Michael J Sullivan

Hey all, Robin here. Michael and I have been keeping a pretty big secret under wraps, but it’s time to start letting the proverbial cat out of the bag. I’m speaking about the identity of the co-author who, along with Michael, has written Out of the Ashes (Book one of the After the Fall series). We couldn’t be more excited about this, especially because the situation is truly unique: a complete unknown (queue Bob Dylan music), who hopefully will become a full-time author overnight.

When I’m alpha reading Michael and I’m trying to get a point across about something that REALLY needs to be addressed, I pull out my big-gun phrase: “I cannot begin to express how strongly I feel about this.” It’s a series of words rarely spoken that will make Michael sit up and pay attention. I use this now because I’m about to make two statements that have that same degree of gravitas.

Michael is “more than a little” protective of his characters and world.
Michael does NOT play well with others

Given those two statements (and how strongly I feel about them) the odds of Michael co-authoring a book are about the same as the sun failing to rise tomorrow. So the fact that he has, is really saying something.

Michael is so proud of his co-author, and he wants you to love what they produced so much that he’s planned a red-carpet roll out. He wrote a 7-installment series of blog posts giving you a behind the scenes look into both the author and the creation process. The first one is live now!

How a polite email led to a new Elan series
A School for Wizards: From card houses to Hogwarts
The Project: This time we’re doing Spiderman—the Avenger’s edition
Starting the Book: How nothing becomes something—or at least it seems that way
The Outline: For both a novel and the life of a novelist
Chapter One: A month of Trial and errors
Out of the Ashes: An apt title for the book and the process that created it

Other installments will be coming over the next few days. I hope you’ll tune in for them because the story of how this all came together is an interesting as the book itself.

And so it begins . . . a red carpet roll out of Michael’s protégé