Arilion Knight in you too.
Love you animals (Not in a weird way, in a family kind of way),
Jonathan