Episodes and Beta Readers
Okay, so it’s finally time. Over the course of the next few months, starting in late November, I’ll be releasing Insurgent as six short episodic ebooks. Once the final episode is released, will be going…
Category: Writing
Update on Insurgent
Just wanted to post a quick update that I’m hard at work on the second draft and expect to have that completed by the end of July or early in August.
Review: Tommy Nightmare by JL Bryan
Not long ago I read J.L. Bryan’s Dominion, which for quite a long time had been paired with one of my books on Amazon. Overall I loved the book, and went on to read Jenny…
What’s up with Insurgent?
Just wanted to post a quick update to let folks know what is happening with progress on Insurgent. As of this week, I’m about 70,000 words into the first draft, and the basic framework for…
Insurgent Chapter 6.1
The razor didn’t precisely shake in Jim Turville’s hands as he carefully shaved in the small mess-kit mirror. Nonetheless, Turville paused, took a steadying breath, then quickly finished. He packed away his kit, placed a…
Shrinking word count!
I know a couple weeks ago I posted a note here that Insurgent was 60,000 words, which was a cool milestone… two thirds or so through the first draft. But then I deleted 5,000 words…
J.L. Bryan’s Dominion
About a year ago Amazon’s “people who also bought this book” recommended Dominion by J.L. Bryan to me as a book commonly bought by people who also bought Republic. I finally picked up the Kindle…
Insurgent Chapter 5.4
1998 Mandy Mays accepted her diploma from the Principal, and smiled so wide her cheeks hurt. Her eyes darted to the audience and met Joe’s eyes and felt a shiver of pleasure go down her…
Awesome new reviews
Just a note on some awesome new reviews of Republic: “I cared for a lot of the characters and none had a happy ending with so much death around them. the book was well written…
MobiPocket, Amazon, and Why I’m not Dooooomed!
So here’s what happened. Way back in January 2008, I hit a brainstorm. My thought at the time was: I’m a really obscure writer, with what I think is a great idea for a book. Can’t…