Thomas Locke

Posts Categorized: Recruits YA Sci-Fi Series

On Writing Books in a Series

Recruits is book 1 in a three-book sci-fi series for young adults. Readers often ask me how I come up with the storylines for the second and third books. Before I begin writing the second or third book in any series, I ask myself two questions that twine together like braids: How do I raise…

Romantic Twists in ‘Recruits’

In Recruits, my upcoming sci-fi novel for young adults, 17-year-old twins fall in love. There are three issues at work in this scenario. First, everybody loves a good romantic angle. Well, okay. I love a great romance. I love how it spices up even the taut friction of a solid thriller. Second, it was two guys,…

Behind the Scenes of ‘Recruits’ Sci-Fi Novel

Very early in my career, I wrote three YA sci-fi novels using the Thomas Locke pen-name. A couple of years later, Bethany House Publishers decided the stories had been successful enough to re-issue the trilogy as one big fat book, Dream Voyagers. I had plans in place to continue with a new series. Then Janette…

Why Book #3 in Legends of the Realm Series is on Hold

I realize that some of you may be expecting book #3 in the Legends of the Realm fantasy series, following up on the events in Emissary and Merchant of Alyss. Instead, my publisher, Revell, is launching an entirely new Young Adult Sci-Fi series, Recruits. The team at Revell and I had a series of long…