Leonard Apa

Jedi

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social two Jedi take a trip to Endor and come back with a stowaway.

@queenbre.bsky.social

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Book cover.

INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER has been out for almost a month! Be sure to order a copy. Or if you happen to be in NJ, come to a signing!

Order links, and a list of events I am participating in are on my website.

leonardapa-author.weebly.com

Mock up

Mock up

I am finally getting shirts and totes to sell for INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER! I’ll begin selling them at a Fall Festival on the 25th, from there I will try to add them to my website. Below are the mock ups (the shirts are actually gray).

Murr asking about my book!

Great guy!

I just met James Murray! He was very kind and funny. We exchanged books and autographs! He seemed genuinely interested in INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER!

Murr, let me know what you think!

Question to any literary agents who happen to see this, or anyone who has experience in this:

If I submitted a query over five years ago, and I have reworked the book, is it okay to resubmit?

#writersky #mswl

Well, not quite there yet… hopefully soon!

Just some studs from the 90’s.

Now that INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is out (order your copy today!) and the 1st draft of the sequel RE-INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is complete, I’m turning my attention to a book that is completed, but needs some tweaks.

Soon, I’ll introduce you to THE BOOKEND BOYS!

Thanks Brad! You’re the best!

Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper [Apa, Leonard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper

#SupportNewAuthors! Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper by @leonard_apa. You can get it here: www.amazon.com/Introducing-...

Thanks Ed, I did think I looked quite dashing!

Scrapper cover.

… so, someone just compared INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER to the works of James M Cain (Mildred Pierce; Double Indemnity; etc), and that is some impressive praise if you ask me.

Check it out for yourself! Order a copy now!!!

Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper: Debut Action Adventure - The Mystery of Writing Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper by Leonard Apa. Debut Author interview along with book and author information.

Here is an interview I did with @elenataylorauthor.bsky.social for INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER. Check it out!

Thank you, Elena!

www.themysteryofwriting.com/2025/09/23/i...

Jackie Chan holding a reader’s note for Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper by Leonard Apa!

Congrats to my hubby @leonard-apa.bsky.social on his debut novel, out today! If you like superheroes, noir, and adventure, check it out!
Everybody’s reading it!
#books #booksky #reading #superheroes #adventure #introducingthescarletscrapper

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The hero in question is in fact The Question.

Today is the release day of INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER! I am officially a published novelist. Get your copy!

On top of that, check out this announcement from @jamesgunn writer and director of SUPERMAN 2025 and head of DC studios!

(… it’s not really the Scrapper)

I think it is all our day.

Feel better!

@heatherantos.bsky.social I just saw you’ll be at Super Jersey Comic Expo! I’ll be there this year, but as an author!

I can still bring you socks! 😂

That looks beautiful!

Scrapper

Just 17 days until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER releases! Which means 21 days until my first signing!

I have new art coming for giveaways and will probably run a contest to receive a little Scrapper care package including some stuff signed by myself and the artist.

Actor is Stubby Kaye.

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Jimmy Childers.

-He was the heart of the Scarlet Scrapper.
-He would do anything for his loved ones.
-… even if that meant crossing a line.

Meet Jimmy Childers on September 23rd, 2025!

Maureen O’Hara

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Mary Allen.

-She is a hard hitting reporter surviving in a predominantly male industry.
-She was in search of the byline to make her career, she found so much more.

Meet Mary Allen on September 23rd, 2025!

Stock photo.

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Edward Salazar.

-All he wanted was power and money.
-He’d do anything to hold onto it.
-One fatal mistake caused his empire to topple.

Meet Edward Salazar on September 23rd, 2025!

Actor Dean Stockwell

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Thomas Malloy.

-He lost everything in an instant.
-He knew the only hero to save him was the Scarlet Scrapper.
-Little did he know they’d save each other.

Meet Thomas Malloy on September 23rd, 2025!

Errol Flynn is who I pictured when creating Frank Hodge.

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Frank Hodge.

His father taught him how to fight.
The government taught him to be a soldier.
But Thomas Malloy taught him to be a hero.

Meet Frank Hodge on September 23rd, 2025!

POW! BIFF! Help Students Learn About Our Culture Through Comics!, a project from Mr. Apa Help me give my students a fun class that will teach them reading and writing skills along with a look back at our culture through the years through the lens of comic books. I have a great group of...

I have a new class this upcoming school year. It is called The History and Culture of Comic Books. I set up a Donors Choose project to hopefully supply class sets of some of the books I'll be covering.

Please help and share!

www.donorschoose.org/project/pow-...

Can’t wait to see it again!

"A story of action, adventure and heart, where hero and villain collide in a showdown for an innocent boy's life."

Enter to win a copy of @leonard-apa.bsky.social's "Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper" from Running Wild Press #💙📚 #Booksky

The beginning of Scrapper art.

I wanted the artist to let me know it was okay to share. She’s cool with it, so here is the first picture of artwork I commissioned for the Scarlet Scrapper. Looks so good!!

Check out her site:

gabifortunato46cfd.myportfolio.com/clowntown-art

My book cover.

Hmm… how does one get @stephenking.bsky.social to review their upcoming debut novel?