Ray Rogers's Page

If teens and young adults supposedly don't read, then how do you explain the overwhelming success of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Twilight, just to name a few? The truth is that teens and young adults WILL read if if one puts something out there that interests them. We're not all going to experience the level of success that J.K.Rowling has experienced. In fact, most of us probably won't. However, if we're willing to find out what interests younger readers and then write about it, then w… Continue

I would much rather be an optimist than a pessimist. It seems there are far more pessimists than optimists out there. Maybe it's just me, or maybe the pessimists just make more noise. I don't know. I just feel compelled to write about the subject.
I have always been one to see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty. I've heard it said that optimists aren't really optimistic; we just pretend to be to hide our pessimism. Oh, really? Or rather, is it that pessimists cannot or will not accept… Continue

I have been writing science-fiction since my early teens. I began with short stories and then moved on to novels. My debut novel is due to be published this summer. More details are forth coming. I plan to make my concept a series. The series is planned to run about nine novels in duration; depending on sales, of course. Although, I may write the nine novels whether the series is achieves significant success or not. Art for art's sake, and all that.
My series is about a group of cosmic misfits f… Continue