Books

The Blurb:

The Revelist is a thought-provoking tale about Tyler Watson, a man nearing thirty years of age, and questioning the direction of his life. Prompted by his best friend, Brian Flynn, Tyler encounters two separate mysterious ladies. One is Helena Batista, a fortune teller; the other is Neti Gibbs, The Revelist. When the results of each lady’s predictions begin to conflict with one another, Tyler is forced to navigate between lies and manipulation, versus truth and true friendship. The destiny, for which he didn’t realize he needed to strive, hinges on his ability to determine who is there to help him and who is leading him astray.

The Process:

That idea lay dormant for 20 years while I was living life without writing. Life was busy, and I just never felt as though I had enough time to sit at a computer, and certainly not often enough to get into the flow of writing a book. However, in March of 2025, my desire to write the story grew to the point where I felt I needed to find a way to make it happen. I came to the realization that, thanks to the advances of technology, I carry a computer in my pocket everywhere I go. My smartphone. I chose to start The Futurist (later becoming The Revelist) instead of going back to Latent Lucidity for multiple reasons. My writing journey needed a fresh start, and this story was ready to run.

I wrote the Prologue in March and sat on that for about a month. I enjoyed what I wrote, I gathered opinions from friends and family as to whether it contained the proper hook, and then let it sit. Then, in April of 2025, I had more of the story come into mind, and I made it a point to utilize any downtime to tap away on my phone. I threw chapters 1 and 2 together in complete “Pantser” style. Again, I enjoyed where the story was going, but I had no structure and no idea how to play out the entire plot. So, that’s when I came up with the idea to write as a “Plantser” and created the outline. This small amount of structure put a motivation in me that jet-fueled the rest of the writing of the novel. Within 4 months, my original draft of the manuscript was complete (yes, all 94,000-ish words written on my phone). 

The title of “The Futurist” was a unique name when it came to me in 2005. However, since then, there has become a fairly well known use for the word Futurist which has nothing to do with this novel. Therefore, to avoid confusion based on the title, I decided to seek a different title for the book and the character’s namesake. As it happens so often, thinking about what to change it to was fruitless, but a new title popped into my head at 4 a.m. on an early morning of March 2026. The Revelist became the new title and I fell in love with it.

The Status:

Most of the editing phases are complete. My editor is working on a final run-through. I anticipate publishing the novel sometime around June or July.