Wayward: Fetching Tales from a Year on the Road is a hilarious and heartfelt ride around the world, wherein the author eats dog, obsesses about chewing gum, gets stranded on an island, does dirty things, reveres rock n roll and muses about everything from death to Star Trek to the President Obama to jail time. Now available on Wattpad, Wayward has been a surprise hit at both iTunes and Amazon, reaching #1 on both retailers' travel charts. It chronicles a year in the life of the author, who lived in 12 countries over 12 months, one month at a time. It's kind of funny, kind of sad and kind of weird. Forbes describes the book: "Wayward isn’t strictly a travelogue or a guide by any means. The book reads like a diary, with chapters dedicated to everything from watching Obama’s inauguration in an Argentinian bar, to viewing a dubbed version of the newest Star Trek film in France and trying to understand the plot despite not speaking French, to remembering the ecstasy and pain of his first love just before breaking up with his then-boyfriend in Berlin, to eating dog in Vietnam, to his experience working with Patti Smith in New York. Gates’ lively, conversational writing style bring all the disparate pieces together for an engaging, enjoyable read."

Hitomi Taki is planning on being one of the greastest Shinobi there ever was. She won't let anything get in her way. Not even fluffy bunnies. She has no intentions on falling in love, ever! In fact she doesn't even seem to believe in it. It's just a worthless emotion. But a certain Uchiha seems to think otherwise. Can she resist him? Will the personaliy differences clash? Hitomi never even liked him, so why is she feeling this way now? Will she be able to become that great Shinobi? Will she actually give in to her feelings or rid herself of them? As he tries to avenge his clan she tries to desperately get a hold of herself to be the best. All is fair in love and war. >>First Book of Three<< Second: Forsaken Innocence Third: Ardent Acquisition