I know, I know, I've been promising news forever. Well, it's finally final: I signed a contract with Severed Press for the follow up to Serengeti  we're calling Serengeti 2: Dark and Stars.

New book, y'all!  *flails*

​As you can imagine, I'm pretty darn excited. Huge thanks to Severed Press for picking up my second book--it's always a good feeling when your publisher loves your book and your characters as much as you do. Publication date and artwork are forthcoming so keep your eyes on my website. I'll be posting additional information as it becomes available.

Every speculative fiction author out there knows about The Qwillery--a great site filled with reviews and interviews and cover contests and more. Recently the lovely people at The Qwillery (Qwillerons? Qwillerians? Qwillernauts?) were kind enough to invite me in for an interview. You know me, I always like to babble so I jumped at the opportunity and HOGGED UP ALL THE WHITE SPACE! I've provided a snippet below and you can read the full interview here: J.B. Rockwell Interview. 

Yay! Another SFF site let me use up some white space with my babble! Want to learn a little more about me? Well head on over to Indie SciFi Fantasy and check out my new interview. And, yes. I promise I didn't just regurgitate the same old answers from my last interview. I wouldn't do that to you guys. Honest!

There are a lot of writer contests out there offering opportunities for writers to get their work in front of agents. I've participated in my fair share over the years and connected with a lot of great people in the process, but Nightmare on Query Street (NoQS) is by far my favorite. Why, you ask? Well, because NoQS 2015 nabbed me my awesome agent Mark Gottlieb, who's with Trident Media Group. In fact, SERENGETI was my NoQS entry, and now it's a real, live, shell out your pennies for it book.

So, NoQS gave to me, and now I'm giving back. Last year I was a mentee helped along by the amazing Heather Van Fleet, this year I get to be a mentor and pay it forward by helping another writer out. Interested? Want more details? Well, you can find everything you need to know about NoQS on host Michelle Hauck's site. I've also included the basic timelines for the contest below:

Submission Window Opens: October 14th 4:00 pm EST
Final Picks are Announced: October 20th
Mentors Go to Work: October 21th - 26th
Revised Entries Due Back: October 26th at noon EST
Agent round: October 29th - 30th

The contest opens soon so grab that query and first 250 words and start polishing so you're ready. You don't want to miss out on this one!