A Rare Friday Update!

I updated my website this morning at: https://www.adairhart.com

The main thing is that it's a culmination of about two months of changing it over to a data-driven website. This means I can enter the data in one spot, and the site binds to that data and renders everything.

As an example, I added data for the recent audiobook for Transition, The Inspector Dalton Files. That included the title, subtitle, blurb, image, retailer links, etc. Outside of adding it's official page, everything else renders it as needed, like the home page, reading order page, book list pages, etc. I no longer have to manually go update those pages, and some of them were really long.

While the site looks the same despite the approach, I did move the detailed book list with all books, blurbs, and retailer links to under the Series menu option up top. The page has always been there, but it was sort of hidden as a link from the summary books page. Now it's much more visible.

I hope you're ready for the weekend!

Wednesday Update Time!

- I hit 71k on The Portal Dilemma, Book 4 of The Evaran Chronicles II. I finished the day in the life of Kate and also did Albert's. He's shocked when he sees Levaran, someone he dreamed about a while back. As you might guess, I dive a bit into dream layer mechanics which was also touched upon in Dragonrealm, Book 6 of The Inspector Dalton Files, in particular with cosmic beings.

- I finished the first pass of my data-driven website which looks identical to the current one, but under the hood is now pulling from a data source. I'll be testing everything over the next few days, then plan to publish it live on Friday. The next upgrade will begin after that. For the techies, that's upgrading Bootstrap 3 to 5.

- Tom is working on the covers for The Portal Dilemma and The Evaran Chronicles II Box Set: Prequel and Books 1-3. The rough for the Portal Dilemma looks great so far, and I'll be showing the covers once completed here.

I hope your week is going well!

I hope you have a great Monday and rest of week!

Sunday Update Time!

- I hit 69k on The Portal Dilemma, Book 4 of The Evaran Chronicles II. Evaran, Dalton, Dylan, Evot, and M explore Mazarik's controlled Earth and discover an alarming situation. Mazarik isn't taking his recent fight with them lightly. A day in the life of Isaac and Kate is covered and how they're adapting to life in the bunker. Their relationship continues to grow. The next scene is a day in the life of Albert and his ongoing education on what his doppelganger Dr. Snowden was like.

- I finished my cover mockups for The Portal Dilemma and the box set cover. I'll be sending those to Tom today with notes.

- I'm two pages away from wrapping up my data-driven website push. I hope to be done with that this week.

I hope your weekend is going well!

Wednesday Update Time!

- I hit 66k on The Portal Dilemma, Book 4 of The Evaran Chronicles II. Evaran, Dalton, Dylan, Evot, and M escape a trap left by Mazarik and are currently investigating where Mazarik fled to.

- I'm preparing the cover mockups for The Portal Dilemma and The Evaran Chronicles II Box Set: Prequel and Books 1 -3. Tom plans to being working on The Portal Dilemma next week, and the box set cover is later this month.

- I'm slowly adding missing audiobooks to Apple. For whatever reason, some have disappeared, but I can add them again via Findaway Voices, my wide distributor. It seems half of the audiobooks for The Evaran Chronicles are missing there.

- I've now converted all series pages except The Earthborn to data-driven pages. I plan to have that done this weekend, then I move on to the other pages. I'm hoping to have this all done next month, then it's on to more upgrading!

I hope your week is going well!

I hope you have a great Monday and rest of week!

Sunday Update Time!

- I hit 64k on The Portal Dilemma, Book 4 of The Evaran Chronicles II. Isaac, Kate, Michael, and Li take on a band of savage raiders. After a tough fight and freeing the prisoners, they head back to the bunker. Kate meets a version of of one of her close colleagues. *Isaac narrows his eyes* Evaran, Dalton, Dylan, Evot, and M investigate Mazarik's compound after he's fled.

- I continue to make progress on making my website data-driven. I've converted about forty pages so far, with about thirty-five to go, mostly book/audiobook pages. The ones outside that will take more time.

- I'm holding off on the official page for the audiobook of Transition, The Inspector Dalton Files. It is on my YouTube channel, but also here on Audible:

https://www.audible.com/pd/Transition-Audiobook/B0FXHK2S6V

I hope your weekend is going well!

I don't have the official links yet or page up, but the audiobook for Transition, The Inspector Dalton Files Prequel, is live on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9fP2cUUC4M

Wednesday Update Time!

- I hit 61k on The Portal Dilemma, Book 4 of The Evaran Chronicles II. Isaac, Kate, Michael, and Li find the control center for the solar farm and learn more about the state of things there. After determining what they need to fix, they head out. Unfortunately, a band of raiders has arrived with fresh slaves. Isaac and Kate decide to rescue the slaves, and a fight breaks out.

- I've finished my audio-proofing of Transition, The Inspector Dalton Files prequel. I've sent my notes back to Michael, and there were only a handful. Once the edited versions are up, it'll be launch time! Listening to it brought back some nostalgia, such as this moment at a gathering at Lord Noskov's base:

“Join me,” said Evot, looking at V. She morphed into her cat form, then got on her hind legs and danced around while pawing at the air.
V transformed his holo shell into an orange cat and joined her.
Emily laughed. “V! What have you been teaching her?”
“This is not my doing,” said V as his tail swished about.

I hope your week is going well!

I hope you have a great Monday and rest of week!