Happy New Year and Book Update

It's 2016 and me and the wife spent our New Year's Eve...asleep.  I've been battling with bronchitis and a sinus infection and the wife was not feeling too good either so when we put our son to bed, we did the same.  I feel so much better this morning so figured I should post more about the book.

I'm hoping to get it out to the masses sometime in February.  I'll post more updates until then.

In the meantime, here's a little something about the characters:

Jake Rinehart (14-years old) – Jake takes after his father, Robert.  He shares the same brown hair, same strong jawline and same blue eyes.  But that’s about all that Jake has in common with his Dad especially after the Great Betrayal.  Rarely seen without his notebook or journal in hand, Jake is trying to cope with the many changes that he and his family are going through while facing the possibility that there could be a bona fide, real life wizard living right next door to them.

Adam Rinehart (9-years old) – Adam is Jake’s younger brother and looks more like his mother with his curly brown hair and rounded features.  He is a lot more outgoing than his older brother and he loves cars.  Unfortunately, he’s also been impacted by his father’s Great Betrayal and he clings to childish things such as a ratty old teddy bear and a red baseball cap that he likes to wear backwards.  And he cannot stand having the closet door open at night.  

Old Man (Age Unknown) – The weird old man who lives in Apartment 313 is the subject for much speculation by Jake and Adam.  Jake has heard and experienced some odd mischief around the complex and he thinks the old man is behind it.  Plus it doesn’t help that the old man wears a strange hat, an argyle scarf around his bearded face and has been known to meow at the moon on occasion. 

The Black Cat (Age Unknown) – As if the old man wasn’t weird enough, he also has a freaky black cat with seemingly humanlike green eyes.  It is the cat that first draws Jake’s attention when they move to the apartment complex.  The animal is constantly watching him and everyone else from the bay window of Apartment 313.  And when things really begin to get weird, the cat is always there watching.