The first thing to announce is that I have completed the first draft! While this is often the most time-consuming step in the writing process…
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In addition to working an exhausting (but enjoyable!) side-job, taking my family on various vacation adventures, and busily writing A Test of Honor’s sequel (The People’s Champion – coming fall 2015!), I have also been working on a new mailing list freebie.
My Fifth First Book
A Test of Honor is not the first book I’ve ever tried to write. In fact, it’s at least the fifth. Usually when I write a book, I get to about the third chapter and then it all falls apart. Suddenly I hate the characters, the story seems stupid, the dialogue nonsensical, and the point strangely missing. I freak out, tell myself I’ll come back to it later, and then leave it forever in my Documents folder to gather digital dust for all eternity.
So why is this book different? What did I do differently?
A lot of announcements in this post, so here goes:
First, if you haven’t yet signed up for the email newsletter, do it now. Anyone who signs up for the newsletter before A Test of Honor is released will get the book free. Plus, there’s some amazing stuff on the horizon for subscribers, including more free books (and not just mine!) as well as exclusive serials and, of course, being the first ones to know about current developments. For example, I handed the book manuscript in its entirety to a freelance editor who specializes in Science Fiction/Fantasy last Thursday. Didn’t know that? If you were part of the mailing list, you would!